alanpeterson

Sunset on the Brackish Pond

Sunset on the Brackish Pond

A Mallard quacks at an approaching Greater Yellowlegs as the sun sets at Arcata Marsh's brackish pond.

A Mallard quacks at an approaching Greater Yellowlegs as the sun sets at Arcata Marsh's brackish pond.
Read less

camera

NIKON D800

settings

settings

Aperture f/14.0 ISO 800 Shutter 1/1250 Focal Length 600/1

upload_date

upload_date

May, 2015

Views

2436

Likes

+202

Awards

Superb Composition

+21

Peer Award

+16

Absolute Masterpiece

+14

Top Choice

+4

Outstanding Creativity

+4

All Star

Superior Skill

Magnificent Capture

Emotions

Impressed

Top Ranks

Top 10 rank

Top 10 rank week 1

Top 10 rank

Top 10 rank week 1

Top 10 rank

Top 10 rank week 1

Top 10 rank

Top 10 rank week 1

Top 20 rank

Top 20 rank week 2

Top 10 rank week 1

Top 10 rank

Top 10 rank week 1

Top 20 rank

Top 10 rank week 1

Top 20 rank week 1

Top 20 rank

Top 20 rank week 2

Top 20 rank week 1

Top 10 rank

Top 20 rank

Top 10 rank week 1

Top 20 rank month 1

Top 10 rank week 3

Top 20 rank week 2

Top 10 rank week 1

Top 10 rank

Top 20 rank

Top 10 rank week 1

Top 10 rank week 2

Top 10 rank week 1

Top 20 rank

Top 20 rank week 2

Top 20 rank week 1

Top 20 rank

Top 20 rank week 1

Top 10 rank

Top 20 rank week 2

Top 30 rank week 1

Top 20 rank

Top 20 rank week 1

Top 10 rank

Top 10 rank week 1

Top 20 rank

Top 20 rank week 1

Top 30 rank week 1

Categories

PRO

What's not to like! Great color, reflections, composition, and even a bit of drama.

Masterpiece

See all

Same photographer See all

A Barn Swallow feeding its fledglings at the Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary.

As a Gentoo Penguin chick wakes up from a nap, its parent bends over for a feeding.

A young Northern Harrier patrols the freshwater ponds at Arcata Marsh as the sun sets.

A Chinstrap Penguin cares for its chicks on a rookery above Orne Harbor along the Antarctic Peninsula.

A Short-eared Owl at sunset in Arcata Bottoms

An Anna's Hummingbird is startled by a passing bee.

Rays of sun piercing the fog in a spruce forest at Patrick's Point State Park.

The forests in Trinidad, California reach right up to the edges of the oceanside bluffs. As the sun sets over the pacific, the branches are bathed in

Sun beams in the fog at Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park.

A Great Egret swallowing a fry in the McDaniel Slough tidal wetlands at Arcata Marsh

An Osprey was perched on a tree over the path that lead back to my car at Clear Lake, California. I thought it would fly away as I walked under it, bu

A Short-eared Owl takes off after an unsuccessful dive while hunting at dusk in the Mad River Slough Wildlife Area.

The Great Gray Owl visiting Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park perches on the fence near the road and scans the embankment for voles.

A harbor seal sits on a rock, shrouded by the coastal fog on Trinidad State Beach.

Hugo (top) and Olaf (bottom) from a portrait shoot for the HumCats cat art festival.

One Short-eared Owl trying to steal a vole from another at Arcata Bottoms.

Another Wood Duck drake has visited Sequoia Park.

Discover more photos See all

Another shot of my dear friend Balder. Done with an old post war Zeiss Jena 2.8-180 "Olympia", originaly released in 1936, still a damn good by AndreJaingam

A natural light portrait of my son, in our home. I folded the paper cranes, and they were shot in scene. For the metamorphoses into real cranes, I par by danicasherry

Cheetah walking in the last rays of the light by vladcech

Photo by staceyjones_7515

Last week I was lucky to finally make the trip across to the isolated archipelago of St Kilda.

Located 40 miles west-northwest of North Uist in th by davenelson

Berndi by romymauersberger

A pigeon stares at me whilst it stands casually on a wall overlooking the Thames river by AspMan

Z 3 B R A S by Dantes_View

Looking at you by PilarDiazGomez

Darwin by markmorones

Was so very lucky to come around a curve in the road and have this lynx walking towards me. I pulled over and parked, grabbed my camera and starting s by DJMayImages

playful lions by Serise

A Royal Bengal Tiger In Woods of South India, Kabini by WildTales

Photo by Mad_bubbles

Only the bush separated us from the lioness. She was calm though, eyeing us while we slowly drove by. by bylifeconnected

A beautiful lion rests peacefully on top of a rock with the sunset in its backgroung by rferreira

I wouldn't argue with him! Would you? by KimTR

Bugaboo by tamjaeger

It’s your time to shine! ☀️

Share photos. Enter contests to win great prizes.
Earn coins, get amazing rewards. Join for free.

Or

Already a member? Log In

By continuing, you agree to our Terms of Service, and acknowledge you've read our Privacy Policy Notice.