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Deer are fascinating to watch and I'm so pleased to have captured this wee behaviour from this impressive Red Deer stag. He was so permanently furious and stompy but mesmerising to watch and capture with my camera. It isnt just deer who do this (Big cats and horses do this too) but it is a known behaviour for scenting females and whilst the stag looks like he is sneering, he stretches his neck, lifts his nose and curls his top lip, maximising exposure to air containing pheromones to his vomeronasal organ, (located in the roof of his mouth). This helps him detect Doe's in Oestrus.
Nature is truly incredible.
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Schokland with its surroundings symbolizes the history of the Netherlands and the lives of people on the border between water and land. For this reason, in 1995, UNESCO placed the area of more than 1,300 hectares as the first Dutch monument on the prestigious World Heritage List. Museum Schokland provides a fascinating insight into the history of this former island in the Zuiderzee and what preceded it.
The Schokland Museum is centrally located on this first Dutch world heritage site. The historic church from 1834 and the striking wooden museum buildings form a striking point in the modern landscape of the Noordoostpolder.
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Seeds of a silver thistle / Silberdistel (Carlina acaulis)
some years ago in Botanical Garden, Frankfurt
Switzerland, May 2021
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ABOUT THE PHOTO:
So this photo is a bit of a novelty for me - at least here on Flickr, but it's also a journey back in time in a sense. I've always loved b/w and sepia photography; already as a very young teenager I would go out into the woods with an old Pentax Spotmatic (which I had nicked from my father) whenever it was a foggy day to shoot b/w compositions of sunbeams cutting through the ghostlike trees.
I used films with a sensitivity of at least 1600 (for those of you who remember what that means 😉 ), and the resulting photos had an incredibly fine grain which I loved; I blew them up to the size of posters and hung them on the walls of my teenage man-cave next to Hendrix, Jim Morrison and Slash.
But then I abandoned photography altogether for 20 years, and when I finally picked up a camera again, it was one of the digital kind. Now neither film nor grain played any role in my photographic endeavours - let alone b/w compositions: because the reason I fell in love with shooting pictures once more was the rare and incredibly colorful lizard species that had chosen my garden as its habitat.
It's this species - the Lacerta bilineata aka the western green lizard - that my photo website www.lacerta-bilineata.com/ and also my Flickr gallery are dedicated to, but I've since expanded that theme a bit so that it now comprises the whole Lacerta bilineata habitat, which is to say my garden and its immediate surroundings and all the flora and fauna I find in it.
I like that my gallery and the website have this clear theme, because in order to rise to the challenge of portraying all aspects of a very specific little eco system (which also happens to be my home of sorts), it forces me to constantly explore it from fresh angles, and I keep discovering fascinating new motives as my photographic journey continues.
Which brings me to the horse pasture you see in this photo. This playground for happy horsies lies just outside my garden, and it normally only interests me insofar as my green reptile friends claim parts of it as their territory, and I very much prefer it to be horseless (which it thankfully often is).
Not that the horses bother the reptiles - the lizards don't mind them one bit, and I've even seen them jump from the safety of the fly honeysuckle shrub which the pasture borders on right between the deadly looking hooves of the horses to forage for snails, without any sign of fear or even respect.
No, the reason I have a very conflicted relationship with those horses is that they are mighty cute and that there's usually also foals. The sight of those beautiful, happy animals jumping around and frolicking (it's a huge pasture and you can tell the horses really love it) is irresistible: and that inevitably attracts what in the entire universe is known as the most destructive anti-matter and ultimate undoing of any nature photographer: other humans.
Unlike with the horses, the lizards ARE indeed very much bothered by specimens of loud, unpredictable Homo sapiens sapiens - which makes those (and by extension also the horses) the cryptonite of this here reptile photographer. It's not the horses' fault, I know that, but that doesn't change a thing. I'm just telling you how it is (and some of you might have read about the traumatic events I had to endure to get a particular photo - if not, read at your own risk here: www.flickr.com/photos/191055893@N07/51405389883/in/datepo... - which clearly demonstrated that even when it's entirely horseless, that pasture is still a threat for artistic endeavours).
But back to the photo. So one morning during my vacation back in May I got up quite early. It had rained all night, and now the fog was creeping up from the valley below to our village just as the sky cleared up and the morning sun started to shine through the trees.
And just as I did when I was a teenager I grabbed my camera and ran out to photograph this beautiful mood of ghostlike trees and sunbeams cutting through the mist. There had already been such a day a week earlier (which is when I took this photo: www.flickr.com/photos/191055893@N07/51543603732/in/datepo... ), but this time, the horses were also there.
