Cool Nature Photos

[deserteagle71]

Open Range. If you don't want livestock on your property, put a fence around it.

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"Open Range" is just that. Open (no fences), and rangeland. So if you own property around land that is designated and marked as Open Range then yes, if you want to keep out livestock and wildlife, it is up to you to fence them out. It DOES NOT apply to people living in towns or cities. I know of no towns or cities in Nevada that are designated Open Range.

When I moved to my current semi-rural location 30 years ago this was designated as Open Range. About 10 years later, after more people moved to the area, the county removed the Open Range designation. Of course, livestock (and as far as I'm concerned, that includes mustangs) doesn't care about legal designations. They will go where the food and water is.

 

[kenmbz]

In my backyard looking over my neighbors fields. This was going to be a house right up in front until my neighbor decided to buy the property so he wouldn't have to see it. His house is bottom center.
We wanted to buy the land, but could not afford it at the time.

 

[Suburban Plowboy]

My wife hates this one.

Saw this snake trapped in the pool, so I fished him out. He was so exhausted, he just lay there.

 

[Suburban Plowboy]

I discovered that if you go small, you have a lot more opportunities to take nature photos. This blossom was probably 3/8" across, and it's on a common weed.

I took it with a Canon 350D I bought back in something like 2005. I think my cell phone has 6 times the pixel count.

 

[snymat68]

I discovered that if you go small, you have a lot more opportunities to take nature photos. This blossom was probably 3/8" across, and it's on a common weed.

I took it with a Canon 350D I bought back in something like 2005. I think my cell phone has 6 times the pixel count.

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Macro can be a lot of fun! Especially if you introduce flash and learn to balance the ratio of ambient to artificial light on the subject. Here's a couple of many I've gotten over the past few years. (Yes that's pollen on the bumble bee.)

 

[Suburban Plowboy]

Those are fantastic. I got set up to do this kind of work, and then the baby came.

 

[deserteagle71]

How do they interact with humans? For instance, if you drove into that driveway and got out of the car, would they run off or just stand there? Is it illegal to just "shoo" them out of the yard?

Depends on the band. The ones in my original post alerted to me even though I was more than a quarter of a mile away shooting with a telephoto lens, and they began moving away. Most will run away - fast. But if they are habituated to people and get most of their forage from people's lawns then getting them to move can be a problem - and they are dangerous. They are still a wild animal - a big wild animal. And each one is different. Some will move away if you get too close. Others will defend their territory and strike out - or trample - anyone who invades their space. The stallions can be very aggressive. Technically it is illegal to disturb them in any way - but I know people chase them out of their yards and I've yet to hear of anyone being arrested for doing so.

 

[Complete Turf Care]

Tried to get a few good pics of pelican on a fishing trip Sunday morning.

 

[Complete Turf Care]

A couple more pics from my fishing trip.