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Impending rain over Merrick Butte
Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park
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Inspiration Point
Bryce Canyon National Park
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Blue
La Palma Island. Canary Islands. Spain
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Male red deer bawling
In the photo, some of those infrequent white fur fallow-deer can be seen among some red deer being part of the same herd, led by a great male (red deer). This behavior is common in these two species.
Dyrehaven forest. Hovedstaden, Denmark.Cervus elaphusanimalanimalsciervo coloradociervo comúnciervo rojomammalmammaliamamíferored deervenadovertebradovertebratavertebrate
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Male red deer
Dyrehaven forest. Hovedstaden, Denmark.
Cervus elaphusanimalanimalsciervo coloradociervo comúnciervo rojomammalmammaliamamíferored deervenadovertebradovertebratavertebrate
From Dyrehaven Forest
Male Red Deer & the Forest
The deer bellowing at fall in Dyrehaven forest.
Hovedstaden, Denmark.Cervus elaphusanimalanimalsbosquebosque caducifoliociervo coloradociervo comúnciervo rojoecosistemaecosystemforestmammalmammaliamamíferored deertemperate deciduous forestvenadovertebradovertebratavertebratewoodlandwoods
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Fallow deer running
Dyrehaven forest. Hovedstaden, Denmark.
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From Dyrehaven Forest
Fighting deer
The deer bellowing at fall in Dyrehaven forest.
Hovedstaden, Denmark.Cervus elaphusanimalanimalsciervo coloradociervo comúnciervo rojociervos luchandofighting red deermammalmammaliamamíferored deervenadovertebradovertebratavertebrate
From Dyrehaven Forest
Male red deer bawling
The deer bellowing at fall in Dyrehaven forest.
Hovedstaden, Denmark.Cervus elaphusanimalanimalsciervo coloradociervo comúnciervo rojomammalmammaliamamíferored deervenadovertebradovertebratavertebrate
From Dyrehaven Forest
Male red deer bawling
The deer bellowing at fall in Dyrehaven forest.
Hovedstaden, Denmark.Cervus elaphusanimalanimalsciervo coloradociervo comúnciervo rojomammalmammaliamamíferored deervenadovertebradovertebratavertebrate
From Dyrehaven Forest
Sika deer
This is a species of deer native to East Asia that was introduced to Dyrehaven forest in Denmark as it has been in other parts of the world as ornamental animals, but have established themselves in the wild.
Dyrehaven forest. Hovedstaden, Denmark.Cervus nipponanimalanimalsciervo sicamammalmammaliamamíferosika deervertebradovertebratavertebrate
From Dyrehaven Forest
The White Deer
In old European legends mythic white deer are mentioned, bearers of blessings for those who encounter them.
Walking the beautiful and lush forests of Denmark, unexpectedly I came across with this albino fallow deer. I decided to make the shot with a slight motion blur in order to evoke the magic of the encounter, and just needed only the creature to collaborate with some movement. He looked at me and started light jogging. Magic?.
Dyrehaven forest. Hovedstaden, Denmark.Cervus damaDama damaanimalanimalsfallow deergamo blancogamo comúngamo europeomammalmammaliamamíferovertebradovertebratavertebratewhite fallow deer
From Dyrehaven Forest
Flight through the canyons (3). The Duratón River Gorges, in the province of Segovia (Spain) is a magical place where one can live the experience of being overflown at a short distance by numerous griffon vultures (Gyps fulvus) that marvel us at the sound of their wings cutting the wind.
AccipitriformesGyps fulvusaccipitriformeanimalanimalsaveavesbirdbirdsbuitre leonadofotografíagriffon vulturemovementmovimientophotographyvertebradovertebratavertebrate
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Black-handed spider monkey. Mother and cub
Parque Nacional Corcovado. Costa Rica
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White-faced capuchin
Parque Nacional Tortuguero. Costa Rica
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Black-handed spider monkey
Parque Nacional Tortuguero. Costa Rica
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Golden-mantled howling monkey
Parque Nacional Corcovado. Costa Rica
Alouatta palliataanimalanimalsaullador de la costaaullador negrogoldenmantled howling monkeymammalmammaliamamíferomantled howlermono aullador araguatomono aullador negromono congomono cotudomono negromono zambovertebradovertebratavertebrate
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Golden silk orb-weaver
Limón. Costa Rica
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Mantis sp.
