Animal Photos – Page 10

Cee’s fun foto challenge: Three items or the number 3

If you enjoy my photos and would like to purchase some, I want to thank you! Simply visit my Zazzle online shop and browse the product offerings. If there’s a photo you would like to purchase but don’t see it in my shop, please contact me by using the Contact form at the bottom of my home page and let me know which photos you are interested in purchasing, and in what format / medium.

Remember that my 2014 nature photography calendars are available for sale on my online Zazzle store. All calendars are made to order in the USA so you support the US economy with your purchase, and a starving artist at the same time (me!). I appreciate all referrals through Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and of course your blog or website. Save 10% off my 2014 photo calendars (choose between five different themes) and up to 60% off on other products. Enter code HOLIDAYCOUNT at checkout; code valid until November 21, 2013, midnight.

Today I’m participating in Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge to show photos featuring featuring one item or the number one. You can click on any of the photos below to view them in a slideshow format for a larger view.

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Floral Friday Fotos: Pink water lilies and lily pads

Three waterlilies

Travel theme: Wood sculpture of a lifesize bear and eagle

Sculpture of three animals: bear, eagle and snake

Three giant dandelions in seed

WordPress weekly photo challenge: The world through my eyes - great blue herons

Three birds: two herons and one hummingbird

Wordpress weekly photo challenge: Saturated - iceplant blooms

Three flowers on fire

Mariachi band topiary - San Diego Botanic Garden

Three mariachi band players

Cee's fun foto challenge: raindrops on green branches

Three raindrops

WordPress weekly photo challenge: Illumination

Christmas decorations: three penguins

Three wet lemons on the tree

White pelicans in San Diego

If you visit San Diego and take a stroll on the beach, you’ll probably see a number of pelicans flying above the ocean, or riding the waves. These are brown pelicans, who stick to the sea water and don’t venture inland. We’re lucky to have attractive weather in the winter, not just for the tourists, but also for the migrating birds. One of the birds that migrates down south is the white pelican, and this guy hangs around fresh water like rivers and lakes.

This weekend I was lucky enough to spot not just a few, but 13 white pelicans gathered together on one pond. I was even luckier because I had brought my camera with me. Unfortunately, it was getting close to noon and the weather was a bit cloudy so the lighting couldn’t have been worse, especially on the windy, reflecting water. So even though I was able to get close and take a lot of pictures, only a few of them turned out OK.

Oh, look, a duck flying right in front of that pelican as I was taking its picture. Dude, get out of the way!

Ah, that’s better. A few cormorants are tagging along.

You see the many reflections in the water? It made for very cool patterns, but it also created tons of random shadows on the pelicans and my photos came out either too light or too dark. Better luck next time!

November 19, 2013February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Animal PhotosTags: brown pelicans in San Diego, cormorants in San Diego, migrating pelicans, white pelican swimming in water, white pelicans in San Diego 7 Comments

Close-up on a bee on pink powder puff flower

Macro Monday: bees on pink powder puff flower

Today I’m taking part in the Macro Monday photo challenge. You can click on each photo for a larger view.

If you like what you see, I encourage you to subscribe so you can enjoy the new photos I post a few times a week.

With the year-round blooms we get in San Diego, bees are busy every day. We’re lucky to enjoy colorful flower and tree blooms even when winter is approaching, which helps me greatly since it means I can take new photos every week.

Here are a few busy bees on a pink powder puff flower. The many bees on that tree weren’t happy to have me so close to them, so I had to give up after a few minutes, but I managed to get a few decent shots before I left.

Macro Monday: bees on pink powder puff flower

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November 17, 2013February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Animal Photos, Bloom Photos, Flower Photos, Plant PhotosTags: bee macro, bees on pink powder puff flower, blooms, close-up on bee on pink flower, Macro Monday, nature photography, photography, photos, photos of bees, photos of blooms, photos of flowers, pink powder puff bloom, pink powder puff flowers 8 Comments

A Word A Week Challenge: Pose

Remember my 2014 nature photography calendars are available for sale on my online Zazzle store. All calendars are made to order in the USA so you support the US economy with your purchase, and a starving artist at the same time (me!). I appreciate all referrals through Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and of course your blog or website.

Today I’m participating in the A Word A Week Challenge. This week’s theme is “pose”. I encourage you to click on each photo to see a larger view. If you like what you see, please subscribe to this blog to receive updates of the new photos I post, usually 3 to 5 times a week.

This super cute grizzly bear was posing at the San Diego Zoo, hoping someone would throw him some of that popcorn he could smell. How disappointed he must have been when the popcorn walked away…

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Same San Diego Zoo, different bear, this time a panda bear. Those guys sure know how to pose for the camera.

This praying mantis was annoyed to have my camera so close and it decided to stop and freeze, hoping I’d go away. It worked because I got my photos and left it alone after that.

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This green Junebug beetle posed on some colorful yellow rose petals for me while I took its picture.

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Last but not least, this white great egret sure knows how to strike a pose and show off!

A Word A Week Challenge: Pose - white great egret — A Word A Week Challenge: Pose – white great egret

November 13, 2013February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Animal PhotosTags: A Word A Week Challenge, A Word A Week Challenge: Pose, giant panda bear at the San Diego zoo, green junebug beetle, grizzly bear, nature photography, photos of animals, praying mantis, San Diego Zoo, white great egret 13 Comments

50% off my 2014 nature photography calendars – sale extended until midnight tonight

Zazzle has kindly extended its discount offer until midnight tonight (November 13). All calendars are made to order in the USA so you support the US economy with your purchase.

Order your calendars by midnight tonight and save 50% by using this code at checkout: VETERANDAY13. There will be more coupon deals over the next few weeks but if you’re looking for a unique Thanksgiving gift to give a teacher, a friend, a colleague, or a family member, this is a great choice.

I’ll be creating individual pages on this website to feature each calendar and its pictures over the next week or so, but for now, you can see the photos that made it into each final calendar on their store page (links below).

2014 12-month calendar – a year in Southern California (photo mix)