Close ups of orange Gazania’s taken with my Nikon D5500.
(c) K Wicks
Gazania Orange
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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 🙂
(c) K Wicks
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
El Torcal de Antequera
El Torcal de Antequera is a nature reserve in the Sierra del Torcal mountain range in Andalusia, Spain. We went for a day out there while in Spain and was certainly not disappointed. The geology was great, being a karstic landscape made of limestone and the views spectacular. You are so high up you actually looked out over the clouds.
It was incredible to see and is impressive.
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Megalodon
Despite my overwhelming and sometimes irrational fear of sharks as a child (thanks Jaws), I am fascinated by them, current and past. I guess I thought if I learnt about them then I would be less fearful. I am not less fearful at all, they are fantastic killing machines when that is their purpose, so I determined I should be fearful. If I am in the sea of course.
I did continue to watch the other Jaws films, deep blue sea and of course The Meg. I drew the line at watching The Shallows though, just the synopsis increased my heart rate to uncomfortable. My imagination was enough there, didn’t need to see it (thanks Hyperphantasia!). I am in awe though of the idea and reality of the Megalodon, the sheer size of it and to think it was potentially as abundant as other sharks are today. It really is a monster of the past, vastly scaled down for our time in the sharks we have today, but luckily we are left with the teeth as a reminder of what used to lurk in the deep.
I have two different Megalodon teeth in my fossil collection which are two smaller ones.
(c) K Wicks
Daffodils
Beautiful and bright flowers, reminds me of my birthday being in the Spring so I always get excited when I see them. My grandparents used to have a meadow nearby which in the spring was covered in daffodils and summer covered in bluebells so they represent happy times. I can definitely see my love of nature started very young.
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