Bosque Nuboso Monteverde. Costa Rica
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European bee-eater courtship
This is a colorful and beautiful species of bee eaters that came from North Africa and established in the Iberian Peninsula long ago. During the courtship feeding, the male presents prey items to the female.
CoraciiformesEuropean beeeaterMerops apiasterabejaruco comúnabejaruco europeoanimalanimalsaveavesbirdbirdscoraciformecoraciiformevertebradovertebratavertebrate
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White spirits (9)
Series of photographs taken in a beloved cattle egrets roosting close to a lagoon in the Southeast Regional Park of Madrid, Spain.
I visit this location very often at a certain time of every year to collect creative and inspiring pictures of this species that is so abundant and common in the park, often with the help of a tele-flash.Bubulcus ibisPelecaniformesanimalanimalsaveavesbirdbirdscattle egretgarcilla bueyerapelecaniformevertebradovertebratavertebrate
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White spirits (8)
Series of photographs taken in a beloved cattle egrets roosting close to a lagoon in the Southeast Regional Park of Madrid, Spain.
I visit this location very often at a certain time of every year to collect creative and inspiring pictures of this species that is so abundant and common in the park, often with the help of a tele-flash.Bubulcus ibisPelecaniformesanimalanimalsaveavesbirdbirdscattle egretgarcilla bueyerapelecaniformevertebradovertebratavertebrate
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White spirits (5)
Series of photographs taken in a beloved cattle egrets roosting close to a lagoon in the Southeast Regional Park of Madrid, Spain.
I visit this location very often at a certain time of every year to collect creative and inspiring pictures of this species that is so abundant and common in the park, often with the help of a tele-flash.Bubulcus ibisPelecaniformesanimalanimalsaveavesbirdbirdscattle egretgarcilla bueyerapelecaniformevertebradovertebratavertebrate
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Juvenile northern jacana
Parque Nacional Tortugero. Costa Rica
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Juvenile mangrove black hawk under the rain (1)
Parque Nacional Corcovado. Costa Rica
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Northern Lights (6)
These photographs were taken at the northern area of Tromsø, Norway. During those autumn nights, the Aurora borealis played with the clouds and strong wind all together, to create unique and original atmospheric pictures in which the greens and yellows took different kind of tones.
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From Skies
Northern Lights (3)
These photographs were taken at the northern area of Tromsø, Norway. During those autumn nights, the Aurora borealis played with the clouds and strong wind all together, to create unique and original atmospheric pictures in which the greens and yellows took different kind of tones.
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Northern Lights (2)
These photographs were taken at the northern area of Tromsø, Norway. During those autumn nights, the Aurora borealis played with the clouds and strong wind all together, to create unique and original atmospheric pictures in which the greens and yellows took different kind of tones.
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Northern Lights
These photographs were taken at the northern area of Tromsø, Norway. During those autumn nights, the Aurora borealis played with the clouds and strong wind all together, to create unique and original atmospheric pictures in which the greens and yellows took different kind of tones.
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From Skies
Egyptian vulture fast gliding (Neophron percnopterus). Somewhere in the province of Segovia (Spain).
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From Birds
The black woodpecker.
The black woodpecker is the largest and most elegant of the Eurasian woodpeckers (45–50 cm long). It lives in mature temperate and boreal forests.Dryocopus martiusanimalanimalsaveavesbirdbirdsblack woodpeckerpicamaderos negropiciformepito negrovertebradovertebratavertebrate
From Birds
Young common blackbird under a shinging rain.
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Portrait of a red-backed shrike.
Although beautiful, this bird belongs to the Lanius genus (shrikes). Shrikes are known for their habit of catching insects and small vertebrates and impaling their bodies on thorns.Lanius collurioPasseriformesalcaudón dorsirrojoanimalanimalsaveavesbirdbirdspaseriformepasserineredbacked shrikevertebradovertebratavertebrate
From Birds
Portrait of a male chaffinch.
Fringilla coelebsPasseriformesanimalanimalsaveavesbirdbirdschaffinchpaseriformepasserinepinzón vulgarvertebradovertebratavertebrate
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Fighting gazelles. Maasai Mara.
