i found this beautiful shot of a northern pintail in my archive. it's one i took back in January 2017 at Keoladeo National Park in Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India.

it's a pleasure to once again time to post in my favorite contest- shadow hunters. we are up to the 434th week which is quite n accomplishment thanks to the ded

[//]:# (!worldmappin 58.99306 lat 10.03925 long Fredriksvern Verft d3scr)Fredriksvern Verft is a park in Stavern, Norway that historically was a naval base back in the days of wooden sailing ships. it

it's the time of year again when baby birds become fledglings. there's a herring gulls nest on our neighbors roof and two of the brood have survived and quickly

we are here enjoying the pleasant sunny summer weather, all the more so after the victory over Brasil in the football world cup. but we hear reports that it's v

the original cement dam at Tunhovdfjorden i Norway completed in 1920 had mechanical gear works to regulate the sluice gates. the dam was rebuilt in the 1960s as

school's out for summer the extensive bicycle parking at this school in Sandefjord is virtually empty. while there isn't much in the way of bicycle shadows the

here's a reflection from the swimming pool at Winterbrook Estates Community Center in New Hampshire. i have posted some reflections in the contest from this poo

there's only 1 species of birds that we see in our garden both in Norway and India. in both countries there is a wire near our house- in Norway it's in front wh

summer is here and on such a beautiful warm sunny day my shadow and i decided to head for the shore. when we first got there we just sat on the rocks enjoying l

here's a fun shot i was lucky to time just right as this female common eider Somateria mollissima was preparing to take to flight. they are heavy birds with e

it's summer here and the seasonal power- and sailboats have arrived. our town has a guest harbor that many boats stop by at for a night or more on their way alo

hi there. here's my shadow all alone out looking for some other shadows to play with. it's a nice sunny day so it shouldn't be hard to find something or somebod

it was a mild sunny February day soi took a winter walk by the sea. at one point i came across this shallow puddle on the rocky shore. the puddle was a mix of w

we had a great ride on the car ferry the entire length of one of the more spectacular fjords in Norway- Lysefjorden. of course i took many shots of the dramatic

city puddles are a great place to hunt for reflections. especially in the older sections of a city when the sun comes out after the rain. of course if the puddl

have you ever seen someone with really long fingernails. i mean extremely long, ones that would hamper the use of the fingers for a number of daily tasks. well,

one of the most common species of birds we find this time of year here in Norway is the wood pigeon (Columba palumbus). i took these shots at street level outsi

here's a reflection from a train ride looking out the window as we passed through a tunnel. the stripe of blue light is the only thing which is not a reflection

a classic opposing mirrors reflection that i took at the palace in Oman