Faroe Horses

 

Froggy Leap

This Little guy and a bunch of his mates were hopping around on dry ground in grain fields. They looked a little out of place but seemed perfectly happy.

Just muscles

Just muscles - A charolet bull that I drove by for weeks, lately. I know the owner, too. So, one day, I stopped to take his photo. He was not interested in getting up or posing. So this is the oly pose I got him in.

Almost time for harvest

This Image is also taken out of Season. It is from last fall, close before the harvest.

Upside down

A horse, clearly enjoying a sunny day in fall.

gridded sea

The fences are meant to keep the sand in place and make them build up. As you can see it is working. The whimbrel is using this beautiful habitat.

Duck Pond

On this murky day, the ducks were faint in the distance. Still I could capture them pretty sharply.

Heron alone

The heron was cleverly waiting for the water to come back in between the breakwaters. Just when the water was high enough, he started fishing from his vantage point.

Swan Lake

The egret is stalking the swans. Or at least he is stalking by.

Through the reeds

This image is from the same hike as yesterday's image: the large carp pond in the winter. 

This time, peeping through the reeds I could bring the birds into the picture. Lots of ducks, but also gulls and other water birds.

Hunting Birds

Hunting birds is a hobby of mine.

While hunting them, they stay unharmed and don't even always notice me. These images were shot out of a car with a 500mm lens on my crop sensor camera. The resulting images are cropped in post, in addition. The distance to the bird explains some lack of clarity, that I have to admit.
But I guess, as you can tell, despite the distance: he did spot me and focussed on me.

Swans in the back

Winter views over a lake. No snow, nothing frozen. But the swans and egrets in the shallow water towards the reeds in the back.

The day was gloomy and subdued. But the photographic conditions were actually really nice.

Kitty

As Kitty was getting old, she adopted new sitting positions and liked to stay warm. This image is from January 2012.

Wood pecker

Yesterday we got to watch a wood pecker high up in the tree. With a tele lens you get a much better view of birds than with your naked eye. Just you need to spot them first to know where to direct and zoom that lens.

Eagle

We did see a lot of eagles on Lofoten. And they are such a mighty sight!

This one here was just an exhibit. But I love how close I could get. 

Bird on the rack

As I climb around on the scaffolding at roof bottom level, this little guy has found a perch at roof top level. It is a strange feeling to meet a bird in its habitat and to be climbing around close to it. It really did not seem to mind a lot. He almost landed next to us a few times that day or hung out at spots really close to us.

Hedgehog Time

This fall we stopped alongside a busy country side road and saw this little hedgehog headed for the tar. Cars were dashing by and we did not see the slightest chance that he would make a safe transition across. So we picked him up and carried him across the road to the field he was headed for.

I hope that he is well and finds a great place to winter.

A donkey on his own

Seen in Detmold, Germany, summer 2015

A gull at sunset

Even sea gulls stare into a sunset like this. Well, I do assume that it may have been staring at the water that was rushing in from the ocean to fill the bay of St Michel, waiting for fish.

A lonely race horse

This was probably an outing for fun and not a training session. The horse coming by us was really scenic, though.