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Sunrays between trees with leaves
© 2006 Kees Smans
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Another one from the Limburg forest series.
Great early morning sunshine moments with some mist as well.
Last minute decision last night to head up to a lookout and shoot what looked like a promising sunset over Adelaide city. I left the house in such a rush I forgot to take any filters - so this is a bit blown out, shooting nearly directly into the sun, but the sunrays through Adelaide's city centre were a treat.
Bright sunlight are tricky especially when shooting facing them. However, at the right angles, they give you nice artistic flares.
These colourful birds are widespread throughout most of Europe. They led very shy, solitary lives. It is usually only by their distinctive 'yaffling' sound, that they make their presence known. They spend much of the time feeding on open ground near woodland, mainly search of ants. Probing the soil with their powerful beaks they extract the ants with long sticky tongues. When it comes to rearing young they hallow out the insides of rotting tree trunks.
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