Eudorcas thomsoniiThomson's gazelleanimalanimalsgacelagacela de thomsongazellemammalmammaliamamíferovertebradovertebratavertebrate
From Mammals
This series of photographs were taken very early in the morning, in Maasai Mara, with a magnificent light, when silence and solitude rules, no tourists at that time. There was the herd of lions, and it was a pleasure to watch how the puppies played, under the watchful eye of adult females. Two large males accompanied them. Occasionally, females came to pick up the pups so they would not leave the area, so immersed in their games they were. The cubs played one with each other, rolling around, playing even with "toys" (some bones), they were preparing themselves for adulthood, as these games will help them in learning how to hunt. What I observed in both young and adult lions was a very "familiar" behavior, very "human", and I realized how much we seem us, homo sapiens, to these other mammals. The dim morning side light made these lions and their fur and manes shine with their more intense colors, in harmony with the tones of the savannah. Best of all was the silence and loneliness that accompanied this experience, when you feel like a privileged spectator at the forefront of this event of nature. (19/22)
The True King, Maasai Mara (6/7).
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The True King, Masai Mara (2)
Species: Panthera leo.
Location: Masai Mara, Kenya.
This great male African lion was lying in the grass of the savannah while watching at his herd (females and pups). I was on safari, and we had discovered this herd very early in the morning, with a magnificent light, when silence and solitude rules, because there were no tourists at that time, only the lions and us. At that time I took some great pictures, but I have selected this close-up of the great male looking straight ahead, half hidden by the grass, with a magnificent side light which made his mane shine with its more intense colors, in harmony with the tones of the savannah.
A single shot taken from a safari vehicle, using beanbag, a 300 mm f/2.8 lens and 1.4x teleconverter, and a CPL filter.Panthera leoanimalanimalsleón africanoleón africano macholionmale lionmammalmammaliamamíferovertebradovertebratavertebrate
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This series of photographs were taken very early in the morning, in Maasai Mara, with a magnificent light, when silence and solitude rules, no tourists at that time. There was the herd of lions, and it was a pleasure to watch how the puppies played, under the watchful eye of adult females. Two large males accompanied them. Occasionally, females came to pick up the pups so they would not leave the area, so immersed in their games they were. The cubs played one with each other, rolling around, playing even with "toys" (some bones), they were preparing themselves for adulthood, as these games will help them in learning how to hunt. What I observed in both young and adult lions was a very "familiar" behavior, very "human", and I realized how much we seem us, homo sapiens, to these other mammals. The dim morning side light made these lions and their fur and manes shine with their more intense colors, in harmony with the tones of the savannah. Best of all was the silence and loneliness that accompanied this experience, when you feel like a privileged spectator at the forefront of this event of nature. (1/22)
This series of photographs were taken very early in the morning, in Maasai Mara, with a magnificent light, when silence and solitude rules, no tourists at that time. There was the herd of lions, and it was a pleasure to watch how the puppies played, under the watchful eye of adult females. Two large males accompanied them. Occasionally, females came to pick up the pups so they would not leave the area, so immersed in their games they were. The cubs played one with each other, rolling around, playing even with "toys" (some bones), they were preparing themselves for adulthood, as these games will help them in learning how to hunt. What I observed in both young and adult lions was a very "familiar" behavior, very "human", and I realized how much we seem us, homo sapiens, to these other mammals. The dim morning side light made these lions and their fur and manes shine with their more intense colors, in harmony with the tones of the savannah. Best of all was the silence and loneliness that accompanied this experience, when you feel like a privileged spectator at the forefront of this event of nature. (3/22)
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This series of photographs were taken very early in the morning, in Maasai Mara, with a magnificent light, when silence and solitude rules, no tourists at that time. There was the herd of lions, and it was a pleasure to watch how the puppies played, under the watchful eye of adult females. Two large males accompanied them. Occasionally, females came to pick up the pups so they would not leave the area, so immersed in their games they were. The cubs played one with each other, rolling around, playing even with "toys" (some bones), they were preparing themselves for adulthood, as these games will help them in learning how to hunt. What I observed in both young and adult lions was a very "familiar" behavior, very "human", and I realized how much we seem us, homo sapiens, to these other mammals. The dim morning side light made these lions and their fur and manes shine with their more intense colors, in harmony with the tones of the savannah. Best of all was the silence and loneliness that accompanied this experience, when you feel like a privileged spectator at the forefront of this event of nature. (1/22)
The True King, Maasai Mara (4/7).
