10-Apr-2011
Lancet cobra (Bothrops jararaca)- Tres Tipui Park, South-Brazil
11-APR-2011
Bothrops jararaca - Tres Tipui Reserve, Minais Gerais, Brasil
The bushmaster snake is one of the most venomous snakes in the world. It's spanish name is Ox killer. It detects mammals by their warmth. Like cobras it can be upright in order to attack.
10-APR-2011
Peripatus acacioi - Ouro Preto, Brasil
Grutto (Limosa limosa) taking a bath - Mei 2012, Oud Ade, The Netherlands
15-APR-2011
Eueides isabella dianasa - Itaipu Biological Reserve, Brasil
24-JUN-2006
Samaria Schlucht - Kreta, Griechenland
15-APR-2011
Capybara - Itaipu Lake Reserve, Brazil
28-SEP-2011
Crimean Mountains, Yalta, Ukraine
19-MAY-2009
Moor near Bymarka, Trondheim, Norwegen
29-JAN-2011
Sauerklee (oxalis pes-caprea) - Ria Formosa, Portugal
Der kriechende Sauerklee (oxalis pes-caprea) verwandelt die Landschaft am Ria Formosa im Frühling in ein Bluetenmeer. Bei Schaefern ist diese Pflanze allerdings nicht sehr beliebt, da der Sauerklee, wie der Name schon andeutet, Oxalsäure enthaelt, und ungenießbar ist. Urspruenglich ist Oxalis pes-caprea in Suedafrika beheimatet.
09-APR-2011
Violet Woodnymph (Colibri) - Ouro Preto, Brazil
16-JAN-2008
Xanthostemon aurantiacum - Parc Riviere Bleue, Grande Terre
21-AUG-2010
Hausschwalbe - Montenegro, Portugal
16-APR-2011
Cyanocorax chrysops - Iguacu Falls, Brazil
01-DEC-2009
Great Crested Cormoran (Phalacrocorax carbo) sp. Cormoran grande.JPG
05-OCT-2007
Thespesia Fire-bug (Dysdercus)
Joutsniemi - Leivonmaeki National Park, Finland
10-JUL-2017
Corals and tunicates
The Great Barrier Reef at the north eastern coast of Australia is the biggest coral reef of the world. Its northern part is the most unspoiled, yet the most endangered part due to global warming. Still, it is possible to observe beautiful coral colonies close to the sea surface, like in this picture. Despite their plant-like appearence, corals are invertebrate animals that are mobile during the first part of their life-cycle. In the scene depicted in the photo, the corals are accompanied by red bottle shaped tunicates, another species of invertebrates.
Making of:
From the remote Daintree rainforest village of Cape Tribulation, about once a day a snorkeling expedition departs to the Mackay reef, a shallow reef and a tiny sand island ca. 5 miles offshore. With a group of about 10 people we departed in the afternoon and I took a deep dive to take this photo. I wanted to have the oceans surface as a background. The Sealife DC2000 camera with RAW setting and simple underwate mode, no flash, was used for making the photo.
16-JAN-2008
Kagou - Rainforest of South Grande Terre, New Caledonia
09-APR-2011
Atlantischer Regenwald (Mata Atlantica) - Tres Tipui Reserve, Minais Gerais, Brasil