alienfunk
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© All images copyright alienfunk 2009
My obsession with animals and all creatures great and small began when I could walk. Not content with seeing them in cages, at the age of 3, I freed my siblings 15 pet mice and watched as they all scurried up the garden for a chance of freedom.
I did however get my comeuppance in the form of my father’s working ferret (normally used to flush out rabbits from their burrows) who didn’t take kindly to the way I handled him (I have to say by picking him up by his tail, however in my defence I was 3 and should of been supervised) when I was younger and so he sunk his sharp needle teeth in my tiny button nose and didn’t let go for nothing or no-one. I still bear the scares to this day, mentally and physically.
I then went on to collect spiders in pencil cases (I now suffer with arachnophobia) and hiding kittens under my bed. I was the ultimate nightmare child, however this all gave way to a passion for wildlife and photography, and now instead of taking the creatures home and hiding them in my bedroom I responsibly capture their images digitally for all to enjoy forever.
Over the years I’ve studied Equestrian Management and Animal Care and was able to gain experience with my local Zoo and R.S.P.C.A.
I hope to return to study for my Bioscience Degree in the near future.
So it is with both of my passions and dreams that I hope to combine my love of wildlife and photography not only for my enjoyment but for those of you who also appreciate our not so human neighbours.
My Images DO NOT Belong To The Public Domain. All images are copyright © alienfunk. All Rights Reserved. Copying, saving, downloading, altering, displaying or redistribution of any of these images without written permission from the artist is strictly prohibited. Non-compliance with these term(s) WILL result in legal action.
I have also created and co-host with Kane Slater, the
Nature Photography Challenge group If you like nature, photography and challenges and want to learn then come and join us.
Kane has also created a similar group on Facebook which has been running now for almost 2 years and has over 8400 members Nature Photography Contest
Oh and before I finish there is one quote said by Native Americans, which we should all live by ‘We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we merely borrow it from our children’.
Groups
alienfunk hosts Nature Photography Challenge and is a member of All Things Orange Artwork Gallery, I LOVE BIRDS !, Yellow Gallery, !**CANDID PHOTOGRAPHS of friends and family~~ (PLEASE ADD A DESCRIPTION OF WHO IS IN THE PICTURE)**!, "National Trust Properties" , ** Super Macro Photography (Two Per Day ), **SPRING, GLORIOUS SPRING**, *Accidental Images*, *ONE SINGLE FLOWER On Show*.. 2 Photo's per day, 1:1 Macro Photography (Limit: 2 posts per 24 hour period), 4 Winners Only, A Fascinating Purple (75% Purple), A Photographer's Craft , A Vision Of Flight Photography (AS IS ONLY) 2 per 24 hour period, Abstracts from Nature, Achromatic Nature, All About Water, All Abstract Art, All Animals Great And Small., All That is Nature (Photography Only / 4 per 24 hrs), All things in the Natural World, All things natural in the British Isles, Alternative Process and Experimental Photography, Animals in Action two a day , Arachnids, Architectural Details, Architectural Photography, Architecture and cityscapes, Around The World >>>3 per day<<<, Backyard Macro and Closeups (3 a day), Bee & Wasp Passions, Beginner's Expressions, Birds and Creatures of Flight, Black & White Photographers Showcase, Black with a hint of colour, British Portrait Artists, Bug Hunt! (with Location please), Butterflies, Skippers, Moths, & Other Winged Insects (2 a Day), Buyers R Us..., Cards: Best of Your Best, Closeups in Nature (2 per day), Color Me a Rainbow (GREEN must include human or animal), Colorful Portrait Photography, Colour and light, Creative, Talented, and Unknown , Digital Photography, Down on the farm, Dragonflies, Endangered or Vulnerable Plants, Environmental Awareness, Evolution (A.k.a. Captain Darwin's Beagle club), Extreme Close-Ups, Eye Contact (Animals Only), Eye Macros, First Things, Flowers in macro, Friends of RedBubble, FROM THE EARTH - Jewels, Gems, Shells, Rocks & Fossils, Fungilicious, Green!, High Quality Animal Images - 1 Submission a Week, Human and Nature, Human. Animal. Nature./Człowiek. Zwierzę. Natura. (2 per day, approval required) , Icy Cold, If it doesn't belong, Insects, Bugs and Creepy Crawlies (2 A Day), Just Butterflies, Just Lines, Just Pure Nature., Landscape Photography, Macro Untouched. 2 per day only , Made By Nature - {2 a day} - {challenge theme only!}, Mans Best Friend's (Dogs only), Mood & Ambi(e)nce - Strictly Photos / ( No need to enter images in the group for the challenges), Moody and Evocative (no nudes), Mother Nature's Finest, Nature's Macro Canvas (No flowers or insects), Nature's Wonders, No More Color , phoDOGraphy, Photography 101:remember to put settings of camera in description, Photography Critique and Advice, Photography Fun, Plight of the Bumble Bee, Selective Coloring, Showcase you’re elegant swans, art, Simple by Design, SIMPLY WHITE ARTWORK GALLERY - 95% White !, Squirrels & Chipmunks, Sun Rays, The Beauty of Nature (Nothing Man-Made), The Birds, The Black and White Enthusiast (3 per day - no colour, sepia or split-tones), The power of simplicity (PLEASE READ RULES CAREFULLY), The Woman Photographer **7 Submissions a week only please**, Treasured UK Structures (TUKS), Urban Wildlife, War Paint, Waves, Wild Birds in Flight, World Wildlife Photography, Yellow Two (NO FLOWERS!) and ≈• Monochrome •≈ (No B&W, Sepia or Gray!).
