Yearly Archives: 2015

Banded Demoiselle calopteryx splendens reflection water 1
The longer you’re shooting, the more you’ll discover what’s your cup of tea and what’s not. Just like the real life. At the beginning, you try everything and just can’t get enough. Gradually, you become more discerning, which helps you to avoid things that just don’t suit you. To quote […]

42. River Pleasure (about Banded demoiselles)

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Snake's Head Fritillary chess flower fritillaria meleagris 7
Beep – beep – beeeeeep! In the middle of the night (at least, that how it feels) I’m rudely awakened by a push message on my phone. I almost delete the message without taking a peek, but then curiosity takes over. Fortunately, since a large group of Snakes Head Fritillary […]

41. Chasing Fritillaries

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Konik Horse   Did you know…… The Konik has also been introduced into nature reserves in other nations. One of the first  area where the Konik has been introduced are the Oostvaardersplassen in the Netherlands. In 1995, a herd was released in de Kleine Weerd, a strip of land along […]

PhotoFriday 13: Konik Horse

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Wild Duckling (Anas platyrhynchos)   Did you know…… Baby ducklings accelerate from 0 to 100 km / h in 0.01 second and are able to make a 180 degree turn, without any notice. Well that’s actually a bit exaggerated, but  that’s how it feels when you try to capture them […]

PhotoFriday 12: Wild Duckling (Anas platyrhynchos)

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PhotoFriday 10: Common Sundew (Dros Fallow Deer Fawn (Dama dama)   Did you know…… Fallow deer were first introduced by the Romans into southern England in the 1st century AD. The Normans reintroduced them to Great Britain and to Ireland for the hunt.  

PhotoFriday 11: Fallow Deer Fawn

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Drosera rotundifolia,common sundew,round-leaved sundew,vleesetende plant,carnivorous plant,insect,damselfly
Common Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia)   Did you know…… Sundew grows on poor soil and for nutrition she’s depended on other sources, being…insects. Therefore she uses two different kind of glands. One gland secretes a deliciously smelling mucilage, to lure them poor insects. As soon as the insect has landed, the […]

PhotoFriday 10: Common Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia)

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What’s with these goslings, fox kits, lambs, kittens, ducklings, cubs and cygnets? How can they make us photographers do things, like lying down in the mud and voluntarily crawl through goose shit? Do they have some kind of supernatural powers..? Nope. They have what all baby animals have: The C(ute)-factor. […]

40. The C-Factor: Goslings

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Levitating Lambs   Did you know…… Before lambs turn into these totally boring sweaters on legs, called sheep… …they are utterly funny and totally nuts… ….and play hilarious games like ‘lamb stacking’ ‘sheep leaping’ and ‘levitating lamb’. >> Read more  

PhotoFriday 9: Levitating Lambs

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Snake’s Head Fritillary (Fritillaria meleagris)   Did you know…… The name Fritillaria comes from the Latin fritillus meaning dice-box, possibly referring to the chequered pattern on the flowers. It’s also called chess flower, snake’s head fritillary, snake’s head, frog-cup, guinea-hen flower, guinea flower, leper lily , Lazarus bell, chequered lily, chequered […]

PhotoFriday 7: Snake’s Head Fritillary

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Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis IJsvogel fish landing
Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)   Did you know…… The kingfisher is able to switch between monocular vision (eyes used separately) and binocular vision (eyes used together). It uses monocular vision in air  and binocular vision in water. It’s underwater vision might not be razor sharp, but certainly good enough for […]

PhotoFriday 6: Common Kingfisher

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Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)   Did you know…… Flocks of several thousands of starlings move through the sky, like they are doing a dance together. They gather around sunset and create complexe shapes. This phenomenon is sort sol (Danish for “Black Sun”) If a predator bird enters the flock, the […]

PhotoFriday 5: Common Starling

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