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Macro Monday: the eyes of the great gray owl

Macro Monday: the great gray owl

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Today I’m taking part in the Macro Monday photo challenge. You can click on the photos below 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.

Technically the photos below are more zoom than macro but this is the first time I’ve photographed a great gray owl up close and I wanted to share these photos with you. The great gray owl is one of the largest owls in the world and it’s absolutely gorgeous as a whole and up close. I hope you enjoy these few shots!

Here’s what the great gray owl looks like. Quite impressive. Beautiful feather pattern too.

Look at those gorgeous eyes!

And it looks great from the side too. I wouldn’t want to get my fingers caught in that beak.

June 17, 2013February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Animal PhotosTags: great gray owl, great gray owl eyes, Macro Monday, Macro Monday: great gray owl, nature photography, photography, photos 4 Comments

WordPress weekly photo challenge: Curves

Today I’m participating in the WordPress weekly photo challenge and this week’s theme is “curves”. Remember you can click on each image to see a larger view. If you like what you see, feel free to subscribe and receive nature photography updates a few times a week.

Nature is full of curves and I love capturing them on camera, including these giant fern fiddleheads.

I love the curves the pistils of this beautiful purple and yellow lily form.

WordPress weekly photo challenge: Curves of purple lily pistils

Flower petals often display some type of curve. The petals of this yellow rose are a lovely example of curves.

WordPress weekly photo challenge: Curves of yellow rose petals

Of course, roses are not the only flowers to display curves. Here are the fancy curves of an orange protea pin cushion flower.

WordPress weekly photo challenge: Curves of orange protea pincushion flower

Many types of fruit display beautiful curves, like this ripe yellow lemon ready to be picked from the tree.

WordPress weekly photo challenge: Curves of a yellow lemon

As for animals, some of them can be pretty curvy, like these cute little seahorses with their curved tails and curved bellies.

WordPress weekly photo challenge: Curves of seahorses

Flamingos have such long necks they tend to walk around with them in a curved position. Check out the little duck at the bottom left, he’s got some curved neck going too!

WordPress weekly photo challenge: Curves of a flamingo's neck — WordPress weekly photo challenge: Curves of a flamingo’s neck

Of course human beings can create a lot of curves too. Check out this beautiful chandelier in the lobby of the Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego. It’s full of curves!

WordPress weekly photo challenge: Curves of the chandelier at the Hotel Del Coronado

June 14, 2013February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Animal Photos, Bloom Photos, Flower Photos, Fruit Photos, Photography, Photos of San Diego, Plant Photos, Tree PhotosTags: fern fiddleheads, giant fern, Hotel Del Coronado, lily pistils, nature photography, orange protea pin cushion flower, photos of blooms, photos of flowers, purple lily, seahorses underwater, walking flamingo, Wordpress weekly photo challenge, WordPress weekly photo challenge: Curves, yellow lemon, yellow purple lily, yellow rose, yellow rose petals 30 Comments

Cee’s fun foto challenge: One crab camouflaged in the sand

Let’s Be Wild Weekly Photo Challenge – Camouflage

I’m participating in LetsBeWild.com’s Wild Weekly Photo Challenge. This week’s challenge is: Camouflage!

Most of the animal photos I take feature bright colors and the animals in full view. I could only find a couple of pictures that would fit this theme, but at least I really like them. 🙂

Here’s a little crab that I found on Coronado Beach at low tide. It seemed to be impatiently waiting for the tide to come back up. In the meantime, it was partially hiding in the sand. It was hiding so well that I almost stepped on it. I’m glad I didn’t, so I could take this picture after I dug him out a bit. He’s still nicely covered with that gold speckled sand.

Let’s Be Wild Weekly Photo Challenge – Camouflaged crab in the sand

This baby koala was sleeping in a tree at the new Outback exhibit at the San Diego Zoo a few weeks ago. The koala’s gray fur helps it camouflage among the branches and leaves. But you can still see this little guy’s cute face.

Let’s Be Wild Weekly Photo Challenge – Camouflaged baby koala in a tree

June 11, 2013February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Animal PhotosTags: baby koala, baby koala sleeping, camouflaged crab, camouflaged koala, crab in sand, let's be wild weekly photo challenge, Let’s Be Wild Weekly Photo Challenge – Camouflage, nature photography, photography, photos 8 Comments

Travel theme: Peaceful

Today I’m participating in Where’s My Backpack’s Travel Theme photo challenge. This week’s theme is “peaceful”. It’s taken me a few days to get to this challenge because I was thinking about the types of photos I would use. I settled on a water theme because I find water very peaceful in many ways, whether it’s still or moving, quiet or loud. I hope you enjoy my choices!

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Standing in front of the ocean is peaceful and refreshing at the same time.

Travel theme: Peaceful waves at Coronado Beach in San Diego

What’s under water can be very peaceful too. That’s why I like visiting aquariums. One of my favorite underwater animals is the seahorse. I love how seahorses peacefully swim from one plant to the next.

Travel theme: Peaceful seahorses underwater

Sea jellies look very peaceful and I love looking at them. However taking photos of sea jellies is not very relaxing, as only a few usually come out OK.

Travel theme: Peaceful sea jellies swimming

As noisy as they can be, I love sitting by waterfalls and enjoy their peaceful and stress-free effect.

Animals in ponds often look very peaceful, like this painted turtle who moved and swam very slowly and quietly.

Travel theme: Peaceful painted turtle in a pond

I want to finish this theme with a photo that illustrates a beautiful, peaceful sound (out of the water). This is my brand new wind chime in my garden. I just got it this weekend after searching for the perfect wind chime for years, the one with the most peaceful sounds to my years. This is it and I love it!

June 9, 2013February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Animal Photos, Ocean photos, Photography, Photos of San Diego, Water photosTags: nature photography, painted turtle in pond, peaceful ocean waves, peaceful waterfall, photography, photos, seahorses underwater, swimming jelly fish, swimming sea jellies, Travel theme, Travel theme: Peaceful, wind chime, wind chime sounds 6 Comments

WordPress weekly photo challenge: The sign says… KOALA XING!

This is my second entry in the WordPress weekly photo challenge and this week’s theme is “the sign says”. I never do a double entry for photo challenges but after visiting the new Australian Outback exhibit at the San Diego Zoo today, I can’t help myself.

The whole koala exhibit has been redone and this is what you see on your way to the new location.

Wordpress weekly photo challenge: The sign says KOALA XING! — WordPress weekly photo challenge: The sign says KOALA XING!

We looked very attentively but didn’t see any koalas crossing the road. Probably because their enclosures are well secure and they can’t get out. 🙂

If you ever visit a koala exhibit in the zoo, you’ll probably notice than each male koala gets its own enclosure. That’s not because they’re considered so special, but rather because male koalas don’t get along and become aggressive and fight when put together. What a surprise…

As for the females, they all share one large enclosure and seem to get along just fine. Are you surprised? I’m not. While browsing the exhibit, we spotted the cutest baby koala, sleeping right next to his mother (you can see her back on the left of the picture). Isn’t he the cutest thing? Now you understand why I had to share.