Panthera leoanimalanimalsleón africanoleón africano macholionmale lionmammalmammaliamamíferovertebradovertebratavertebrate
From Mammals
This series of photographs were taken very early in the morning, in Maasai Mara, with a magnificent light, when silence and solitude rules, no tourists at that time. There was the herd of lions, and it was a pleasure to watch how the puppies played, under the watchful eye of adult females. Two large males accompanied them. Occasionally, females came to pick up the pups so they would not leave the area, so immersed in their games they were. The cubs played one with each other, rolling around, playing even with "toys" (some bones), they were preparing themselves for adulthood, as these games will help them in learning how to hunt. What I observed in both young and adult lions was a very "familiar" behavior, very "human", and I realized how much we seem us, homo sapiens, to these other mammals. The dim morning side light made these lions and their fur and manes shine with their more intense colors, in harmony with the tones of the savannah. Best of all was the silence and loneliness that accompanied this experience, when you feel like a privileged spectator at the forefront of this event of nature. (1/22)
The True King, Maasai Mara (5/7).
Panthera leoanimalanimalsleón africanoleón africano macholionmale lionmammalmammaliamamíferovertebradovertebratavertebrate
From Mammals
Psychedelic Colors. Sternbergia lutea, a flower crop that has been naturalized in some parts of the PRSE of Madrid, as in this stand. For this photograph, I set up the color temperature on the camera manually to a low level, to achieve the purple background that contrast with the bright yellow flower, whose color was not altered. I was also lucky that a bee appeared in the frame.
AnthophilaSternbergia luteaabejaanimalanimalsantófiloapiformeautumn daffodilbeefall daffodilflorflowerhimenópterohymenopterainsectinsectainsectoinvertebradoinvertebratainvertebratelilyofthefieldplantvegetalwinter daffodilyellow autumn crocus
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Spanish Wasp Beetle (Neoplagionotus marcae) (1/2) A jewel of the Southeast Regional Park of Madrid, the Spanish wasp beetle was discovered in the 90's in Rivas-Vaciamadrid, the city where I live in. This is a rare Iberian endemism, very localized and scarce, whose only known populations in the Madrid region are located at the south and southeast, and outside the region, in some areas of Toledo, Badajoz and Andalusia. Despite its impressive appearance, it is a beetle, otherwise harmless. It uses its resemblance to a wasp or bee to scare off potential predators, and spends its life exclusively in its food plant, the mallow Lavatera triloba (in the photo, in which the wasp beetle is enjoying a feast of pollen). The fact of being specialized in this plant, together with their low number and very localized distribution of their populations, make the conservation status of Neoplagionotus marcae to be seriously threatened due to relentless urban advance. This picture is dedicated to the great naturalist in the PRSE and good friend Jose Maria Sendarrubia. Without his invaluable help and enthusiasm I would not have been able to obtain this picture.
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Ophrys gr. shegodes
From Flowers
Green iguana. Corcovado National Park. Many species of reptiles are able to display different colors on their skin depending on the circumstances. The green iguanas (Iguana iguana) are one such species, but despite their name these reptilians are not always seen as 'green' as on, for example, this occasion, when I took this photograph to a young specimen.
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Winking gliding frog.
This friendly Central American amphibian is one of the most popular in the world, and a tourism icon for Costa Rica.
It is the gliding tree frog (Agalychnis spurrelli). Like its relative the red-eyed tree frog (Agalychnis callidryas), it is notable for its vivid colors, but these are species whose skin is not particularly poisonous. The purpose of their striking colors is to confuse predators. These frogs are mostly nocturnal and of arboreal habits.
The photograph corresponds to a wild specimen, taken at night in the jungle of Corcovado, in Costa Rica.Agalychnis spurrelliSpurrell's leaf frogamphibiaamphibiananfibioanimalanimalsconceptconceptogliding leaf froggliding tree frogguiñorana de Spurellrana de ojos rojosrana deslizadorasimpatíasympathyvertebradovertebratavertebratewink
