Capturing Nature's True Essence
Each shot reflects instinctive moments, revealing the raw beauty of animals in their natural habitats, inviting you into their world.
Griffon vulture heading towards its target
So inquisitive can the gaze of a griffon vulture be.
Buseu, in the region of Lleida, Lower Pyrenees, Spain. Griffon vultures and bearded vultures share the same territory without competing. The latter devour the bare bones left behind by the former. Each photograph can be enlarged on screen.
Four moments from the start of the kingfisher's flight.
Observe the aerodynamics of its small body,
stretched out as far as it can go
and retracting its legs.
Eurasian bittern (Botaurus stellaris)
Very difficult to photograph while it is crouching in the reeds.
It can hardly be spotted when it moves and not being at great distance from objective.
This exemplar was seen at Klingnau Lake side, Switzerland.
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A watchful buzzard
Some views of the Zurich Zoo
A visit to the Paris Zoo
Portraits in zoo Heidelberg, Germany
I was for a few days in Heidelberg, Germany, so I made a short visit to the zoo. A little but a very pretty one. Here are some of the portraits made there.
Raccoons are also in Europe
Chalid, the barbary lion
Binda, the barbary lioness
A pretty nice porcupine
Some screaming gulls
A joking sumatra tiger
An inquiring snow owl
A playing ice bear
And some sleeping flamingos. Well, not all of them!
Samu
