Photo of the Day: Weedy Sea Dragon

Image from here.

My photo of this Sunday is about this fascinating male weedy sea dragon with his eggs taken by Richard Wylie.

As you may know, sea dragons are marine fishes that are found in water around the southern coastline of Australia. There are 2 types of Sea dragons: the Weedy and the Leafy Sea Dragon.

As with sea horses, sea dragon males are responsible for childbearing. The male sea dragons have a spongy brood patch on the underside of the tail where females deposit their bright-pink eggs during mating.

They are some of the most ornately camouflaged creatures on the planet. Adorned with soft sheer leaf-shaped appendages over their entire bodies, they are perfectly outfitted to blend in with the seaweed and kelp formations that they live amongst. Unfortunately they are still at risk due to habitat destruction.

Such an intriguing and majestic creature, don't you think?

Have a breezy Sunday,

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Marina Cano: A Woman In Love With The Wild

My photographer in light today is the award winning landscape and wildlife photographer, Marina Cano. 

One look through her exquisite portfolio, and we are convinced that the bounds of love are not bounds at all but rather a shared experience among beasts of all shapes and sizes, extending from the photographer herself to the very creatures who images she captures so beautifully. 

From the delicate portrait of a mountain gorilla gazing at her newborn infant to the intimate trunk nuzzling of African elephants, Cano’s animal photography elicits from its audience a sense that, in nature, love is the very core of existence. 

She said she has "a special commitment with the planet and their threatened wildlife and hope her work can touch people’s hearts. Photographers usually say that they ‘capture’ images, but for me the opposite is true. Animals have captured me.”

Marina’s comprehensive portfolio has been exposed close to master photographer Steve Bloom, and her brilliant photos had become a powerful environmentalism weapon.

Photos: by Marina Cano

For more of her work, you can visit her website here.

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Animal Instincts by Lennette Newell

The photographer in light today is the talented Lennette Newell with her ani-human Photography. 

She created a bizarre exhibit featuring naked models being covered with body paint to look just like wild animals. 

Lennette's daring pictures show models posing covered in paint as zebras, elephants, baboons and cheetahs next to their real life counterparts. 

The San Francisco photographer's display, called "Anti-Human" was devised out of Lennette's childhood desire to become one of the animals her father used to treat as a vet. 

Her strikingly colourful set aims to mark the difference between humans and wild animals.

Here with the model Jasmina painted in snakeskin style print while Daisy the 12ft Burmese phython is wrapped around her.

The same model covers herself in a bronzed light brown paint with black spots while sat behind Tango the beautiful cheetah.

One of her eye-catching pictures shows Jasmina painted in black and white next to a zebra, complete with black and white hair to accurately mimmick the majestic animal.

Another image shows another willing model, Kaela, posing in grey and brown paint, with a trunk painted down the centre of her body to replicate the appearance of Susie the African elephant next to her.

Really striking images, don't you think?

Have a breezy day,

Photos: via Lennette Newell's website

Wildlife Photography By Nikolai Zinoviev

My photographer in light today is the Russian photographer Nikolai Zinoviev, with his marvellous wildlife photos. He photographs for both companies and individuals who like to see wild nature and its inhabitants in their daily living and work environments.

Most of us live in places completely altered by civilization, territories of hundreds of square miles where there’s no place left for nature as it existed thousands years ago and for wild species, that once populated these vast territories. Nikolai’s mission is to bring wildlife into people’s homes and workplaces through his photographs, to make them feel the importance of preserving of what is left of it on Earth. 

He said: 'I dreamt a lot about taking a long trip in Africa to experience the savanna’s wild beauty'. Hmmmm I love that dream! 

Nikolai Zinoviev's website: www.nikzinoviev.com

New born Deer on the Beach

Enjoy this this adorable baby deer squeaking and walking for the first time on the beach. This is just too cute not to share!

We are all connected

This is a fantastic promotional short from the WWF. I can’t imagine how much thought and planning went into each one of these shots, from the use of color, to the choreography, and camera work. Brilliant!

Cutie baby Animals Bring you in a Good Mood :-)