Abstract & Macro
Some good news from the animal front. In a time where the Red List of threatened animals becomes bigger every day, fortunately there are some exceptions to the rule. The adorable and tiny Tree Frog is one of few species that seem to have thrived lately. For many years, there were only a handful of […]
Finally, I have picked up the camera again. Last Saturday, I spent a hot morning in a tent hide to shoot bathing birds in a small stream. Amazing how many individual birds visit the spot. At one time, there were no less than 7 species in a small bush next to the stream. On Sunday, […]
As some of you may have noticed, I have started to broaden my photographic view. Although I still love to photograph birds, I find myself more and more photographing insects, landscapes, mammals and abstracts. With insects, abstracts, landscapes and flowers, you can take all the time you need to finetune your composition and exposure. Every […]
There was a time I went almost mad when the weather at my planned day off would be drab and rainy. Not anymore so. I had planned to spend the morning in my hide to photograph partridge, but a quick look through the curtains was enough to resort to plan B. Plan B consisted of […]
Apart from the blue male Moor Frogs (see the previous blog entry), I also spent some time photographing the frog spawn. The spawn was much less wary of my presence than its creators, and therefore easier to approach… As the spawn of Moor Frogs needs air to survive, part of it will always break the […]
We all get to endure these days on which nothing seems to work, everything goes wrong and you just feel blue. Worst about it is you never know when such a day will present itself, it can happen anytime. Male Moor Frogs have an easier life in that respect: the one thing they can be […]