Egypte

Au menu de notre voyage en Egypte: la Mer Rouge, le Sahara et Luxor...

Grèbe huppé

Très huppé le grèbe.
Promenade au Mechels Broek.

Swim with the snakes

This harmless and discreet water snake Natrix tessellata is a regular denizen of the Balaton lake in Hungary.

Rencontre nocturne en Hongrie: Un crapaud vert (Pseudepidalea viridis) blottis contre un mur. Ce magnifique amphibien ne vit qu'en Europe centrale. Il a la particularité de courrir et non de marcher comme les crapauds de chez nous.

Balaton

Aller, pour changer tiens, le Balaton vu par dessous ! Voir l’album.

Caltha palustris

Je préfère le populage des marais (Caltha Palustris) ... au cerisier du Japon (Prunus Cerrulata).

Partial solar eclips

Shot through the window of my office in Brussels with the little Canon D10, using a CD-ROM as filter.

Seals

The Sunday morming, along the Zimmermans Geul in the River Scheldt (Netherlands).
A Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) at the front near the water line and
Common Seals (Phoca vitulina) on the sand bank.
Clic the picture to see more details. All what you want to know about sea mammals in the River Scheldt kan be found (in Dutch) at this address: www.zeezoogdieren.org

Héron héron

Photo prise au 600mm de la fenêtre de la chambre à Hove.

Zoo

Klári trekt deze foto van een tijger aan het zwemmen. Andere foto's van deze mooie dag in de Zoo van Antwerpen.

Hongarij

Voor een ornitholoog, is Hongarij het land waar de oeivaren op de daken groeien...

... en waar alle kraaien bonte zijn.

Adriatic Sea

During one week holidays in Croatia (HV) I used a Canon D10 waterproof camera to catch the wonderful colours of the sea under the surface.

This golden sponge Aplysina aerophoba grows everywhere on the rocks.

Squirrel

Little walk in the Rivierenhof park this sunday. Klári took this picture of a running squirrel.

Africa

After a professional travel in South Africa I spent 2 days to discover the wonderfull nature parc of Pilanesberg.

I took there 2105 pictures, using a 600mm telelens for the animals and a common wide angle for the landscapes.

Just check here the best pictures ...

21 days freezing

During 21 days, the temperature never rise above 0°C. I took this picture of the channel Brussels-Scheldt in Humbeek. While this attended deep water channel still remains free of ice, people where scatting on the town canals.

Otoño

Los colores del otoño en el jardín. Clásico, pero hermoso.

12 grados, cubierto, lluvia, tiempo normal por esta estación.

Fantasma

¿Que es esto?
Qu'est-ce?
What is this?
Wat is dat?

Ibis

Vandaag om 7u30 vertrekken wij met Edgar voor een wandeling in het tropische woud. Het is daar uitzettend warm en vochtig. Enkele mooie vogels en vlinders laten zich fotograferen. Ik zie Edgar terug morgen om de precieze namen te zoeken.
Vanuit de hoogste punt van de wandeling, zien we de monding van de Rio Copalita. Ik trek deze foto van vogels op een dode tak (pelikaan, ibis, aalscholver).
Morgen waarschijnlijk geen boodschap. We vliegen naar Mexico City om donderdag ochtend terug te vliegen naar Brussel.

Bahia de la Entrega

Due to the storm of this night, the waves are quite big this morning. The haven of Santa Cruz has been closed by the authorities and the tour we planned with a boat has been canceled. B-plan: We take a taxi to the Bahia de la Entrega to discover the wonderfull coral reef. We stay hours in the water between thousand of fishes from all the imaginable colours, somes of them were shy while others dare to bite in your skin. It took picture with a rental analogic camera, and we'll have to wait for the processing to see them. In the meanwhile, I show you this picture taken yesterday. A pelikan in flight taken with the 600mm tele.

Wedding

The wedding of Mieke and Salvador took place in a lovely little chapel of Santa Cruz. I will post the pictures on a separate album as soon as I'll be back home. Only few meters away for the church, pelikans were diving in the harbour. I escaped for a while from the celebration to take this shot of one of them a fraction of a second before it hits the surface.