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.
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
A lovely photo of a roe, with what Erik took part of the Nature Photo of the Year competition, is taken in our home forest in March 2007.
This photo is taken on my birthday - April 27, 2007, in Kirna Hiking track which is situated in Alam-Pedja Nature Preserve. The river photographed is called Pikknurme. It was already late in the evening and just before that, we had seen a roebuck eating grass when we walked towards him, and he didn't really understand who we were... It seems the wild animals don't see that well in dark either... :)
The Storks family near Kakerdaja Bog in Spring 2006. In Estonia, you can see storks everywhere. They like to make their nests usually near houses, and they seem to use the same nest years to years. When you drive through the main roads in Estonia, you always see storks walking and finding food from the fields and meadows beside the roads.
A stork walking in the ploughland in our village. He lives in our neighbour's garden and flies over our house all the time.
Harju county, Estonia, May 2007.
Guess who's chasing the roebuck and thinking "he doesn't see me...". Yes, that stupid girl is Karin :). By the way, this roebuck has only 1 horn! We see him all the time...
Harju county, Estonia, May 2007
It was raining during daytime. In the evening, mist came... The photo has been taken around 10 p.m.
Hepaticas are my favourite flowers... Here you can see one interpretation of her beauty... The shot is taken on my own land in Muhu island, Estonia.
Muhu island, Estonia, April 2007
I just love wild flowers! This is one of them... a primrose, of course. I decided to show this photos, because it shows the natural environment where primroses grow in my home area - in the middle of green meadow, just trying to direct her beautiful yellow blossoms to the sky to reach the sun...
My two number 1 persons: my son Kert (10 years old at this photo) and my boyfriend Erik
Estonia, October 2006
In May 29, we celebrated Kert's good marks in his final report (which he will get in June 4) by taking him to drive carts. It was a lot of fun - the day was really, really warm, so the track was hot and wet, and it also started to rain in the middle of the runs (the track consists of an inner part and an outer part), which made the driving even more complicated. I only drove for 8 rounds (1 drive), while Kert and Erik did a lot more - I was able to photograph them in action then!
This photo is taken in Põhja-Kõrvemaa Conservancy, in a place called Järvi Lakes. From there, we hiked on a Suursoo (translation: Big Marsh) hiking track. I absolutely love this photo!
The photo is taken in Eastern part of Estonia, in a very small place. The waterfall is called Alajõe.
This photo is taken in Spa Hotel of Toila, which is situated on a very pictersque place - eastern coastline of Estonia...
I like to enjoy the views of water breaking snow and ice during wintertime. It's Nõmmeveski Waterfall - situated in Lahemaa in Estonia.
This lovely sleepy fox was photographed by my beloved boyfriend Erik in our home-forest in March 2007. He noticed him being about 60 metres from him, but the fox was so sleepy that he didn't see Erik at all! He crawled to him, made just this and some more photos, and then, suddenly, the fox was gone like a twister... No signs left.
Vasaristi is such a nice place... The waterfall is very small, but lovely. And in Spring time, you can see a lot of hepaticas there!
The bird cherry blossoms here in May... Very lovely smell :)
In Estonian, this butterfly is called "koeraliblikas", unfortunately I don't know how it's called in English or Latin. But it's very common in Estonia, and can live here in Estonia throughout more than one season.
