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A ribbon of rainbow-colored folded paper stretches diagonally into the distance.
A goat with a seeming smile, tilting its head slightly.
Low waves are lapping towards the shore, a small sailboat is visible on the horizon.
Norderney, Germany.
A stag with large antlers.
Wildlife park in Dünnwald, Cologne.
A small red fungus with white spots nestled amidst leaves and grass.
A sheep showing a crooked smile to the camera.
The sheep are back!
Close-up of a gray squirrel sitting on a dead branch and tilting its head.
I found some squirrels in Kelvingrove Park in Glasgow!
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A brown squirrel looking directly at the camera.
A frog sitting in mud looking directly at the camera.
A red spotted butterfly sitting on a rock.
Branch of a ginkgo tree with green leaves set against a blue sky.
A tree standing in a field with radial motion blur around it.
A macro shot of a wasp clinging vertically to a board.
It took me a while to get close enough to a wasp without it flying away.
A macro shot of a bee.
With macro photography, subjects may just come flying in through your kitchen window.
A bumblebee clinging to the underside of some blossoms on a branch.
A river bank with some black skyscraper silhouettes on the far side set against a sunset.
Shot on a Pixel 5
A shopping cart half submerged in a pond.
Multiple layers of fungi growing on a log.
Some interesting fungi growing on a log.
A close-up of a butterfly sitting on a purple flower, showing its orange wings with markings that are reminiscent of a pair of eyes.
It's rare for a butterfly to sit still long enough for me to take a close-up.
Silhouette of a woman's head against an orange sunset.
A young sheep on a green field running away from the camera and out of the frame.
Young sheep don't want to stand still for you to take their picture!
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A duck swimming across a pond, cleanly reflected on the water’s surface
During lockdown you learn to appreciate your immediate environment again. This duck lives in the small park next door.
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A wide shot of the Louvre's pyramid entrance, shot from the upper floors so you can see the square surrounding it.
I took this from inside the Louvre, looking over the pyramid entrance on a rainy day. The smudges in the lower left are rain drops on the window.
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Close-up of a blue damselfly on a green leaf.
A blue damselfly that posed for me on my way to a shooting.
A black-and-white photo of frothy waves approaching the shore, with a lighthouse shining in the background.
A path next to a dark field leading towards a bright yellow streetlight at dusk.
The light at the end of the road.
A black-and-white photo of tree tops fading behind mist towards the background.
Shot out of a moving train traveling from Edinburgh to Inverness.
A girl holding a semi-translucent scarf fluttering in the wind, backlit by bright sunlight.
Taken during a spontaneous shoot on a sunny day with some scarves.
Black-and-white close-up of a woman's face looking at a light source. Only the right eye is lit up, the rest fades into the shadows.
Taken during a black-and-white portrait session with Christina.
Long exposure of purple fireworks over the Rhine with the Cologne Cathedral.
From the yearly fireworks event ‘Kölner Lichter’.