Favorite animal photos...

[Peatmoss]

I know there are some very skilled Photographers on this forum so I figured I would see if people would want to post their favorite animal photos...

They can be pets, in zoos, wild, stuffed, pickeled, rugs. whatever...

Here are some of my favorites:

Some large South American rodent:

Lemur:

European horned viper:

Please post your own!

 

[Wire Man]

Did you take these? They're really clear! The rodent is called a cavy, they have some incredibly strong legs and can jump 6-9 feet in the air from a stand still. They're like a capybara and rabbit mixed together. Very cool viper!

I'll see if I can find some of my photos today.

 

[MICKEY]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mickeymk/6185391309
i think she is cute

 

[Wire Man]

That's adorable! She doesn't look too bothered by being held. Alpacas make me happy, no matter what else has happened that day.

I was finally able to photograph my hyperactive killifish! The male is super colorful, but they don't sit still, ever!

Here's some artwork I did with an expired animal. Don't worry, I found it like this in my backyard, minus the paint.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60270758@N02/5594388758/

 

[MICKEY]

i saved her life by picking her up she was born lithological and need help to get going so I picked her up and shaked her till she woke up, that pic is when she was a few days old

 

[Wire Man]

Nice save. That's a big baby!

 

[Peatmoss]

Alpacas are awsome...

@wireman: Yes I did take those. That sculpture is amazing!


Here are some more:

Meerkat:

Asian elephants:

Some very heavily edited zebras:

Green tree python:

Squirrel monkey:

 

[Wire Man]

Those pythons can be nasty! They don't like to let go when they bite.
That's by far my most controversial sculpture, but that's part of the fun. The stares it gets are priceless!

 

[Peatmoss]

Since when are dead animals controversial?

Since most of these photos were taken at zoos, I managed to stay on the other side of the glass from the python. Not really a big fan of snakebites...

 

[Brie]

Oh its on like donkey kong. LOL. Animal photography was my first love... I have years and years, gigs and gigs worth of animal photos.. Will gladly share some here... Most of these are old photos from 5+ years ago.. Some are newer. Taken all over the place..

Why won't you play with me??

 

[Peatmoss]

Holy snickerdoodle! My eyeballs fell out...

Those are really amazing!

I love the one of the Fiji iguana!

What kind of camera do you use? I am in the market for a new one...

 

[Brie]

Thanks Peat! I use a canon rebel T1i atm, but most of those photos were taken with either the ORIGINAL Canon Rebel digital, or the Rebel XT.

Here's some newer photos, taken with the T1i.

 

[Heli]

eeww that falcon is so awesome!

 

[Wire Man]

Love the flacon and snake photos.

Here's a fully grown water monitor I got to play with a little while ago. I wasn't using any zoom for these.

Free Roaming by Wire Man, on Flickr

Curious by Wire Man, on Flickr

Scaly by Wire Man, on Flickr

Wise Eye by Wire Man, on Flickr

Lizard King by Wire Man, on Flickr

 

[Aric]

Black-tailed Rattlesnake

Western Diamondback Rattlesnake

Pygmy Rattlesnake

Some Macro shots

 

[Brie]

Black-tailed Rattlesnake

LOVE that molossus shot!! One of my all time favorite crotes.

 

[Aric]

They are great snakes to photograph, nice and calm. Nothing like atrox.

 

[Brie]

Yeah.. I had one for quite a while.. they are one of my faves..

here's a couple of photos of a pair I came across in the southern Chiricahuas... old photo, prolly 7-8 years ago now. A friend that I was with collected and kept these for his collection. Must be nice living in AZ, being able to do that. LOL.

Here's a C. tigris that was collected as well, but towards Tucson.

 

[Aric]

Yeah that must be nice, and not having to pay the crazy prices for licenses. I didn't have much luck when I went to the Chiricahuas (the road was closed due to a huge fire) I only found a DOR lepidus.

I did find a sad little tigris, looked like a car clipped it shortly before I found it.

 

[rattler]

various critters from my personal collection over the years.....wish i could find the negatives from before i went to digital, have some cool false water cobra pics