February Photo Challenge - Entries (Post them here)

[Photo Challenge]

The topic this month is: "Flora and Fauna"

This thread is only for posting your entry and any comments you'd like to make about your own photo.
If you would like to comment on other entries please use the comments thread.
As usual, one entry per person and the image must be your own work.
Normal forum rules and image size applies.

The image doesn't necessarily have to have been taken this month but we do encourage you to go out and enjoy the challenge.
The winner of the poll, which will be run at the end of the month, will get to choose next month's topic and have their photo posted in our "Photo Challenge Hall of Fame" thread.

Good luck and good shooting.

:)

[willow]

Could this be the next level of Evolution ??

[Rick Petrie]

Captured these two beautiful Apostlebirds roosting in a native tree next to our caravan whilst near Springsure Qld.
Don't know what they were watching, but something caught their eye at the time.
Very busy birds and interesting to watch.

[Johno]

This is a musk lorikeet at the entrance to its tree hollow in the Queens Domain in Hobart.

[PhilW]

A squadron of squid (= a squidron?) swimming in formation over the seagrass beds off Queenscliff. My friend Hui is on the right of the picture.

Phil

[gliderdog]

King of the jungle

[supernova1965]

I just got a reversing adapter for my camera as my cheap entry to macro photography so I couldn't resist using it for this months comp.

[astro_south]

I can hear Firstlight in the background ... "here come the macro boys again", but it has been a bit of a drought for me entering this comp and this month's topic is suited to this little shot I got over Christmas, and I have been meaning to share here anyway ...

A native stingless bee collecting pollen:

[Wodnas]

I took this a few weeks ago near Cloncurry, Qld
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[04Stefan07]

Took this shot down near Phillip Island yesterday afternoon.

[Allan_L]

Flora and Fauna of Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory.

[AstralTraveller]

Two pieces of fauna here. One is quite happy, the other less so.

Taken at Lake Nuga Nuga on the way to the eclipse. I watched this bird from first light until last. A Heron's life consists exclusively of walking slowly in the shallow water eating yabbies.

[astronobob]

Flaura & Fauna, Flower & Flutterby, without both, neither would exist !
iso400, F/9, 1/250th

[Inmykombi]

Sulphur Crested Cockatoo.
FAMILY: Cacatuidae
GENUS: Cacatua



These birds are becoming more frequent around our Home now.
They arrive in numbers of around 6-8.

They started eating the Parrots Sunflower seeds only very occasionally.
Now they come almost everyday.
I am waiting for them to start eating our House :eyepop:
My Wife calls them Dinosaur birds, as they are pretty big up close, make an awful screech noise and scare the daylights out of you sometimes.


Anyway here is one that stole some food from our table one afternoon while we were eating outside.
It steals our food, and then gives us a cheeky look....

[stardust steve]

A couple Pelicans that i had to walk about a Km to get to with 3 whinging kids in tow.
I'm happy the stayed still enough and let me creep closer although they let out a loud grunt when i over stepped the boundary. They took off just after taking the shot.

[astroron]

I haven't entered a pic for a while.

[pluto]

5DmkII + 50mm f1.8, gotta love that nifty fifty!

[IanP]

Photo taken by my son-in-law during his recent trip to Cape Town, SA ..

[ourkind]

A Double-Barred Finch moments before the bug on the blade of grass was turned into an afternoon snack.

Canon 60d
1/250
ƒ/5.6
ISO 800
200 mm

[UniPol]

One of the many photo ops at Monet's garden at Giverny in France.

[brian nordstrom]

:) Woaw! so many good photos this month .

Its been a while , so here goes , my mate , 'Froggie' the green tree frog sitting on my steps the other night , he was in full song just before I snapped this .

Brian.

[Paddy]

Taken at Shoalhaven Heads last year.

[firstlight]

Lately the Lillypilly has been fruiting and the local birds have been feasting. We're pretty sure that this is juvenile Palid Cuckoo.

[rcheshire]

Skipper on Leaf

[earthlight]

Hi all

I hae really been loving this rain. The mushrooms at my boy's school have been amazing. I'll try to post some of them in a day or so.

Anne-Louise

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