One entry per person per month. To make the photos easier to review (and to make the voting poll easier to compile) please only post once to this thread, with your entry. Your post can include a caption with whatever info you want to give.
Ivan the giraffe and Bucky the water buffalo at the San Diego Wild Animal Park.
Ivan was pretty much the Alpha animal in the big open “African Plain” area. He was very popular with visitors and had a unique relationship with Bucky who stoically put up with his hoof-to-head shenanigans.
I was out in my back yard, and I heard an odd sound, I looked up, and saw this Great Horned owl in my pine tree. I ran in and got my camera, and was able to get a few images before he had enough and flew away.
Pryor Mountain, Wyoming wild mustang. It was quite a trip up there, we were brought up by a pickup truck with specialized suspension. It took more than two hours, but it was well worth it.
This is basically just a casual snapshot of Bernie in the back of my minivan. It was taken by my son playing with his fancy new camera and a Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM lens, I believe at full aperture. This creates a very narrow depth of field that produces the softness around most of Bernie’s fur, except for the part of his face that’s in sharp focus.
Have posted this in the general photography thread but just spotted you do this wonderful monthly competition, so here it is again! Taken at an opportune moment at Chobe National Park in Botswana a few weeks ago:
