Communal Reptiles, Amphibians and Mammals photo thread

[BDennis]

Bank Vole taken with the OM-1. I found the bird subject tracking worked on this. I didn’t try the pet tracking as I was frequently switching between birds and the voles in an opportunistic fashion.

To be fair I have got photos just as good and better of these voles with my Em1Mk3, but I took a lot more photos on a longer session with that and ran the best ones through DXO PureRaw.


Bank Vole by Bill Dennis, on Flickr

[BDennis]

Thanks Mark. I was hoping for better IQ at higher ISOs but so far I've not convinced myself. The Mk3 got good results at 3200 and 6400 if I put them through DxO PR .The OM-1 colours look better to me. The AF improvement for bird shots especially BIFs is the main advantage. Also all the computational stuff. Waiting for DxO update to see if it WoWs me some more!

[alfbranch]

Nice shot.
Lovely subject.

[BDennis]

Thanks Alf they are fun to watch!

[tmp]

a couple mammals from Alberta, Canada with the OM-1 and 150-400
is there a way to include/view exif data when posting/viewing images?

[MJ224]

EXIF is within the photo file, but I don't how to view it in the forum..

[alfbranch]

Very nice.

[Raj Surin]

A leopard Geko .. its a tiny Juvenile ( saw it for the first time)

[art frames]

Raj, lovely creature. I am very envious of many of the things you see. Keep posting them please👍

[alfbranch]

Lovely little thing nicely shot.
Keep them coming.

[Ian]

Very nice - well spotted, Raj!

[Steveee]

A new friend we found on a recent walk on teh Welsh Coast path (already posted on another forum, but I've been saying I'm going to post more on here, so....)

[MJ224]

Super PP'ing, lovely photos..:-)

[Steveee]

Thanks both - Ian I’m usually into more dark and moody but this just seemed to call out for high key.

@mj224: thanks, just starting to get to know Affinty photo a little better!

[Steveee]

Now, why didn’t MJ224 work as a tag? Capitalisation??

[Matt_Hirst]

Took Ava out to see the Adders again - or rather she nagged to go see the Adders again, saw six males (last time we saw six females) arrived a little late as they were all really active but we managed a few shots. Saw one massive male Adder all others were around 1.5ft to 2 ft long - not sure how big they grow to, but he was way too active to get a shot!

Male Adder 1 by Ava Hirst, on Flickr

regards,

Matt & Ava

[MJ224]

Excellent shot..:-))

[Matt_Hirst]

My best effort from the weekend.

Adder4 by Matt Hirst, on Flickr

Matt

[alfbranch]

Very nice .

[Matt_Hirst]

Thanks, we were lucky to see so many again.

Matt

[tmp]

3 portraits of weasels in winter and summer attire

muskrat

[alfbranch]

Lovely work .

[Barr1e]

I don't like the word WOW - but these are wow, wow etc.

[MJ224]

A warm day here, and my first look under the Reptile Habitats. Loads a slow worms..:-)

Hendy, South Wales

[alfbranch]

Nice Mark I need to find a colony myself

[alfbranch]

More adders

A mating pair to start

Pair mating by Alf Branch, on Flickr

The others I saw at the time

Male 1 by Alf Branch, on Flickr


Female 3 by Alf Branch, on Flickr

Female 1 by Alf Branch, on Flickr

[MJ224]

Super set Alf. When she looks at you, do your hairs rise on the back of your neck...:-))

[Barr1e]

As Mark says Super set Alf.

B

[Melaka]

You do well for adders. Supposedly there are none round here but as one of our dogs was bitten a few years ago there must be at least one.

[tmp]

a couple more Muskrat portraits...
front side

and posterior...

[MJ224]

Lovely photos. It blinked both times..:-))

[Ian]

These are really great - fabntastic clarity and, of course, a really interesting subject.

[MJ224]

2nd Common Lizard of the season..:-))

[MJ224]

Otter on the rocks

by Mark Johnson, on Flickr

[blackfox]

'ASCOT' the water otter from Martin mere wetlands

[Ian]

Lovely shot - I've not seen a freshwater otter in the wild so far.

[blackfox]

We do get wild ones on some rivers up here Ian ,but yet to catch one

[Ian]

From our neighbour's pond (in France) - would anyone care to ID them? They might be all the same species but there does seem to be significant variation - my hunch is that there are marsh frogs in the pond based on the noises that emanate from there!

[ronidog]

As far as I can tell from the photographs I would agree that these are marsh frogs. With frogs you often get variations in colour within a species. According to my freference book the key with marsh frogs is that the voval sacs are distinctl grey when inflated. My ref book is Britains Reptiles and Amphibians by WildGuides. as it uses photos.

[MJ224]

Surprised they have any legs left..:-)

Nice set....

[blackfox]

hmmmm wonder why we call the French froggies ..