Posts: gunflint | Ugly Hedgehog

Feb 17, 2024 22:04:52 #

Tdearing wrote:

Excellent series.

Thank you

Feb 17, 2024 22:04:34 #

PAR4DCR wrote:

Those are awesome images David. Hope your covid conditions are over.

Don

Thanks Don

Feb 17, 2024 22:04:14 #

Bluefish wrote:

Incredible images. Thank you.

Thanks!

Feb 17, 2024 22:03:50 #

rskoba wrote:

Congrats on many great shots.
I'm envious. Your shots met my utopian goal-Monkeys with snow stuck on their fur. My shots were simply monkeys.
I liked the shots which were taken just above the level of the pool.

Thank you, yes it was great that the first day there it was snowing pretty good. I always stayed in the lower area to take photos so I was pretty much at the monkeys level.

Feb 17, 2024 14:05:46 #

saxman71 wrote:

These are superb and shots you don't see every day here on UHH. I very much enjoyed viewing your images and think the trip might have been worth it just to get these shots.

I appreciate the nice comments. These monkeys were on my list for a long time so I was lucky they were at the beginning of the trip, although the rest of the trip would have been great as well.

Feb 17, 2024 13:14:12 #

Earnest Botello wrote:

Excellent series, Dave.

Thanks Earnest!

Feb 17, 2024 12:38:49 #

UTMike wrote:

Wonderful work, Dave! Thanks for sharing. Take care of yourself, Covid is serious.

Thank you

Feb 17, 2024 10:48:50 #

jimvanells wrote:

All great shots but love the grizzled old male.

My favorite one! He is full of character...

Feb 17, 2024 10:28:12 #

Retired CPO wrote:

Wow, wow and wow again!!!
These are outstanding!
I hope the Covid is under control.

Thank you, I think it just takes time...

Feb 17, 2024 10:27:05 #

Longshadow wrote:

Great set!

Thanks Longshadow!

Feb 17, 2024 10:09:27 #

Hello all...we were in Japan for a 3 week wildlife tour early February. Most of the trip was lost due to me getting Covid on day 3 and deciding to call it quits and returning home on day 6. My wife also tested positive after arriving home. Big disappointment but the right decision to come home. I am still struggling with symptoms but gradually getting better.

Anyway a goal of mine for quite a while was seeing the Snow Monkeys near Nagano. I was only able to spend about 5 hours with them out of 2 1/2 days the group was there but got some great photos...hope you enjoy them!

Dave

(Main Photography Discussion)

Jan 29, 2024 12:20:29 #

South Africa safari tour

In 2008, our first trip to South Africa my wife and I spent 4 days at www.londolozi.com. They are expensive but we saw many of all the cats as well as everything else. That lodge is just outside Kruger. Then we spent 2 weeks on our own driving throughout Kruger, while staying outside the park. There are several places you can stay inside the park also. There is no problem doing Kruger on you own, the roads are great, no safety concerns at least in 2008. The wildlife is great in Kruger...

We have been back to several other countries in Africa that we used guides for but not in S. Africa.

Have a great trip!

Jan 15, 2024 15:18:09 #

Foxes and Polar Bears

ricardo00 wrote:

Yikes, people feeding the red foxes! Hard to understand that they aren't aware of this. There have been many photos documenting this including a prize winning photo a number of years ago. One such photo (not mine):

https://www.flickr.com/photos/bouviered/138020586

This is the story of the prize winning photo:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/wpy2015-1.3270298

Great story, thanks for sharing it!

Jan 15, 2024 14:28:59 #

Foxes and Polar Bears

ricardo00 wrote:

Great set Dave! Though sad to hear that the red fox/cross fox has become more prevalent in that area. They actually will kill arctic foxes and are considered an invasive species in that area.
PS. We only saw the arctic fox (no red foxes) when we went 10 years ago.

That's interesting, we hadn't heard that. Some of the red foxes were hanging out around town because people were feeding them, that's not good...