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Romance in Nature

Romance in Nature

Red Deer "kissing". It is often natural to think animals have human emotions..but maybe it is the other way around. They do taste how the hormone situ...
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Red Deer "kissing". It is often natural to think animals have human emotions..but maybe it is the other way around. They do taste how the hormone situation is with each other. So it is most probable that that is how we humans started to kiss as well..
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NIKON D500

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Aperture 9/1 ISO 100 Shutter 1/400 Focal Length 8000/10

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Oct, 2016

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While sitting in the dead of winter in a hide observing a group of Red Deer stags I couldn't help noticing the Greater Tits interacting with the

Exploring the Red Sea coastline south of Jeddah I noticed this little crab on the rocks. Took out my wide angle lens and got right in its face!

Bitter cold, freezing conditions wind and snow in Bialowieza, Eastern Polandand the small song birds busy scraping some food in a backyard.

The herd of Wisent in Bialowieza region of Eastern Poland is one of the first examples that large mammals can be brought back from (near) extinction.

The herd of wild Konick horses in the Oostvaardersplassen in the Netherlands is the largest herd of wild (or free roaming) horses in Europe. The horse

We spent 2 or 3 hours observing a group of 8 mature Wisent bulls in january 2016. They clearly had hierarchy issues and there was constant sparring go

With only about 5000 individuals left in the world the Shoebill Stork is one of the more threatened species in Africa. Most of the population live in

I always try to capture the essence of a species. The males obviously catch most of the attention from us. But in Lion society the females are the piv

After the meadows are mowed the predators of the Oder Delta hunt actively. For the foxes it means the hay-rolls also provide a good, higher sleeping p

One of the youngsters I caught staring at me at Anholter Schweiss. As mentioned in previous images, this is one of the rarests wild cats in the world.

Although I walked the edge of the falls you see here and climbed down the gorge itself, the overview from above gives you a great impression of the ra

Teeth and claws, a lioness enjoying her spoils. The pride already finished off the softer inner parts of the zebra. But this one just seemed to enjoy

This Hyena dropped by camp almost every night in Savuti. So decided to try capture it's essence on our return from the daily safari. With my head

And yes this is a wild Lion...

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Nature at it's harshest. The herds cross, knowing the Crocs are waiting. They have to, they need the fresh grass on the other side. And the Crocs

While visiting Savuti in the dry season we where bound to see cool sandstorm images. This old elephant bull obliged us by walking by..

One of the toughest things to do when you are out in the african wilderness is trying not to do the standard thing when photographing famous animals l

Always fun to do. And always a challenge to ensure that your tripod doesn't vibrate from the water you are standing in!

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