Because of our slightly strained relationship I only took this one photo of them (I now wish I had taken more: talk about missed opportunities), and otherwise concentrated on the landscape. It was only later when I went through all the photos on my computer that I realized that I actually really liked those horses, even despite the whole composition being such a cliché. And I realized another thing: when I drained the photo of all the color, I liked it even better - because there was almost a bit of grain in it, like in the photos from my youth.
Since then I have experimented quite a bit with b/w and sepia compositions (some of which I will upload here eventually I guess), but this photo here is the first one that helped me rediscover my old passion. I hope you like it even though it builds quite a stark contrast with the rest of my tiny - and very colorful - gallery. But in the spirit of showing you the whole Lacerta bilineata habitat (and also in the spirit of expanding my gallery a bit beyond lizards and insects), I think it's not such a bad fit.
As always, many greetings to all of you, have a wonderful day and don't hesitate to let me know what you think 😊
Depuis le Gabarot "Le Cinquième Vent", lors d'une sortie "Faune et flore" animée par des passionnés passionnants de l'association "Les Chalandoux du 5ème vent"
From the Gabarot "Le Cinquième Vent", during a "fauna and flora" outing animated by the fascinating enthusiasts of the association "Les Chalandoux du 5ème vent"
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à l'arrière-plan, Église Saint-Maurille de Chalonnes-sur-Loire (Classée MH, 1909) fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89glise_Saint-Maurille_de_Chalo...
Hamadryas Baboon (Papio hamadryas) living in the Ethiopian Highlands of Africa Rocks. San Diego Zoo. Conservation status: least concern.
Faszinierende Dolomiten
Das Pordoijoch ist mit einer Scheitelhöhe von 2239 m s.l.m. der zweithöchste mit einer durchgehend asphaltierten Straße versehene Gebirgspass in den Dolomiten Italiens
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It is tranquil and beautiful.
It truly makes me calm.
Worth a visit! Highly recommend!
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What's fascinating about flames is that they never lie.
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Fascinating Iceland - Mittel-Island, Hochlandpiste Kjölur neben dem Langjökull
Fascinating Iceland - Central Iceland, Kjölur highland track next to Langjökull
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A young European wildcat. She looks so harmless and cute, but she will never get tame. I find it so fascinating that our domesticated house cats are not the descendants of the European wildcats, but are descended from the African Wildcat and found their way to our latitudes a long time ago.
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This is a spider wasp with a Wolf spider. I have not been able to identify what type of spider wasp it is, apparently there are many different types. Here in southern Arizona we have one by the name of Tarantula Wasp, which preys on Tarantulas. They are much larger and have orange wings. The wasp in the photo has stung this spider. When I came across them the wasp was dragging the spider across the ground, heading for her nest. The horrifying part of this story is, the venom of the wasp does not kill the spider, it paralyzes it. After stinging and paralyzing the spider, the wasp drags it to its nest where it lays eggs inside the spider. When the wasp larva hatch inside the spider, they eat it alive. I took this photo at Gilbert Water Ranch in Gilbert Arizona.
Had 3 beautiful windless days in Lodi where so many people go to view these amazing Sandhill Cranes. I found a deeply plowed divot in this cornfield where these beautiful birds allow me to sit and watch them as they leisurely grazed and at times would go into their 'fascinating mating dances'.
Fascinating, Unsanitary and Disgusting - a Great Place to Be and See.
Oh, and there's a band rehearsing in the bar around the corner, just off to the left, opposite the coffee shop, where they have the bicycle racks, but it's a little hard to tell from the photograph.
Pink Waxcaps or Hygrcybe Calyptriformis are a beautiful and unusual sight. They will appear in undisturbed grasslands either singular or with just two or three together. Taken on Dartmoor by the side of a stream.
This MM theme went round and round (no pun intended) in my head all day. After an exhausting day and an accidental after-dinner nap on the sofa 😱, I decided on the simplest thing I could get my hands on. A thimble, which lights nicely and creates its own bokeh. I'm still not sure it's the best thing I could've come up with in the (rather limited) time I've had over the past week, but here it is anyway.
Fascinating birds these Western Marsh Harriers
Location: Friesland, the Netherlands
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Snakes - fascinating animals with a worse reputation than they deserve. Highly sensitive, perfect hunters, with a very own beauty. It's always a question of perspective.
