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unsere erste Bergwanderung ging zur Edelweißhütte
wünsche alle ein schönes Wochenende - happy weekend
Always on the lookout for the classic outback windmill bore shot - this was a wonderful misty sunrise in South Australia's mid north somewhere near Hawker. The sun looked amazingly huge through the mist and the sepia colour was exactly as I saw it.
A little redo of an old favourite.
Galapagos Islands
Off the coast Of Equador
San Salvador Island a/k/a Santiago Island
James Bay
The Galapagos marine iguana is an ugly reptile with amazing abilities. Charles Darwin on visiting the islands classified the animals as revolting. I found them to be very fascinating.
The marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) is an iguana found only on the Galápagos Islands that has the ability, unique among modern lizards, to forage in the sea, making it a marine reptile. They can dive down up to 30 feet into the water to find food. They have a natural ability to swim and to move around with speed.
Since much of the Galapagos Marine Iguana’s time is spent in the water there is still a great deal that we don’t know about them. It is known that they must come to land to help with regulating their temperature. The water is too cold for them to remain in it all the time.
When the body temperature drops too much, they have a hard time moving and that makes them vulnerable to predators such as frigate birds and the Galapagos hawk. They will become more aggressive too when they are cooler. They tend to spend time on rocks by the water with their head upwards to soak up as much sunlight as they can at once. - Wikipedia
Aiming for barrierpost ;) ...
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Buizerd, Buteo Buteo, Bussarde, Bussard, Common Buzzard, Mäusebussard, buse
Pentax K7
Sigma APO 50-500mm F4.5-6.3 DG OS HSM Pentax *AF
Shutterspeed 1/800
Exposure Correction 0
Diapraghm f8
Focalpoint 500mm
Iso 800
*AF=Autofocus
Costa Rica
Central America
Ctenosaura quinquecarinata, commonly known as the club tail iguana or the five-keeled spiny-tailed iguana is a species of lizard in the Iguanidae family endemic to Central America.
The tail on this species is heavily armored with five rings of spines forming longitudinal ridges. Males of the species grow to a length of 35 centimeters (14 in) whereas females attain 18.5 centimeters (7.3 in). Like most Ctenosaura the iguanas are born a bright green color fading to brown as the animal ages. The females tend to turn a uniform drab brown in color, and males develop tones of black, blue and yellow on their bodies and heads over the brown background.
Total population size is not known, but it is estimated that there may be fewer than 2,500 mature individuals. It is threatened by habitat loss through deforestation, overcollection through unregulated exploitation for the pet trade, and it is even hunted by humans as a food item. – Wikipedia
The Pantanal
Brazil
South America
The green iguana (Iguana iguana), also known as the American iguana, is a large, arboreal, mostly herbivorous species of lizard of the genus Iguana. Usually, this animal is simply called the iguana. The green iguana ranges over a large geographic area; it is native from southern Brazil and Paraguay as far north as Mexico and have been introduced from South America to Puerto Rico.
Considered an invasive species; in the United States, feral populations also exist in South Florida (including the Florida Keys), Hawaii, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Rio Grande Valley of Texas.
A herbivore, it has adapted significantly with regard to locomotion and osmoregulation as a result of its diet. It grows to 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) in length from head to tail, although a few specimens have grown more than 2 metres (6.6 ft) with bodyweights upward of 20 pounds (9.1 kg). – Wikipedia
In flight ;) …
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Bruine Kiekendief, Circus aeruginosus, Marshharrier, Rohrweihe, Busard des roseaux
Pentax K7
Sigma APO 50-500mm F4.5-6.3 DG OS HSM Pentax *AF
Shutterspeed 1/1250
Exposure Correction 0
Diapraghm f6.3
Focalpoint 500mm
Iso 400
*AF=Autofocus
C'est marrant les personnes que l'on peut croiser dans la rue. Nous étions sur Paris en train de chercher un restaurant où nous devions rejoindre des amis, et nous sommes tombés sur Frankie.
Bien évidemment j'avais mon appareil photo avec moi :))) Donc le temps de le sortir, de bien me placer, j'ai réussi à prendre quelque clichés de lui... Ce qui a bien fait rire les passants d'ailleurs! Ce n'est pas tous les jours où vous allez voir quelqu'un prendre en photo les fesses d'un autre.
Je suis toujours en mode adaptation avec mon 55mm donc la map n'est pas des plus tip top. En tout cas Frankie vous salue!
We were searching for a restaurant in Paris while we met this guy... He was in a Gym suit, with huge blue sunglasses walking his pooddle... It was so hilarious...
Masai Mara National Reserve
Kenya
East Africa
Happy Caturday!
The cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) is a large cat native to Africa and central Iran. It is the fastest land animal, estimated to be capable of running at 80 to 128 km/h (50 to 80 mph) with the fastest reliably recorded speeds being 93 and 98 km/h (58 and 61 mph), and as such has several adaptations for speed, including a light build, long thin legs and a long tail.
The cheetah lives in three main social groups, females and their cubs, male "coalitions" and solitary males. While females lead a nomadic life searching for prey in large home ranges, males are more sedentary and may instead establish much smaller territories in areas with plentiful prey and access to females.
The cheetah is active mainly during the day, with peaks during dawn and dusk. It feeds on small- to medium-sized prey, mostly weighing under 40 kg (88 lb), and prefers medium-sized ungulates such as impala, springbok and Thomson's gazelles. The cheetah typically stalks its prey to within 60–70 m (200–230 ft), charges towards it, trips it during the chase and bites its throat to suffocate it to death. -
The cheetah occurs in a variety of habitats such as savannahs in the Serengeti, arid mountain ranges in the Sahara and hilly desert terrain in Iran. The cheetah is threatened by several factors such as habitat loss, conflict with humans, poaching and high susceptibility to diseases. In 2016, the global cheetah population was estimated at around 7,100 individuals in the wild; it is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. – Wikipedia