Squirrel Alert!

There's a red squirrel thats been coming to visit us in our garden lately. In these pictures he was munching on the fallen sunflower seeds under one of our bird feeders. He's really cute! I wonder how long he'll stay this cute without becoming a problem...

Mischievous!

This chaffefinch is digging through the snow looking for food, and giving me a very mischievous look over his shoulder (or wing, for that matter)!

And the winner is...

I took this picture for a contest as part of a team of photographers in an ongoing online contest. The photographers are matched against each other in pairs, with a different theme for each pair. It was my first time participating, and I was excited to be part of it and take some good photos. The contest is voted on by members of the forum, and the team that gets the most points in the end wins. My theme was "Home Aqurarium", and I ended up winning the vote. Unfortunately, the opposing team had some really great pictures, and my team lost the general vote. I'm part of it again for the upcoming round, so maybe we'll win this time. Anyway, now for the picture. This is Splash, he's an angelfish.

Perfect Perch

Another one from the chaffich, this time in the tree.

Snowy Visitor

This Chaffinch came by our feeder this morning to have a snack. For a good while, there were 3 of them sitting in our apple tree, and flitting down to the feeder from time to time to feast on the grains and such.

Canon 60D ISO 1000 1/400 sec
Sigma DG 150-500 APO at 403 mm f 8

It's Spring!

We had the first fully sunny day in months on Monday, and I took my camera with me. I had a little bit of time to walk around and enjoy the weather. This little robin sat next to me in a hedge, and was SO happy about the weather! He couldn't stop singing his lungs out about it.

Foggy Day at the Beach

St. Peter Germany, 2013

Scanning the Fields

A common buzzard scanning the fields for prey.

Frozen Beach

St. Peter, Germany 2013

 

Taking Flight

Here is the common buzzard that I photographed (while feeding on it's prey), crouching and spreading it's wings just about to take flight.

Seagull Portrait

Husum is a nice little town on the north sea coast of Germany. We spent an afternoon walking around there, and took some pictures in the Harbor. This seagull was sitting on a piling in the harbor, and stayed long enough to pose for me.

A Tasty Prey

We went out searching for wildlife today in the area around where we live. I'm always seeing various birds of prey along the roads through the fields around here. My wife was driving as we saw this common buzzard (buteo buteo) feeding on it's prey. It was luckily on my side of the car, and we stopped to try and snap some shots of it, hoping it would stay for a few seconds. It stayed long enough for me to shoot these 7 shots, then flew off. Here they are, in the order I shot them in.

 

Elbtunnel

I took this picture in the Elbtunnel in Hamburg, While riding through. The exposure is 1/3 of a second, and I zoomed in while the shutter was open. It made for a cool effect, since the car was moving as well.