Nature dans tous ses états

Atkinson Photography and Safaris

Wildlife photography can appear very glamorous, but the reality is that for some shots you have to wait many hours. We did exactly that at Selinda Reserve, Great Plains Conservation on this trip with Eyes on Africa. We were rewarded with these two naughties coming out late in the afternoon and playing on a fallen tree, which is also their den. They were very brave and definitely explored further than they would have been allowed to if mom was around Taken with the 1DX and the 400 mm DO with a 1.4 extender (MkII) at 1/125 of a second, f5.6 with an ISO of 3200. I did my best to keep the ISO at 3200, hence the slow shutterspeed (Manual mode with Auto ISO).

Carved opal peacock - By.SunRiseOpals

Amazing Geologist

Clear Aquamarine Cluster from Namibia ( specimen and photo by Kurt Story)

Azurite Crystals from Sardinia, Italy
Museo Di Mineralogia Sapienza

Tourmaline "watermelon" from Paprok Mine, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
photo: Heritage Auctions

Lovely Steller's Jay

Merci ivct pour les superbes photos. Un plaisir pour les yeux.