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Natrix natrix

April 20, 2015 Dennis

We found a grass snake in our garden pond yesterday. This is a non-venomous snake you can find here in Germany, generally in Europe from Scandinavia to southern Italy but I learned that you can find them in the Middle East and northwestern Africa as well. The binomial name is “Natrix natrix”, the English name is grass snake but sometimes also called water snake or ringed snake, the last name is similar to the German name, because we call this snake Ringelnatter and that means ringed snake. The German name comes from the necklace pattern behind the head. The snake … Continue reading Natrix natrix

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Big Old Spoon

April 20, 2015April 20, 2015 Dennis

Another object I photographed yesterday was the spoon below. This is a spoon hanging on the flagpole in our garden. We use the spoon for the charcoal if we do a barbecue. I like object photography and in this case I like that the background is blurred and that there is depth of field. Continue reading Big Old Spoon

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Trave River And Gas Holder Architecture

April 20, 2015 Dennis

Above you can see a photo I took yesterday. You can see the Trave River on the photo. The tower on the photo is a gas holder of the gas works in Lübeck. This tower was built in 1954 but they restored the tower in 2005. You can see the tower from several directions and districts. Continue reading Trave River And Gas Holder Architecture

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Red Ball, Red Background

April 20, 2015 Dennis

I also do now enjoy to take photos of objects. I took a photo of the red ball that we use to play with Billy, the dog of my mother. I will definitely take more photos of objects, because this is fun too and you never know if you need some of the photos for related articles or so. I was attracted by the red colour when I saw the red ball on the red bench. Continue reading Red Ball, Red Background

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To Bathe Or Not To Bathe

April 20, 2015 Dennis

I also visited one of the ponds in our district yesterday because I know you can always find birds there. I shot several images and here is the first one… Continue reading To Bathe Or Not To Bathe

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Water Pump In Our Garden

April 20, 2015 Dennis

One of the great things about the D7100 is that I can now literally can freeze water on a photo. That was often difficult with my point and shoot, but with the DSLR you really can get crystal clear photos of running water. I do also like that I can crop the image and there are not much details lost if I do so. Here I will show you the original and the cropped photo of the water pump in our garden and the water jet, you need to click on the images to enlarge them. Continue reading Water Pump In Our Garden