Cool Nature Photos

[drivesitfar]

My gramps who would be 112 if he was still around used to call our big Blue Heron that look very similar to yours Mud Cranes cause he said they were always in the mud around tide flats and ponds and lakes. I wonder if your sand cranes are really Blue Herons?

nice winter pics guys and I for one am ready for summer.

 

[MossRoad]

Nah, those are sandhill cranes for sure. We have both those and the great blue herons. You can tell them apart from a distance both on land and in the air. Also, the cranes make a very unique sound. And, you'll almost never, ever, see a pair of great blue herons except at the nest. Almost always solitary.

 

[deserteagle71]

Springtime in the Nevada desert just south of my homestead...

Picture was taken this past Saturday. Today it is snowing!

 

[MossRoad]

Very nice!

One year we went to visit a relative in Tucson. The desert had just bloomed. Amazing colors. It's just something you don't expect to see out there if you're not from there.

 

[ArlyA]

My gramps who would be 112 if he was still around used to call our big Blue Heron that look very similar to yours Mud Cranes cause he said they were always in the mud around tide flats and ponds and lakes. I wonder if your sand cranes are really Blue Herons?

There is no confusion here between blue herons and Sand hill cranes. Sand hill's are quite unique.

 

[Bill Guenthner]

Springtime in Kentucky

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Saw a weird cloud formation yesterday while driving.... there were 3 of them lined up. Couldn't get a pic with all 3.

 

[Xfaxman]

Couldn't get a pic with all 3.

Next time turn your phone 90° from Portrait to Landscape mode.

 

[MossRoad]

Saw a weird cloud formation yesterday while driving.... there were 3 of them lined up. Couldn't get a pic with all 3.

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They saw those back in the 40's, too.

Just kidding.

Altocumulus?

 

[MossRoad]

When I was a lifeguard, we'd watch the clouds, hoping for lightning, so we could close the beach but still get paid as we had to stay until closing in case the storm passed. So we were always on the lookout for cumulonympho clouds.

 

[deserteagle71]

Next time turn your phone 90° from Portrait to Landscape mode.

^ This!
As a professionally trained photographer it drives me nuts to see compositions like this (portrait instead of landscape orientation), not just in stills but in video also.

 

[Bill Guenthner]

Sunset last night

 

[MossRoad]

^ This!
As a professionally trained photographer it drives me nuts to see compositions like this (portrait instead of landscape orientation), not just in stills but in video also.

Hey, the next time I'm moving down the road taking pictures while driving I'll be sure to remember the pro tips.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

^ This!
As a professionally trained photographer it drives me nuts to see compositions like this (portrait instead of landscape orientation), not just in stills but in video also.

Yes, normally, but as you can SEE the mountains, they were blocking the third one.... you can barely see the second......

By the time I was clear of the mountains, the first one was behind me..... TELL ME HOW TO MAKE THAT SHOT! 2 phones? Use one in each hand?

Just thought it was a neat cloud formation.....

Didn't know this was a photo competition......

 

[Billrog]

Telling me I'm close enough.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

OH NOOOOO!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Next time turn your phone 90° from Portrait to Landscape mode.

LS, I fixed it…….

 

[goeduck]

I put in a dash cam so now I do not have to resist taking a picture while I drive. Taking a picture while driving is illegal here. Oh and the dash can takes landscape .

 

[Bill Guenthner]

I really enjoyed seeing the sky unpolluted by contrails during COVID. They’re back with a vengeance.

 

[MossRoad]

Sunset today from Indiana Dunes State Park in Chesterton, IN.

Indiana steel mills to the left of the sun, Chicago skyline to the right. Click on it and zoom in.