Leaf Beetle sp. (no English common name) - heinäkukko
Jaakko Mattila conf., 10.6.2025
(Messmyra, siuntio, Finland, 8.6.2025)
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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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This photograph was taken an altitude of FOUR hundred and eighty six metres, at 16:19pm on Wednesday May 11th 2016 past Liard River Hot springs at Mile 475 on the Alaska Highway 97, heading towards Smith River Fort Halkett Protected area in British Columbia, Canada.
This is a large adult American Black Bear (Ursus Americanus), a medium sized bear native to North America, and found in abundance in the Yukon territory and Alaska. Black bears have a small tail, up to nine inches long foot length and males can weigh up to 250kgs.
On my trip I encountered several bears and, although it is strongly recommended that you do not leave your vehicle to photograph these beautiful wild animals, needless to say, with care and caution I did just that to capture my photographs.
My safety rules were simple. I always left a healthy distance between myself and the Bears, always had a large SUV between the bear and myself, never upset, endangered or threatened the wildlife and read their body language very carefully.
EQUIPMENT & SETTINGS
Nikon D800 Focal length 500mm Shutter speed 1/50s Aperture f/13.0 iso100 RAW (14Bit) Hand held with Nikon VR Vibration reduction enabled. Nikon back focus button enabled. AF-C Continuous point focus with 3-D tracking. Manual exposure. Matrix metering. Auto white balance. Nikon AF Fine tune on (+10).
Nikkor AF-S 200-500mm f/5.6G ED VR. Power up 95mm UV filter. Nikon MB-D12 battery grip. Two Nikon EN-EL15 batteries. Nikon DK-17M 1.2x Magnifying Eyepiece. Nikon DK-19 soft rubber eyecup. Digi-Chip 64GB Class 10 UHS-1 SDXC card. Lowepro Transporter camera strap. Lowepro Vertex 200 AW Photo/ 15.4" Notebook Backpack camera bag. Nikon GP-1 GPS unit.
LATITUDE: N 59d 32m 24.30s
LONGITUDE: W 126d 24m 0.44s
ALTITUDE: 486.0m
RAW (TIFF) FILE SIZE: 103.00MB
PROCESSED (JPeg) SIZE: 27.81MB
PROCESSING POWER:
Nikon D800 Firmware versions A 1.10 B 1.10 L 2.009 (Lens distortion control version 2)
HP 110-352na Desktop PC with AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU processor. AMD Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB SATA storage. 64-bit Windows 10. Verbatim USB 2.0 1TB desktop hard drive. WD My Passport Ultra 1tb USB3 Portable hard drive. Nikon ViewNX2 Version 2.10.3 64bit. Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.
Photographed the American Mink on A12 Prout's Island on Sesekinika Lake in Sesekinika in the Township Grenfell in Northeastern Ontario Canada
American mink are long and sleek with thick, bushy tails one-third to one-half of their body length. Males are bigger than females, reaching a total length of up to 60cm (2 ft) and can weigh up to 2kg (4.5 lbs). Typical of members of the weasel family, they have short legs, small round ears, and a pointed face. Mink are valued for their thick, remarkably soft fur that varies from rich browns to almost black in colour. They have a thick undercoat for insulation and long, shiny, oily guard hairs that keep them waterproof. They often have patches of white fur on their chin and throat.
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Feral Cat (Felis catus) studying up on an Irish Hare (Lepus timidus hibernicus) on the dunes next to Barleycove Beach, Schull, County Cork, Ireland
There were about 50 rabbits on the dunes near where the Kate Campbell tour bus dropped us off, and I couldn't help but think that there must not be many hawks or eagles in Ireland (considering how many rabbits were around).
But, then after I spotted this guy, I realized the bunnies weren't getting a totally free ride.
Note:
A little something from the 2010 archive.