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I swear…lambs are totally nuts….! I recently biked along a meadow, when I saw some strange white movements from the corner of my eye. Some lambs were jumping around like crazy and for a moment I wondered if they might be suffering Mad Sheep Disease… But after watching them for […]

16. Levitating Lambs


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Just like you won’t understand a word, visiting a foreign country for the first time, it will take quite some time to master fox language. But the longer your stay in Fox Nation, the more you will understand their conversations. Of course you will never learn to speak flawless Fox, […]

15. Fox Talk


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Foxes have been notorious for decades, consistently put down as a symbol of trickery and deceit. Many of us are raised with fairy tales about this so called sly and ferocious animal and it payed off:  Even I was made to believe that foxes are scary and dangerous creatures. For […]

14. Reynards, vixens, kits & grooming foxes…. (part 2)



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It must have been about two years ago when I met my first fox and it was love at first sight. I had always been fascinated by fairytale foxes, so well known for their slyness and intelligence. I’d never have dreamt though, that a real fox could be even much […]

13. Fox Cubs (1)


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Frogs are programmed quite simplistically: as soon as there’s any potential danger: dive! Logical enough, but a bit sad for the photographer the happy party ends as soon as (s)he enters… The enthusiastic quacking abruptly dies and the ditch looks as if there have never been any frogs and never […]

12. It’s a Frogs Life


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Thinking about nature photography you probably picture fresh green meadows, meandering rivers, foggy forests or something like that. At least I did. So when I recently cycled to a deserted piece of land along the highway, my romantic image instantly got killed. This unsightly terrain was supposed to house a […]

11. Rollin Rollin Rollin: Plover Photography for Dummies.



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I could write a whole new story about goslings and their endless cuteness, but this time I refer to my former blog about little ducklings. Just replace the word duckling with the word goslings and you’ll know exactly what my feelings are towards this little furry balls on legs…;)

10. Too cute to Blog: Goslings


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I’ve got (at least) two so called weak spots: One is a bizarre attraction towards all that shines. I’m an easy victim for vendors selling way too expensive, but beautifully twinkling fake bracelets and I easily spend my last money on hideous kitsch junk in the Christmas section of Walmarts. […]

9. Too cute to Blog: Ducklings


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On one of the last winter days some colleague photographers and I plotted our new challenge: finding Blue Frogs. The rumour goes that for just a few days a year the male Moor frog dresses completely blue in order to seduce them frog ladies. So it’s just a matter of […]

8. Blue Mission (searching for Moor Frogs)



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In Dutch Waxwings are called Pestvogels, which means something like ‘Nagging Birds’. I often wondered why they got this strange name. Well…I found out the hard way! Waxwing invade my country every now and then. They appear in large numbers and -being just a little shy- they make a great […]

7. Waxwings Playing Hard to Get


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Around a year ago I had this little dream….to meet a fox some day. Not only spotting him from a far distance, not catching only a glimpse of his tail, but really seeing one. And secretly I hoped that on that day, I might be able to take some nice […]

6. A Fox Fantasy: Red fox in the snow