Caudata.org Calendar Competition

[thomas]

 

[thomas]

here is another I like

 

[sherri]

Amazing pics, everybody! Wow! Oh, yeah, I think the kissing one is a must, too, haha

 

[henk]

HEre are some of mine for the party. Most are shot during the latest CA trip I made.

The originals are 6 to 8 mpix which should suffize for an A4 printsize

Hydromantes shastae

Aneides flavipunctatus

Taricha granulosa

Ensatina e.

Plethodon asupak

Another Aneides flavipunctatus

Hydromantes brunus (adult & juvenile)

 

[henk]

Well let me add some more now we are busy
Batrachoseps

Some more ensatina

and an axolotl image

 

[henk]

Well here are some more non CA shots

Ambystoma macrodactylum larvae and eggs

Triturus marmoratus

Tylototriton kweichowensis

Salamandra gallaica

Mesotriton alpestris

The mysterious paedomorphic & white Hynobius larvae ...

Tiger salamander

Spotted salamander

Lissotriton vulgaris

 

[joan]

Beautiful shots, Henk. Puts my pics to shame.

 

[henk]

No joan that's not the intention, everyone works with what they have and my pictures were not as good when I started making shots either... just takes some time and lots of interest. As they say makeing good nature-pictures requires 3 qualities of the photogapher :
- he must be a good technician
- he must be a nature lover and understand his topics/animals and how they behave
- he must have some artisitc capacities (composition, the skill to see what others don't, ...)

I think I reasonably well for the first 2 ,but I'm not as good as I would wanne be on the 3rd...

 

[andy]

Wow Henk...fantastic pictures!
I think we should just leave this calendar in your hands!

 

[henk]

Well I think this is too much of a credit, I know some other people on this forum that make great shots and which have not yet come forward. So let's wait ....And then there are some other shots here which are quite nice too... some do need maybe a bit more intense after processing which could make the shots better and boost colors and reduce noise better. I quite like the mirror shot of the Ensicauda by Juraj



(Message edited by henk_wallays on September 27, 2006)

 

[joan]

Henk, I only mean compliments. You're a fabulous photographer, and I've always admired your pictures (and you, for being so lucky to travel to so many places to take the pictures!).

 

[thomas]

these and a few other species were removed from a construction area and released.

 

[kara]

Henk, are you sure that shot labelled taricha granulosa is indeed a granulosa? Its eyes protrude more from its head than an average granulosa...
beautiful pics though, everyone, really, smashing job!! (wish i had a digital camera!!)

 

[josh]

heres a couple pics from me

shot with canon EOS 20D 8 megapixels

 

[reid]

New tiger salamanders.

and a spotted salamander

could someone continue this on another thread, its a bit cramped

 

[ali]

Henk's is a granulosa.

 

[henk]

Well I have ot admit I did get in trouble with this little guy too, we found it in a T. rivularis group and she was the only female , the belly was not just orange but closer to red-orange and as such I was a bit puzzled (had never seen anything like this before).

 

[mark]

Wow, I've been out of the country for a week and so many fantastic photos have been submitted since I last checked!!

This thread must be getting a little on the heavy side for those with slow connections. I'll start a new one. Can any new submissions be posted here instead.
Cheers,

 

[jennifer]

I'll put a lock on this thread.

Please go to the continuation, here:
http://www.caudata.org/forum/messages/6/71013.html?1159551345