Pictures Taken By you...

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Those little Hyrax are cute, but patting a wild animal is never a good idea, so I think that tourist should indeed have known better.

Yes she should, and my guess is that she does know better now. The thing is that you really don't want to get bitten by anything out there. Doctors, pills and shots are a long way off.

I think one problem is that people have seen how animals behave in a zoo, and then expect free animals to behave the same way. Well, they don't. We should not fear wild animals (or tame ones for that matter), but they should all be treated with respect.

Trying this out. My pets.

Nice pictures of nice animals, Pen You seem to have a regular zoo there.

Wife and I do wildflowers.

So you do... Terrific shots too. You obviously know it, and so do I, but for those who don't: It seems so easy to snap a great picture of a nice flower, right? Wrong: You must have put a good deal of effort into those shots. Well done.

/Claes

[Pendragon]

Nice pictures of nice animals, Pen You seem to have a regular zoo there. So you do... Terrific shots too. You obviously know it, and so do I, but for those who don't: It seems so easy to snap a great picture of a nice flower, right? Wrong: You must have put a good deal of effort into those shots. Well done.

/Claes

Thank you, Claes. Coming from a photographer of your caliber, I consider that high praise indeed! My old Pentax still works well, with all my lenses and attachments and so forth, but I took these with my new Canon digital. The slightest breath of wind messes up a good flower picture, but at lest I'm not wasting film now!

[Petrarch's Love]

Wow, Pen, those flower pictures are really professional looking. I think you're giving Claes a run for his money as resident super photographer.

and Claes, I've been enjoying all your wonderful shots from Africa. It's like having our own personal National Geographic photographer here on Lit. Net. to show us beautiful pictures of the world's wonders. Keep 'em coming.

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Now that I have been tormenting you with old pictures from Kenya for a while, I thought I'd try something current: Pictures taken earlier today, in my home town Eskilstuna...

First an interior shot from our main library, and then some spring pictures from central Eskilstuna:

[Pendragon]

Amazing. That's about all I could say. Wow. I might take good close-ups, Petra, but Claes wins hands down on scenery and landscapes. I could never come close.

[Virgil]

Great pets Pen and nice photos, both you and Claes. It's about time I posted some more. Hold on.

[Virgil]

These are photos from a raptors show and display I was at during a fair last summer. Raptors are birds of prey and these were trained, and some were rescued. The golden eagle has defective wing. There were about a dozen different types of raptors from falcons, hawks, owls, and eagles. These are the pictures that came out best. The American Bald Eagle was stationed in front of the American flag for a great picture. I love the close up best, the last photo here.

[kathycf]

Thank you for sharing those pics Virgil, Pen and Claes.

It is nice to see a closeup view of Izzy and Taz, plus the rest of the crew, Pen.
Virgil, I really liked the pic of the owl, they are beautiful birds...but then I like birds anyway.
Claes, are you familiar with Umea? I have an online friend who lives there. Your city looks very spring like and clean. I am afraid I always hold this stereotype view in my head of Sweden being snow covered year round. Pretty silly, I know.

[ClaesGefvenberg]

These are photos from a raptors show and display I was at during a fair last summer.

Heyyyy... Nice birdies You know, that reminds me: A number of years ago, we had a rather messy problem with pigeons. A couple insisted on building a nest on our balcony, with predictable results: Of course they messed the place up no end, and yours truly did everything in his power to make them move on. Alas, no matter how much I tried to scare them off and chuck their half finished nests out, they were back the minute I turned my back. Pigeons have very short memories, and their IQ is not much to write home about: They were simply to stupid to be scared off.

Then it hit me: I had to speak their language... In line with that revelation I produced blowups of the eyes of birds of prey, and put them up on the balcony. The pigeons suddenly caught the message, and promptly moved out.

Claes, are you familiar with Umea? I have an online friend who lives there.

I know about it, but I have never been there. It's way up north, and I am not. I do however know a number of people that have studied there, or have thier roots up there.

I am afraid I always hold this stereotype view in my head of Sweden being snow covered year round.

Eternal snow? Perish the thought: I loath the stuff. On the other hand we did get a bit of snow a mere two weeks ago.

/Claes

[Pendragon]

Back again. Maybe one day, I'll make it as a photographer!

Larkspur



Lilac



White Violet



Buttercup



Star of Bethlehem



Virginia Bluebells



Unsure



Ground Ivy? Tiny 2cm flowers



Common Wild Mustard (you know the parable of the mustard seed? The flowers aren't that much bigger!)



Dandelion puffball (think etheral, here!)



(My Daughter’s Tree Frogs) Riven



Mallen



Bob

[andave_ya]

what absolutely spiffin' photos, everyone!

[Virgil]

Very nice Pen. I like the frog in particular.

[Nightshade]

See now I want a pet frog *sulk*

[eleniel]

Great stuff guys, I really like it. Here are some pictures I've taken...

Florida


I'm proud of this because I took it from a moving vehicle

[Virgil]

Great stuff guys, I really like it. Here are some pictures I've taken...

Florida


I'm proud of this because I took it from a moving vehicle

Fasciating photos eleniel. But what exactly are we seeing in either picture.