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pink grasshopper erythrism 4
  The Pink Grasshopper Not so long ago, one of my photo-pals found a pink grasshopper.To be very honest: his special find made me a little bit jealous.After all it is just about the closest thing to a pink elephant!At the same time, I realized how rare such a phenomenon […]

49. The pink grasshopper – a story about erythrism


Snake's Head Fritillary chess flower fritillaria meleagris 7
Fritillary Alert! 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 has […]

41. Chasing Fritillaries


A white rabbit with a cute smile in a natural environment 2
 1. If it Walks Like a Goose And it Talks Like a Goose…. As soon as this Army of Cuteness arrives, the most fanatical birder goes “awwwwwwww”.Bold loitering spontaneously share their sandwiches, a homeless worriedly counts whether they are as many as yesterday.   2. Interview by Bored Panda “Talented […]

38. Photography Bestof 2014



I have a this much younger little brother, a so called afterthought.As we speak, this little brother is almost twice my size and weight, but you know how it works with little baby brothers… Once upon a time, when my little brother actually was little, he bended my ears about […]

35. Squirting, Spinning, Spitting and Swallowing Spiders



A rare pink grasshopper due to a pigment deviation, called erythrism 6
Pink Elephant Not so long ago, one of my photo-pals found a pink grasshopper.I have to admit: his special find made me a little bit jealous. 😉After all it is just about the closest thing to a pink elephant!At the same time, I realised how rare such a phenomenon actually […]

31. Mr. Pink: The Pink Grasshopper



Amphibians | Hyla arborea tree frog
Skilled Pole Dancers I bet most fellow nature photographers assumed – just like I did- tree frogs to be hugely enterprising, energetic and cheerful creatures. Skilfully hopping from blackberry to blackberry, climbing in trees like professional circus artists, swinging on stalks, as if they were climbing frames and sliding along […]

25. The Great Green Yawn



Meerkikker Pelophylax ridibundus Pool frog marsh frog 3
Fight, Flight or….Dive! 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 […]

12. It’s a Frogs Life



Kleine Plevier Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 5
Dutch Desert 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.


wildlife Moor frog Rana arvalis mating amplex blue amphibians 4
On one of the last winter days some colleague photographers and I plotted our new challenge: finding Blue Moor Frogs. The rumor 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)


Bohemian waxwing Bombycilla garrulus Pestvogel 1
Nagging Birds In Dutch Bohemian 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! Bohemian waxwings invade my country every now and then.They appear in large numbers and -being just a little shy- they make a […]

7. Bohemian Waxwings Playing Hard to Get