2011 has been a great year for wildlife photography. Below is a collection of some of the best pictures from around the globe. Thanks to all of the photographers who allowed their spectacular images to be published on SLR Lens.
Lean on me
Details and camera set-up:
Photo taken in Queensland, Australia
Canon EOS 400D with Canon 70–200mm lens plus extender EF 1.4x II
Sally Lightfoot Crab (Grapsus grapsus)
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Ecuador, Santa Cruz Island (Cerro Dragon), Galápagos Islands.
Canon EOS 50D | Sigma 120-400mm f/4.5-5.6 APO DG OS HSM
B+W Circulair Polarizing Filter + Manfrotto Monopod
1/250 sec | f/9.0 | 297 mm | iso 400 | -1/3 ev | no post processing
Near ate my camera as well!
What ya got in there buddy?
© Don from Eurisko imaging
Details and camera set-up:
Nikon D3
Nikon 17-35 f/2.8D ED-IF @ 17mm
ISO 400
1/160 @ 6.3
Sea n Sea MDX Pro housing
Zen 200mm Glass Dome with 40mm extension
Dual YS250 at 1/4 on 8″ Ultralite Control arms With 1/3 CTO gel
Don’t have a cow
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Taken at Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park, Sunol, California, US
Canon 5D Mark I
Canon 35mm F1.4L
Puffin Portrait 2011
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Taken in Sumburgh, Scotland, UK
Nikon D300
Nikkor 300mm F4
Jellyfish
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Taken with a panasonic lx-3
Welcome to the Mara..
© Joost.N
Details and camera set-up:
Photo taken in Kenya
Nikon D700
Nikkor 300mm
1/750
f 13
Iso 640
Kingfisher
Details and camera set-up:
The photo was taken from a public hide at Gosforth Park in Newcastle using a Sony-A580 and a Sigma 150-500mm lens
The eyes of a fly
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Photo taken in San Jose, Calabarzon, PH, using a Nikon D200
Tockus flavirostris
© Achim
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Photo taken in the Samburu National Reserve, Kenya
Canon 5D Mark II
Canon 300mm F4 L IS
Anhinga grooming in the morning light
© Deborah
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Photo taken in the Everglades National Park, US.
Nikon D300
Nikkor 400mm
Keep Holding On
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Photo taken in Radipole, England, UK
Canon 550D
Sigma 150mm F2.8 Macro
Finally…
Details and camera set-up:
Photo taken at hidden hill, Texas, US
Nikon D7000 coupled with a Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 lens and a Nikkor 2x teleconverter.
Gelada Baboon Simien Mountains Ethiopia
Details and camera set-up:
Photo taken in the Semien Mountains of Northern Ethiopia
Camera Sony DSLR-A100
Exposure 0.003 sec (1/400)
Aperture f/6.3
Focal Length 500 mm
ISO Speed 400
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Flash Off, Did not fire
Edit – This photo was actually taken in 2009, however made the
front page of the ‘Best Magic of Nature’ flickr Group in Febr. 2011
Happy Treefrog
Details and camera set-up:
San Carlos de Limón, Morona-Santiago, Ecuador.
Canon EOS Rebel XTi with a Canon 2.8/f 100mm macro lens. Hand-held, natural light and a touch of fill-flash.
Edit – Again, not strictly taken in 2011, but such a great photo, it had to be included!
Funani & Adhama 07-05-11
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Photo taken at the San Diego Zoo.
Nikon D70 with an 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5 G ED Nikkor lens
… Reaching the edge …
Details and camera set-up:
Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Exposure 0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture f/11.0
Focal Length 65 mm
ISO Speed 100
lighting setup
Red Squirrel looking pretty in the Heather
Details and camera set-up:
Photo taken in Aviemore, Scotland
Nikon D300s
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/2000)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 300mm
ISO Speed: 400
Enchanted Forest
Details and camera set-up:
Nikon D3
Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 400mm
ISO Speed: 800
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Fantastic series, all amazing shots. So proud my baboon is included!
Thanks very much!
Great collection! I appreciate the inclusion of my photo as well!
All the best,
Sergey
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A beautiful and diverse collection. Thanks so much for including my Anhinga; I feel honoured to be in such good company
Some beautiful images there, I love the frog ready to pounce on the fly and the hippos are just gorgeous. The macro shots are stunning too, I must get me a suitable lens for close ups soon..
A terrific collection of images. A real pleasure to be part of this……
Such wonderful images!! Thank you very much for including my Kingfisher.
happy to see so many beautiful capture from other side of the world …
Great reel of pictures. I love the Baboon. very cheeky.
Wow, what can I say? I absolutely love your collection. Wonderful colors.
These are really awesome photos! I really like how you zoom in your camera to the shark. Fearless!
Some amazing photographs thanks for sharing with us!
Amazing photos!
The colors in these photos are great. The one with the deers almost look cartoonish. The one with the cows should be the Windows 8 standard background.
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A really inspiring group of photographs! Congratulations to all the photographers included in this list!
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These are all amazing shots. The whole series of photos is great.
Nice collection. You are an inspiration.
wow, these are amazing!!!! The enchanted forest and the puffin are my favorite, but they are all incredible.
Fantastic images!
Wow, awesome is the word that came into my my mind after seeing all the photographs that you have posted here. I was really blown away with the fantastic photos and they really deserved the tag of best wildlife photos of 2011.
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