Category: Digital photography
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Herons in the Pantanal
Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it Rufescent Tiger-heron, (Tigrisoma lineatum, Héron tigre). Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it Green-backed heron, (Butorides striatus, Héron strié).
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Fires in the bush, Pantanal
Click on the thumbnail images to enlarge them Forest fires are not only happening around the most populated areas (Greece, South of France and California). Sometimes, for reasons still to be clarified (criminal or not), wild fires willl start in the bush or the forest. Like this one in the Pantanal (Brazil, 2007).
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Nature abstract art
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Hyacinth Macaw
Click on the thumbnail images to enlarge them One of the most spectacular birds in Amazonia: Marvellous deep cobalt blue feathers on a one-meter long body, 1.5m wide wings. Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus, Ara hyacinthe). Brazil, 2007.
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Wriggling tropical life (again)
Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it Shot in Brazil, 2007.
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Southern crested caracara
Click on the thumbnail images to enlarge them The Southern crested caracara is probably the most common falcon in Pantanal and Mato Grosso (Brazil). It feeds on nearly anything and is commonly seen on carrion (like below) and road kill. This adaptability and its powerful beak allows it to catch very different preys. Click on…
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Capibara, South American rodent
Click on the thumbnail images to enlarge them The capibara is supposedly the largest rodent on Earth (and it really is much bigger than the usual grey mouse). You will find this placid animal anywhere water meets earth (swamps and rivers), in Matto Grosso as well as near the Amazonia.
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Amazonian panorama
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New Canon products on 24th of January 2008
According to PhotoBlog, Canon is about to announce new photo products on the 24th of January just before the PMA fair in Las Vegas. Obviously, they do not have more information than anybody else on what will be announced really. But they speculate on a replacement for the EOS 400D/Rebel Xti (Canon EOS 450D, maybe)…