The spider and the fly
I like taking pictures of animals. Whether they are small or big doesn’t make a difference, they all end up on the blog:)
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Swans
I’ve always been interested in taking pictures of animals. As always they are very hard to get near but sometimes, like with these passing swans, you can get an okay picture when they pass you by overhead.
The foal
It snowed a little last night. Can’t say that I approve that much. After New Year’s Eve I pretty much got my mind set on “spring mode” when, in fact, the better part of winter is still to come. Brrr. At days like this one it feels good to dig in the archives from last summer and take a look at a foal. Judging by this picture it seems more like he was taking a look at me though.
A cat
A new week lies a head of us and I thought I would give it a kick-start with a little brainteaser. Somewhere in the picture below, I won’t say where, lies a hidden cat. Can you find it?
Taking off
I tried for a long time to get a picture of a swallow leaving its home. It proved to be quite difficult because I needed to set a very short exposure time which in turn affected the quality of the picture. On top of that it didn’t help that swallows seems to move at the speed of light or very close to it;)
Fetch
Back when I grew up we had a sweet and lovely little dog. As I recall, it never played fetch with trees though;)
Micro universe
Looking outside makes me think summer is gone for this year. Hopefully we will have a long and nice fall to look forward to. I thought about it and I think that I actually long for wrapping myself in a nice and warm scarf and walk around snug as a bug all day:) The summer is however not gone from this site. There’s still plenty to enjoy;)
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A desperat call
Sorry for all the butterflies;( I’m in desperate need to get me some new photos but how to go outside when I seem to have misplaced my gloves, scarf, long-johns and jacket? seriously, 12 degrees in August?!;)
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Eating
Somehow I felt strangely attached to this fly. Is it perhaps because it also seems to like sugar?;) I found it in the window yesterday and it was easily catched because Mini, my cat, had already attacked it a couple of times making it slightly slower. I was on my way to throw it out when I thought of the possibility to take a photo of the fly. This proved to be more difficult than anticipated because, even when hurt, it kept on walking away. I solved this by pouring some sugar on the kitchen table. The result wasn’t that bad I think:)
Butterflies
Summer has come and gone and it’s probably safe to put those swimwear in the back of the closet. The only place where sun is guaranteed is here, on this blog. I predict sunshine and butterflies with emphasis on the latter over the next couple of days;)
Bird of prey
I was lucky enough to capture this bird of prey, species unknown, as it was hovering over a field in the search of a snack. The camera was ready to shoot and I did manage to capture the whole event. Unfortunately the distance was a bit too far making the more speedy parts of the chase a bit too blurry to post:( The two pictures that I am posting today shows the bird as it is in search mode and, in the second picture, shows what it look like when the attack has just begun.
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Crowded
These purple flowers worked like magnets on the different butterflies, moths and insects in the fields or is it that they just enjoy eachothers company?:)
The lizard
As I stood taking some pictures of butterflies in a field a small lizard came running over the grass and stopped just by my feet. Behavior like that, although charming, makes me question this particular lizards survival skills in a tough a dangerous world. Luckily for that lizard I was more interested in taking a picture or two of it than getting a meal. I’d like to think that I, in some small way, may have helped fine-tuning its senses and that it will now live a long and prosperous life:)
From below
As I drew the blinds this morning I noticed a fly sitting on the outside of my window. I ran for my camera in the hope that the fly was a bit lazy that early in the morning and indeed it was. The picture hasn’t got the best focus out there, but I hope the somewhat unusual perspective makes up for that;)
Synchronized Flying
This picture made me think of a movie that I saw not so long ago. It is called Män som simmar and is a Swedish documentary about some middle-aged men who starts practising and, later on, competes in synchronized swimming. It is absolutely brilliant and you just can’t afford to miss it:)
Dusty
One of the small problems with a black cat that you want to take a picture of is that every speck of dust is clearly visible, no matter how hard you try to get rid of it:(
In the web
This one was taken a few years back with an old Ixus 65 so it’s not of the best quality but it shows the huge cross spider quite good even so.
The lizards
Here are two lizards that I met during a walk in Tornby Klitplantage, Jutland. I think they are quite interesting animals and seeing them brings me right back to my childhood and the not so very successful attempts me and a friend had on making a home for them in his parents bathtub. I would have liked to show you some better pictures but the lizards are amazingly fast and these are the best shots, chosen by many, that I got.
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#47
As promised yesterday we continue with even more bees today. As I said yesterday Sven, the beekeeper, likes the honey but the main reason for him to keeping bees is breeding. He is absolutely obsessed with getting the perfect hives and he tries to achieve this by breeding. This isn’t something a beekeeper can do by himself but a company helps them out with the inseminations. According to Sven there are several variables to consider when breeding queens: The chance of the hive swarming and how aggressive the bees turn out are two of the most important ones. In the gallery below is one picture with a queen. She is surrounded by worker bees who meet her every need which is important as a well fed queen can lay up to 2000 eggs per day. This particular queen, marked with blue paint and the number 47, is one of Svens favorites:)
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