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Another morning at the lakeshore. This time, I chose a different spot to position myself, closer to where I had seen the majority of the Lapwings and waders during the previous sessions. But (there is always a but, isn’t it?): the pouring rains earlier in the week had flooded many of the foraging grounds again. So […]
I’ll tell you now you can’t win thisYou’re way too slowI’ll tell you now I’m gonna take thisDid you come here to watch me, watch me burn? Three Days Grace – Burn (2003) I went to the same place I photographed the Sandpiper last week, hoping for better chances and light, or other species of […]
August and september always seem to be a difficult time for the photographer in me. Breeding season is over, as is the roe deer rut, and it is still way too early for feeding stations and fungi. Which means I have to think hard what to photograph, or just go out without a true photographic plan […]
In my post of July 29, I mentioned that I planned to visit the kingfisher site in hopes of a third brood. Well, I did so last week and to my relief, I found two very busy parents and some noisy chicks in a (new) pipe in the breeding wall. I did not get any useful images […]
Finally a chance to give the indexfinger some relief. A friend took me to several small patches of wet grassland close to home, carefully managed by a nature conservancy organisation. These meadows don’t look like much to the untrained eye, but all kinds of insects surely know how to appreciate this habitat. It was just […]
Maybe I should visit a doctor, as since a few days, I have been experiencing this strange, itchy feeling in my righthand indexfinger that just does not want to go away. I tried a coolpack, insectbite medicine and even gave the finger a few days absolute rest. Nothing seems to help though. It even gets […]