Wondering...

This young roebuck was wondering who I am when I passed her with my bicycle and photo camera. I stopped behind the bush, walked closer to her and took this nice photo.

Harju county, Estonia, June 2007

Ladybird

This was a funny ladybird. She was quite peaceful on this rock and didn't move at all... But when I started to photograph her, she just flew away - to my arm :). I had troubles to flatter her back to the rock... Finally she walked from my arm to the rock and I could take a few shots of her. At home, when I tried to determine her speices, I had first troubles, but I think she's Anatis Ocellata (in Estonian "silmiktriinu", in English "satyr ladybird"), due to the brighter rings around black spots.

Noarootsi, Western coast of Estonia, May 2007

Moonlight...

The Moon was lighting our way in the forest during the photographing trip for my birthday. The shot is taken in a place called Londoni, at night.

Londoni, Estonia, April 2007.

A honeybee collecting honey :)

It's not very easy to photograph a honeybee when it's flying... I managed to do it in Muhu, in our garden... Erik says this photo has a lovely effect - showing how the bee goes from one blossom to another... and gets its harvest.

Muhu island, Estonia. April 2007.

Female Great Grouse

This is a photo which I'm most proud of! It's, so far, my best valued photo also in the photographers' webpage www.looduspilt.ee (to see the photo there, click: http://www.looduspilt.ee/?page=pilt&id=13043). This bird is a female great grouse. The male one is much more colourful and coquettish, but the female is lovely, too, isn't she? I just love how she walks on this photo... We saw her in a very small place in Estonia, with a very well-known name, namely LONDONi, which is situated near the lake Võrtsjärv.

Londoni, Estonia, April 2007

Profile

One Spring evening, with a setting sun, I went to read a book to the edge of the forest. Of course, like always, beside the book, I had my photo camera with telelens with me. I sat there, reading the book and making breaks by watching blue sky with many little clouds. Suddenly, a roebuck stepped out from the forest and started to show his lovely horns.... I knew he didn't notice me, yet. So I left my book, took my camera and started to crawl towards him. It was quite a long crawl... One point, I stopped, and took a shot (the one you see), just as I was - in the middle of grass, lying flat on my stomack. At once when the camera shutter has made it's click, the goat noticed me. He ran towards me, didn't realize who I was, and then got scared and left very, very quickly with wonderful high and long jumps. Since I was there in an uncomfortable pose, I couldn't photograph any of it. But at least I got this photo:)

Harju county, Estonia, May 2007

Swan

This beautiful swan was photographed in Western Coast of Estonia in April 2007.