I've recently become interested in astrophotography, and have started testing the waters. It requires a lot of patience, the proper gear...

The evening sunlight illuminates the mountain peaks at sunset in Gullesfjord, Norway.

This sea eagle soared over us on a boat ride from Svolvær on the Lofoten islands of Norway. He circled around us for a few minutes before fi...

We just got back from a trip to the lofoten in norway. The lofoten are an island chain on the norwiegan coast about 150 km above the polar c...

Two storks flying close together as they leave their feeding area. We saw a total of 12 storks at once in this field in northern Germany. ...

A black redstart checking me out from the safety of a tree.

This sparrow chick seems to be VERY demanding of mother bird! So demanding that mother bird seems a little bit shocked and scared of her own...

The bumble bees have been going crazy over our hollyhocks lately. We have a ton of hollyhocks, and there have been hundreds of bumble bees (...

A stork flying from a field in northern germany. There were around 20 storks walking around in this field, feeding on whatever they could fi...

We have several stork pairs nesting in our area. We were out taking pictures of them recently, and I caught this shot of the mother stork pr...

A reed bunting grasps a stem of reed grass as it feeds on worms.

This common coot found a nicely protected place to nest. You can see it peeking satisfied through the reeds while it sits on its eggs.

A willow warbler catching the last rays of the evening sun.

A great tit flying away from the house after feeding the kids.

We were having breakfast one rainy morning, and the squirrel (who is a regular visitor) was making quite a ruckus in our cherry tree. We tho...

Greetings from the Obamas!

A blackbird sings in the springtime light.

I shot this picture as this Buzzard flew directly over me, and I had to track with the bird to get my shot. I had just a fraction of a secon...

A pair of swans swims on a pond in the marshlands.

Dandelions in the evening counterlight.

A raven sitting in our fully blooming cherry tree.

I broke 5000 views yesterday! Thank you to all of my visitors, especially all of you who keep coming back for more. I thought I should hold ...

I was digging around in a flower bed in our garden, and found this newt under the surface. He was very kind and posed fore some pictures! ...

This greenfinch thinks sunflower seeds are really yummy! There's been a few of them that spend hours sitting on the feeder, stuffing the...

Looking at the mountains through a shipwreck. Mjóifjörður, Iceland. This is an HDR, from 3 exposures, and I've done some work to it in P...

This sparow hawk was sitting on the fence in our back yard early one snowy morning. These Hawks eat small birds, so I think he was attracted...

With it's black cape-like wings draping down as it flies, this raven almost has a bit of a batman look to it. We've had lots of rave...

A tree creeper searching for food in Sauerland, Germany. At this particular spot, there were several of them, all running up the trees looki...

This is another picture I took for an online photo contest. The theme was 'Lines'. I did a 30 sec. exposure on a bridge over the hig...

A blue tit playing king of the tree.  Sauerland, Germany