I selected six macro captures to present today, all from the last week, and were taken in my garden. Look what cretures I have encountered; 2/3 of them still stay unidentified. Near the terrace we keep

Hola, setero! Today I share some fresh mushroom impressions from exploring of my summer house backyard. A little boleto Suillus bovinus. In Russian it has a funny name - 'Козлёнок' (a newborn baby-goat).

This morning, mother nature kissed me and sent a pleasant #macro photography subject : the ringlet, an elegant day butterfly (Aphantopus hyperantus -- a very well-spread specie for Europe) settled down

Greetings, Hiveans. I upload my fresh #macro captures and write down this blog from my village place - I plan to spend here the next two months, so probably there will be more and more and even more #macro

This capture I took back in April during a day-long hike in Karelia, across the Baltic Sea coast. It would have been an ordinary, unremarkable location, were it not for the amber-brown peat stream. It

While exploring this hidden waterfall, I was struck by how hard it is to find a corner of the world that hasn’t been touched by human hands. It feels like every beautiful landscape nowadays comes with

Used inaturalist service for the 1st time to share my observation - the beauty of this nocturnal moth demanded that.

Hola, setero! Today I had an exciting encounter in the local park. My wife and I had a little shopping business after dinner, and on the way back home strolled leizurely thru the local park. There was

I have some wonterful fresh stuff from a park walk. Spring is not in the air - now it is in the water, in the grass, in the trees... i.e. everywhere. I directed my telephoto lens (as usual) at the street

This Sunday I had an hour walk in the park equipped with my 70-200mm telephoto, was hunting for some #streetphoto but harvested only birdies photos - mostly seagulls and coots.

Several rainy days passed, and the sun was missed. The white of the clouds, the blue of the sky, the green of the trees, and the birds' daily chirping were longed for. Fortunately, today dawned just as

Hello wildlife photography lovers at #photofeed! Today we return with great pleasure to immerse ourselves in this spectacular contest to which @photofeed invites us and that is why I am participating now

Hello wildlife photography lovers at #photofeed! Today we return with great pleasure to immerse ourselves in this spectacular contest to which @photofeed invites us and that is why I am participating now

I had mixed feelings about the last weekend, but after all, feel good. All of a sudden, weather changed to cold (dropped down 1-2C below zero) AND we had a massive snowdrop on Friday night - after that

Hola, Setero! Let me share for this #mondaymushroom challenge some recent fungi impressions from September Karelian forest. Dragon's teeth? No, they're very delicate... and small - smaller than pine needles!

Hello wildlife photography lovers at #photofeed! Today we return with great pleasure to immerse ourselves in this spectacular contest to which @photofeed invites us and that is why I am participating now

A dull, rainy November is a time to miss sunny summer days, a time to delve into old archives, a time to look back — and process the stuff during the long evenings ;) This summer I escaped the city to

Hello wildlife photography lovers at #photofeed! Today we return with great pleasure to immerse ourselves in this spectacular contest to which @photofeed invites us and that is why I am participating now

Hello wildlife photography lovers at #photofeed! Today I feel motivated by the fantastic contest to which @photofeed invites us and that is why I am participating now with these new photographs that I