Can You Spot The 'Invisible Animals'?
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Can you spot the 'invisible animal'? Incredible
images show nature's disappearing act when predators are near
- These
animals are trying their utmost to fool predators by blending into
landscapes all over the world
- They were
taken by photographer Art Wolfe over a period of 35 years, for his work
'Vanishing Act'
PUBLISHED: 13:50 GMT, 27 December 2012 | UPDATED: 16:35 GMT, 27 December 2012
Painstaking: Mr Wolfe, says finding and filming animals on location, such as this wandering tattler chick in Wrangell-Saint Ellias National Park, is 'an exhilarating and painstaking process'
Whether they are hunters or the hunted, these cunning animals are
all masters of disguise who can fool even the most beady-eyed passer by into
believing they are not there.
Some hide under lily pads, some dissolve into the bark of a tree
while others slip seamlessly into the snow, either to hide from a hungry
predator or silently stalk an unwitting prey.
But the one thing from which they cannot hide is the all-seeing
camera lens of photographer Art Wolfe.
He has spent over 35 years roaming the deserts of Africa, the
rainforests of South America, the mountains of the United States and snow
plains of Canada to capture wildlife at its most invisible.
Cunning tricks: A Great Horned Owl uses colour in its plumage to disappear in a temperate forest in Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon, while an American Pika performs a vanishing act in the Cascade Range of Washington.
Rock and hole: A gyrfalcon at their nest built on a cliff, and a California Ground Squirrel blends in with its rocky environment.
It's white in
front of you! A willow ptarmigan in winter plumage, hidden on a brushy slope
near Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. The animals are trying their utmost to fool
predators but that's not enough to deceive international photographer Art Wolfe
He has travelled through every continent in the
world in tireless pursuit of more subjects for his chef-d'oeuvre 'Vanishing
Act' that dates back to the 1980s.
Art said: 'Throughout my career as a nature
photographer, I have challenged myself to present new perspectives on
well-documented subjects.
'Like most of my projects this collection has
been a long time in the making.
'Finding and filming animals on location is an
exhilarating and painstaking process. I'm still adding to the project even now.
'Conventional wildlife photography calls for
isolating the subject by selective focus, this way the animal is clearly
defined.
Having a giraffe: A Giraffe in Transvaal,
South Africa. Wolfe's 35-year career has spanned every continent as he has
followed his passion for the environment
Can't see the wolf from the trees: A wolf
peering out from behind a tree trunk in an autumn Montana forest
Eye spy: A spectacled caiman in Llanos,
Venezuela. Wolfe works to make it visually challenging to the viewer by using
depth of field, scale and placement and confusing the subject
Leaf me alone: A Mealy or Blue-crowned
parrot disappears like just another leaf in the lush Central American
rainforest, Chan Chich, Belize
'Photographers always want to show off their
subject. And yet, is this really the way an animal is viewed by the human eye?
Not quite.
'We don't have the isolating abilities that a
telephoto lens provides. On most occasions an animal remains somewhat concealed
by the clutter of its natural habitat-a necessity of survival for both predator
and prey.
'I have basically employed three different
photographic approaches and purposely worked to enhance the difficulty to find
the camouflaged subject-as difficult as it is in the wild to see animals that
do not want to be seen.
Snake eyes: A horned adder matches the
colour of the sand in the Namib Desert, Namibia, where they bury themselves
using a swimming motion to disappear beneath the hot surface
Can you spot me? A Leopard conceals herself
in vegetation at the base of a tree in Kruger National Park, Transvaal, South
Africa
Bark and hide: A Great Gray Owl positions
itself in front of a similar pattern to take advantage of his camouflage in
Oregon, United States
'Since it is impossible to capture all the
distractions to the senses of an entire landscape in a photo, I worked to make
it visually challenging by using depth of field, scale and placement and
confusing the subject.'
Art is also a successful book publisher and
television producer. He has published at least one book a year since 1989.
The 61-year-old from Seattle said: 'It is in
the wild places, where the edge of the earth meets the corners of the sky, the
human spirit is fed.'
Invisible: A male Spotted Deer disappears
among sun-dappled vegetation in Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, India
Stop monkeying around: A family of Japanese
Macaques disappear amid their rocky habitat on Honshu Island, Japan
I'm white over here! White-tailed Ptarmigan
in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada
The long grass: An Impala hiding in
vegetation in Botswana's Chobe National Park, Africa
A sandy place to hide: A cheetah cub
disguised against the Kalahari Desert, South Africa
Water good place to hide: A Common Snipe,
well hidden in the shoreline vegetation of a Minnesota stream
Painstaking: Mr Wolfe, says finding and
filming animals on location, such as this wandering tattler chick in
Wrangell-Saint Ellias National Park, is 'an exhilarating and painstaking
process'
Out of sight hawk: A nighthawk resting on
rocks where it blends into its surroundings in eastern Washington
Snow way I'll be spotted here: A coyote
camouflaged in the surrounding brush at the edge of a snow dusted field,
Washington State, USA
Precarious perch: Two Klipspringers
camouflaged against a rocky outcrop in Chobe, Botswana
Branching out: A well-concealed blue dacnis
takes a rest in foliage in Panama