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The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,300 kilometres over an area of approximately 344,400 square kilometres. The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, Australia. The Great Barrier Reef can be seen from outer space and is the world's biggest single structure made by living organisms. This reef structure is composed of and built by billions of tiny organisms, known as coral polyps. It supports a wide diversity of life and was selected as a World Heritage Site in 1981. The Great Barrier Reef has long been known to and used by the Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and is an important part of local groups' cultures and spirituality. The reef is a very popular destination for tourists, especially in the Whitsunday Islands and Cairns regions. Tourism is an important economic activity for the region, generating over A$3 billion per year. 22972
Fascinating northern lights in southern Iceland
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Hi there! Let me tell you the fascinating and dramatic story of this bird island on the west coast of Norway. In the year 1725 a ship from the Netherlands descended here. The ship was loaded with gold. The gold treasure was later found by divers. The island "Runde" has only 150 inhabitants. But every summer, more than 500,000 seabirds come here to nest. And tourists from all over Europe come here, either to experience this adventure or to find remnants of the gold treasure... Thanks for your visit and comments, my Flickr friends. I hope you're all staying safe and healthy. Enjoy your summer):
Lassen Sie mich Ihnen die faszinierende und dramatische Geschichte dieser Vogelinsel an der Westküste Norwegens erzählen. Im Jahr 1725 landete hier ein Schiff aus den Niederlanden. Das Schiff war mit Gold beladen. Der Goldschatz wurde später von Tauchern gefunden. Runde hat nur 150 Einwohner. Aber jeden Sommer kommen mehr als 500.000 Seevögel auf die Insel, um zu nisten. Und Touristen aus ganz Europa kommen hierher, um entweder dieses Abenteuer zu erleben oder die Überreste des Goldschatzes zu finden. Es ist ein Abenteuer... Vielen Dank für Ihren Besuch und Ihre Kommentare, meine Flickr-Freunde. Ich hoffe ihr bleibt alle gesund und munter): …
Laissez-moi vous raconter l'histoire fascinante et dramatique de cette île aux oiseaux sur la côte ouest de la Norvège. En 1725, un navire des Pays-Bas est descendu ici. Le navire était chargé d'or. Le trésor d'or a ensuite été découvert par des plongeurs. Runde ne compte que 150 habitants. Mais chaque été, plus de 500 000 oiseaux marins viennent nicher sur l'île. Et des touristes de toute l'Europe viennent ici, soit pour vivre cette aventure, soit pour trouver des vestiges du trésor d'or... Merci de votre visite et de vos commentaires, mes amis Flickr. J'espère que vous restez tous en sécurité et en bonne santé. Profitez de votre été):
Déjame contarte la fascinante y dramática historia de esta isla de aves en la costa oeste de Noruega. En 1725 aterrizó aquí un barco de los Países Bajos. El barco estaba cargado de oro. El tesoro de oro fue encontrado más tarde por buzos. Runde tiene solo 150 habitantes. Pero cada verano, más de 500.000 aves marinas llegan a la isla para anidar. Y los turistas de toda Europa vienen aquí para tener esta aventura o para encontrar los restos del tesoro de oro. Es una aventura Gracias por su visita y sus comentarios, amigos de Flickr. Espero que todos estén sanos y salvos):
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This fascinating Green Iguana was found inside the butterfly farm, of all places. We got quite the show as she made her way along the top lattice, eating leaves, and then climbing down to walk along the foot path. (See pics below)
I was told that her and the male are usually found lounging around in the same spot most of the day and rarely come down to the ground.
Being the Spring equinox (well here in the Southern Hemisphere anyway) I thought some florally pastely whimsy might be appropriate. Hit 30C today, yay! Time to start swimming on the beaches instead of just photographing them.
Fun fact about the equinox. As you know it marks the tipping point from days being shorter than nights, to days becoming longer than nights. BUT .., days and nights are equal in length (each 12 h) for the southern hemisphere two or three days before the technical spring equinox and most of Australia sees about 12 h 8 min. of daylight on the spring equinox itself. This is because our atmosphere refracts sunlight so that we can see the Sun just before it's risen in line with the horizon and just after it's passed below the level of the horizon at sunset. Seeing the sun before it rises! Science amazes , and confuses me!
Happy equinox wherever you are in this fascinating world of ours :)
I don't recall ever seeing these flowers with the white petals before! They go through so many stages that it's difficult to keep track. They are fascinating flowers.
Better on black & fullscreen : )
Fascinating to see the evidence of all the changes that have happened in those archways over time. How the different windows have appeared, been replaced, and more recent styles applied. One can get a picture of how things could have looked originally.
Fascinating Iceland -
in the South - Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon
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Faszinierendes Island - Gletscherlagune Jökulsárlón
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We had a mooch about the other morning in our local area, as we had really heavy mist. We live in a pit village, so we often see some ‘interesting’ sights. That morning, some fairground trucks were parked up in an area of dilapidation. Made for some fascinating captures. A little bit different to ‘misty woodlands’ More captures of this series to follow.