Lacerta Bilineata
Sun Rays In The Mist
Sun Rays In The Mist On A Spring Morning, Monteggio, Malcantone (Ticino, Switzerland), May 2021
My best photos are here: www.lacerta-bilineata.com/ticino-best-photos-of-southern-...
My latest ANIMAL VIDEO (warning, it's a bit shocking): www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T2-Xszz7FI
You find a selection of my 80 BEST PHOTOS (mostly not yet on Flickr) here: www.lacerta-bilineata.com/western-green-lizard-lacerta-bi... (the website exists in ESPAÑOL, FRANÇAIS, ITALIANO, ENGLISH, DEUTSCH)
ABOUT THE PHOTO (btw, I really recommend the enlarged view, I think it makes quite a difference):
One of the reasons I'm so in love with this little oasis of mine in southern Switzerland is the weather. And I'm not just talking about the generally warmer temperatures in Ticino (although those are indeed very welcome), but rather about how many different types of weather can be observed, or rather experienced, particularly in the Malcantone region.
Temperatures range from freezing cold to tropical, and particularly in late spring and early summer every week (sometimes every day) can be different. A hot day might end with an intense thunderstorm, and the next day the landscape can be covered in fog as if it were November. The photo above was taken on the same morning as the previous one showing the horses, after a night of intense rain and heavy storms.
On that morning I must have taken hundreds of photos of that same horse pasture and the surrounding woods (and to the left you can see part of the fly honeysuckle shrub that houses the local western green lizard population), because the mood kept shifting from minute to minute. As the mist from the valley below didn't rise steadily but came up to our village in waves, the light and colors were constantly changing, depending how much sunlight was able to get through the moving fog.
At times the whole landscape seemed as if it were submerged under the sea, dark marine colors dominating for a couple of minutes, before a few more sunbeams were able to cut through, and the world around me came back to the surface. Although I wasn't able to photograph any of my lizard pals that morning, I was very happy for once to just capture that horse pasture (which is part of the western green lizards' habitat after all 😉) right across form my garden, and I'll eventually upload a few more photos from that day for sure.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy the photo. As always, many greetings from Switzerland and have a lovely day everyone - and don't hesitate to let me know what you think. 😊
Sun Rays In The Mist
Sun Rays In The Mist On A Spring Morning, Monteggio, Malcantone (Ticino, Switzerland), May 2021
My best photos are here: www.lacerta-bilineata.com/ticino-best-photos-of-southern-...
My latest ANIMAL VIDEO (warning, it's a bit shocking): www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T2-Xszz7FI
You find a selection of my 80 BEST PHOTOS (mostly not yet on Flickr) here: www.lacerta-bilineata.com/western-green-lizard-lacerta-bi... (the website exists in ESPAÑOL, FRANÇAIS, ITALIANO, ENGLISH, DEUTSCH)
ABOUT THE PHOTO (btw, I really recommend the enlarged view, I think it makes quite a difference):
One of the reasons I'm so in love with this little oasis of mine in southern Switzerland is the weather. And I'm not just talking about the generally warmer temperatures in Ticino (although those are indeed very welcome), but rather about how many different types of weather can be observed, or rather experienced, particularly in the Malcantone region.
Temperatures range from freezing cold to tropical, and particularly in late spring and early summer every week (sometimes every day) can be different. A hot day might end with an intense thunderstorm, and the next day the landscape can be covered in fog as if it were November. The photo above was taken on the same morning as the previous one showing the horses, after a night of intense rain and heavy storms.
On that morning I must have taken hundreds of photos of that same horse pasture and the surrounding woods (and to the left you can see part of the fly honeysuckle shrub that houses the local western green lizard population), because the mood kept shifting from minute to minute. As the mist from the valley below didn't rise steadily but came up to our village in waves, the light and colors were constantly changing, depending how much sunlight was able to get through the moving fog.
At times the whole landscape seemed as if it were submerged under the sea, dark marine colors dominating for a couple of minutes, before a few more sunbeams were able to cut through, and the world around me came back to the surface. Although I wasn't able to photograph any of my lizard pals that morning, I was very happy for once to just capture that horse pasture (which is part of the western green lizards' habitat after all 😉) right across form my garden, and I'll eventually upload a few more photos from that day for sure.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy the photo. As always, many greetings from Switzerland and have a lovely day everyone - and don't hesitate to let me know what you think. 😊