Tonight’s moon on it’s way up.
(c) K Wicks
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Christmas day sunrise 2020
Not a bad start to what turned out to be a sunny day Christmas Day. Cold, but sunny.
(c) K Wicks
Magpie moth
This is a small magpie moth. I have been taking pictures of insects for ages but didn’t always find the time to name them. Now have found a bit of time to go back through and find old pics to try and identify them. This one is from 2015.
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Gazania Orange
Close ups of orange Gazania’s taken with my Nikon D5500.
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Nuthatch
Inspired by a post I saw yesterday, I have dug out my photo of the only time I have seen a nuthatch here in the UK. Having trees close by meant we had plenty of wildlife in this small patch of garden, but was only a temporary rented property again so we weren’t there very long. I also spook birds quite easily as well, so usually have to spend some time waiting for them, this time I was lucky having put food out for the squirrels and other birds.
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Attentive Maya
Sometimes she can sit so attentively. When there is food involved of course…
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Blue Marguerite
A super pretty little blue flower.
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Spanish sunset – 20.09.17
This was a stunning sunset, like the sky was on fire and it got more lovely as it went, ending in almost lenticular clouds. These pictures are unedited, it is as it was through the Nikon D5500. Think I have some new painting ideas here 🙂
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Morning moon
An October morning in Spain a few years ago saw a rather lovely moon setting.
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European Mantis – Brown
Here is the next installment of mantis for you, the pale brown sandy coloured European mantis. This was the one we saw the most of, despite it blending in so well. Once you get used to spotting them my eyes would pick them out. Even seeing them when they weren’t actually there, lots of sticks and grasses got mistaken for one at first. All photos taken with my Nikon D5500.
They are very delicate and graceful, wonderful to watch.
They also have rather large wings tucked in neatly behind them, which completely freaked me out the first time one flew as I didn’t know. However much I like photographing nature, I still jump out of my skin when one of them does something unexpected.
And even weirder than I first thought, their eyes turn purple at night. Very cool.
(c) K Wicks
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