Spiders - Predator and the victim

Spiders

Spiders. Yet they are not insects themselves they rule the insect world with their traps. As I closely started to watch these fellows I got fascinated by them. How they react and what they do. Wanted to photograph a glimpse of what it's all about. Truly amazing. Spiders.

In rain, wind and sunset

Preparing a snack

King of the green

In bright burning sunlight

This world is so interesting that I think I will take even deeper look into it. Wow.

Squirrels

Backyard flowers

Sometimes it's good just to take an ordinary every day thing and try to find some new aspect to it. So...

I have been spending a lot of time in my backyard lately... but the thing is that I've had my camera near me all the time. As days go by there has been nice lights, insects, birds, squirrels and the backyard flowers. At first I will focus on the flowers and show you some photos with some new angle to things.

Here we go...

Hope you enjoyed it! Cya.

Young white wagtails

Found some young white wagtails  enjoying the summer sun setting on Tiilijärvi lake in Hollola, Finland.
Extraordinary - though ordinary - view from a Finnish lake. ;)

(White wagtail / Motacilla alba / Västäräkki in Finnish)

Curious case of the striped field mouse

Right where I live while sitting on the terrace on sunshine I saw this striped field mouse peeking out between the rocks. I think it saw me but didn't still rush anywhere as I managed get my camera and take a few shots. Funny little guy. Looked very young btw.

Striped field mouse, Apodemus agrarius (Peltohiiri in Finnish)

Bugs bugs bugs

One thing photographers love and hate in the summer time are bugs. Many times they make nice photos but sometimes they are just irritating as hell. You-know-what-I-mean....

But as my bug season is starting I'll bug you with some dandelions with bugs. ;)

Two of these are scentless plant bugs called Corizus Hyoscyami and the third one is a more common plant bug called Dolycoris baccarum.

Flycatcher

Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca / kirjosieppo in finnish) bringing some food home.

This pretty little bird nested very near my parents house while the birdhouse was still on the ground waiting to be set to the tree. They set a small fence around the birdhouse and the bird uses the fence for observing the surroundings.

Walking in Spa

I was just walking in Spa (Belgium) and came across this lake,  Lac De Warfaaz. Going around it and just not seeing anything interesting. So I started looking out for any details or shapes which could interest in any way...

And after all I managed to take one shot of the lake too. Not obvious one though (with the sunset). ;)

Foxglove (Dark Cold Forest) on RedBubble homepage

This lonely foxglove was just featured on RedBubble homepage. Yay!

And this is the copy of the homepage:

And I believe it's only one of two from a thousand artworks that make it to the homepage. Cool!


(p.s. This is my second work on RedBubble homepage. Previous Nightly - featured on RedBubble homepage )