Category: Photography
Posted on October 18, 2014
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A very small splash of colour
Category: PhotographyTags: Amazon, american, animal, bird, bird watcher, bird watching, brasil, brazil, Chloroceryle aenea, cute, fauna, kingfisher, naturalist, ornithologist, ornithology, pygmy, pygmy kingfisher, river, south america, tiny, tocantins, zoology
snippets of our garden in Ravenna
Category: PhotographyTags: botanical, botany, flora, food, fruit, garden, gardening, home, house, Italy, orchard, peach, pear, ravenna, tree
and a wee bit of random poetry
Category: PhotographyTags: creative, flora, flower, grass, monocot, naturalist, nature, photo, photography, plant, poem, poet, poetry, rose, wild roses, writing
Not only humans are aware of the importance of a good pose.
Category: PhotographyTags: animal, cat, crafts, fun, game of thrones, khaleesi, nikon, NikonD5000, oriental, paper, pet, photo, photography, play, point, siamese, tabby
I had to take a photo for that weekly contest I participate in, remember? Well, the other day at school I saw this paper coffee cup in the sun and..it was perfect. Because I liked the photo so much, I’m going to publish it… Continue Reading “Light”
Category: PhotographyTags: beautiful, coffee, contest, cup, dance, dancing, instagram, light, mobile phone, paper, photo, photography, ray, school, sun, sun ray, sunlight, week, wwf
Posted on March 26, 2014
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…do this
Category: PhotographyTags: beautiful, blossom, cherry, cliché, flower, flowers, garden, nikon, NikonD5000, obnoxious, photo, photography, pink, plant, spring, tree
This week’s photo contest theme
Category: PhotographyTags: animal, camera, elephant, fauna, giraffe, naturalist, nature, nikon, NikonD5000, photo, photographer, photography, safari, savannah, urban
Posted on March 7, 2014
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…is it Spring there, too?
Category: PhotographyTags: bee, blossom, bonsai, botanical, Botanical Garden, butterfly, cherry, floral, flower, flowers, fly, garden, insect, jardin botanico, lens, macro, Madrid, NikonD5000, photo, photography, plant, Real Jardin Botanico, spain, spring, sun, sunny
Posted on March 2, 2014
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colour power
Category: PhotographyTags: art, colour, natural, nature, paint, painting, photo, photography, power, rainbow, snail, white
you’re never out of original ideas for cards!
Category: Arts&Crafts, PhotographyTags: animal, arctic fox, card, craft, gift, humming bird, hummingbird, nature, photography, present
Posted on February 16, 2014
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A cactus. A cat. A ca(c)t(us).
Posted on February 4, 2014
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Yet another outing at the Jardin Botanico
Category: PhotographyTags: botanic, botanical, botany, colour, dahlia, dead, effect, flora, flower, garden, naturalist, nature, nikon, NikonD5000, photo, photography, plant, rain, vegetation
Posted on December 29, 2013
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It is impossible to imagine anything so lovely as these little Humming Birds, their variety and the extraordinary brilliancy of their colours. Queen Victoria, 1851 They poise themselves in the air, we hear not the humming of the wings, but we can almost fancy… Continue Reading “Winged jewels”
Category: PhotographyTags: antillean crested hummingbird, art, bird, Charles Dickens, colibri, Eulampis holosericeus, Eulampis jugularis, garden, Green-throated carib, humming bird, hummingbird, Jarod Kintz, john ruskin, literature, Martinika, Martinique, Nikon5000, ornithology, Orthorhyncus cristatus, photography, Purple-throated Carib, queen victoria, william blake
Posted on December 9, 2013
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One never sees Paris for the first time; one always sees it again… Edmondo de Amicis The timeless Paris. Paris is always the same. Nothing changes in Paris. This post is, clearly, about Paris. And its everlasting-ness. We went back to the french capital… Continue Reading “Paris on t’aime. Même en hiver.”
Posted on November 15, 2013
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A while ago, in Oslo, I saw this tree. Too amazing not to take photos of!
Category: Photography, Up NorthTags: art, autumn, beauty, colour, ivy, leaf, leaves, natural, nature, norway, Oslo, photo, photography, tree
Posted on October 29, 2013
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Gorgeous. This photo took a lot of time and patience, but I think it was worth it. Taken at the Real Jardin Botanico of Madrid.
Category: PhotographyTags: autumn, azafran, botanical, botanico, botany, croco, Crocus, fiore, flower, garden, giardino, jardin, photo, photography, pianta, plant, primavera, purple, real, saffron, Sativus, spring
Posted on October 29, 2013
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As you might have noticed, it’s officially Autumn in the Northern Hemisphere. Well, at least in Europe, I’m not sure about everyone else. On Sunday we went to the Botanical Gardens of Madrid and it was beautiful. The flowers (yes, there were flowers), the… Continue Reading “Leaves”
Category: PhotographyTags: autumn, Botanical Garden, botany, brown, dry, fallen, falling, garden, gardening, home, kaki, leaf, leaves, Madrid, nikon, NikonD5000, October, orange, outdoors, photo, photography, Real Jardin Botanico, red, spain, Sunday, yellow
Posted on September 10, 2013
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The other day I woke up to a sound that had obviously seeped into my unconscious mind and nudged it into consciousness. I opened my eyes and listened. A gurgling sound reached my ears and, recognising it, I sprang out of bed and stared out… Continue Reading “It is officially Autumn”
Category: PhotographyTags: bee-eater, bird, burrow, colour, cooperative breeding, Cordoba, Downton Abbey, Europe, European, Evora, Merops apiaster, migrant, migration, monogamous, nest, ornithology, Portugal, spain
Posted on September 2, 2013
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I went to Scotland last week. I saw the Highland Cow (or Heeland Coo, as it’s pronounced in the incredibly difficult Scottish accent dictates). On wikipedia, they are described as a long-horned, wavy-haired cows whose coat can be black, brindled, red, yellow or dun.… Continue Reading “The Heeland coo”
Category: Photography, Up NorthTags: animal, autumn, bos bovis, bos taurus, britain, camera, cattle, coat, cow, English, eye, fauna, hair, heeland coo, highland cow, highlands, lens, livestock, mammal, nikon, NikonD5000, photo, photography, scot, scotland, scottish, Scottish cow, species, uk, variety, way coat
Together with Nicole Duplaix, Chair of the IUCN-SSC Otter Specialist Group , I wrote a book all about otters and how wonderful they are. Check it out We Love Otters
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