Some cool photos of animals images:
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Image by qnr
As I was walking in the area of mile marker 226 I saw a fin sticking up from the sargassum. Walking over to investigate, I found that it was a stranded Spinner Dolphin. (Well, to be honest, I saw that it was a stranded dolphin, I was informed later that it was a Spinner.)
Phong Hong Le of the Vietnam Department of Animal Health presents on the Vietnamese EcoZD Project
Image by ILRI
As part of the EcoZD Project, the Vietnam team held training sessions in Binh Phuoc province in the central-highlands to introduce biological sampling methods to local paravets and community health workers. In this photo, Phong Hong Le from the Vietnam Department of Animal Health - an EcoZD national partner in Vietnam - introduces participants to the project, 2 July 2012 (photo credit: ILRI/Andrew Nguyen).
Using the nifty fifty for copying old negatives and slides
Image by Roger Blackwell
The nifty fifty is a useful lens for copying negatives and slides using extension tubes and a light box. I took this original photo of a Snow Leopard at Banham Zoo, Norfolk, England in the early 1990s with a Canon AE1 and a Vivitar 100-200mm zoom lens (c 1979). I copied the negative using a Canon EOS300D camera and a 'nifty fifty' 50mm f1.8 lens using £4 Chinese uncoupled extension tubes with the lens pre-stopped down to f11. Most of the background was white sky so i cleaned up the rest in Photoshop.
