The Nature of Living Things
Above/featured: A warm summer afternoon on Grouse Mountain: North Vancouver, BC – 1 August 2016 (450D).
It’s a play on the title of a long-running documentary series on science and technology: “The Nature of Things” airs on Canada’s national broadcaster, the CBC. “Nature” can mean different things to different people, but I’ve three words in mind: flora, fauna, and mountains. Having begun photography as an active interest relatively late from 2005, it’s been a wondrous journey of non-stop discovery. Between 2007 and 2018, the following locations provided backdrops and venues to photographs about “nature.”
- Argentina: Buenos Aires
- Australia: Kangaroo Island, SA
- Australia: Rottnest Island, WA
- Austria: Alpbach
- Canada: North Vancouver, BC
- Canada: Vancouver, BC
- Chile: Región de Coquimbo
- Germany: Karlsruhe
- Germany: Kassel
- New Zealand: Akaroa
- New Zealand: Homer Tunnel
- South Africa: Cape Town
- USA: Mount Vernon, WA
- USA: Point Reyes National Seashore, CA
- USA: Tucson, AZ
Argentina: Buenos Aires
Australia: Kangaroo Island, SA
Australia: Rottnest Island, WA
For their health and long-term safety, quokkas (Setonix brachyurus) on Rotto should be off-limits to bipeds – 16 September 2012 (450D).
Austria: Alpbach
Canada: North Vancouver, BC
Canada: Vancouver, BC
Chile: Región de Coquimbo
Germany: Karlsruhe
Rodrigues flying fox or fruit bat (Pteropus rodricensis), an endangered and endemic species to Rodrigues island in Mauritius: Zoologischer Stadtgarten (Zoological Gardens) – 18 Nov 2015 (6D1).
Germany: Kassel
New Zealand: Akaroa
New Zealand: Homer Tunnel
South Africa: Cape Town
Rock hyrax or Cape hyrax (Procavia capensis); known also as “dassies”, Dutch for badgers: Table Mountain – 13 October 2012 (450D).
USA: Mount Vernon, WA
USA: Point Reyes National Seashore, CA
USA: Tucson, AZ
I made all pictures above between 2007 and 2018 with the following: Canon PowerShot A510 (A510), Canon EOS 450D (450D), Canon EOS 6D (6D1), and Fujifilm X70 (X70); alle Fotoaufnahmen sind mit Wasserzeichen versehen worden. This post appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com as https://wp.me/p1BIdT-dgD.
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6 Responses to “The Nature of Living Things”
Well you have definitely made the most of your travels Henry! All wonderful but the tulips are my favorite this week
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Thanks, Tina. I’m glad you liked the picture of the tulips!
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An amazing collection, Henry. I’m astounded at your patience to capture all these creatures. And I had a hard time choosing my favorites. But the parrot, the sleeping fox and the tulips all call to me.
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Thank you, Patti, for your kind comments. It’s a rewarding challenge to photograph these beautiful creatures, which is helped in large part by my longish zoom-lens. I often get things wrong, but that’s why it’s a rewarding challenge. Thanks for letting me know what your favourites were!
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Glad to, Henry! I’m still amazed about your patience….even with a zoom lens!!
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Hi and thanks again, Patti. Certainly, I fail more than I succeed, but perhaps I’m also simply too stubborn to give up on a series of pictures for an animal. 😅
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