European Herring Gull Enjoying The Rain
I shot the photo of the European herring gull yesterday when I drove to Travemünde with a friend. As mentioned in a previous post, it became rainy as soon as we arrived. It was a little bit sad because...
View ArticleA Bird Safely Landed
Here we have a common blackbird safely landed on a fence with barbed wire. I was walking through one of our parks when I noticed the landing of the bird. It’s amazing with what kind of precision they...
View ArticleFlying Greylag Goose
I found this flying greylag goose (Anser anser) during my walk through the Schellbruch reserve. The goose flew by far away and that was not really a perfect situation for my 18-105mm kit lens. So, I...
View ArticleCormorant take off?
During my hike through the Schellbruch I shot several photos of birds. It’s said that there are over 200 different species, that means it was not very difficult to see a few of them. I am not a bird...
View ArticleWhite Swan With Fledglings
I saw this white swan with the fledglings at the Schellbruch. There were two of them and I think it was the parental couple of the fledglings. The swan that protected the fledglings hissed quite loud...
View ArticleBumblebee On A Plant
I shot this photo in the garden. We have a lot of bumblebees in the garden due to all the flowers and plants. It would be a paradise for macro photography. Now I still need to work with the kit …...
View ArticleBumblebee At Work
It’s not a long time ago when I uploaded a photo of a bumblebee, but we have plenty of flowers in the garden and therefore also enough bumblebees and other insects. I like to watch them, I also like...
View ArticleTips To Get Close-Up Insect Photos With The Nikon 18-105mm Lens
I mentioned several times now in my blog that it’s impossible to get real macro photos with the Nikon 18-105mm lens, however, in this post I will write down how you can get decent insect close-up shots...
View ArticleSnapshot of a Common Blackbird
Here is another photo of a Common Blackbird. There are a lot of them in our district, flying around or hiding in the trees. Had to crop the image to get closer, I am not too happy with the image, …...
View ArticleLittle Cute Bird
I shot the photo of this little cute bird a while ago. This is a sparrow, although I was not sure if it’s a house sparrow or a tree sparrow, I had to research. This is the type of bird … Continue...
View ArticleNew Sun Lounger In The Garden
We have this new sun lounger in the garden. I like this, it’s pretty comfortable, at least if there wouldn’t be so much fire ants on the lawn. The fire ants are a little bit annoying, I had several of...
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