Animal patterns: Aix galericulata
On lake Zurich there were also some black cormorants, greenish ducks and brownish sparrows … but somehow this mandarin duck was more attractive…
Of sex and birds: a 70-200 mm f/2.8 VR II photo-poem made in Zürisee
I was waiting for you my master …
Under a curtain of white drops
I will give myself to you, my love.
And what you gifted me with your beak (on my neck)
And what you made me with your feet (on my back)
Will be lost in time, like droplets in the lake.
Click here for the full love R-rated story reportage or on each picture for bigger size. About some more feelings, I love this lens. Pictures shot against the sun at 200 mm, f/5, 1/1250, ISO 100.
Above and below ice pictures: of Buddha and igloos on Titlis, Switzerland
“[…] Suddenly he saw a huge natural statue among the snow covered mountains. It looked like a Buddha! It was wearing a monk’s habit, holding straight its head and body […]”
Do you find it too, as Donghua Li did? Click on the top-right corner blue-arrow on the panorama below, pan (click and move) and zoom (mouse wheel) – panorama option offered by dermandar.com – panorama shot with D800 1/2500 from the shaky Titlis cliff walk !
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The “igloo town” (iglu-dorf) at the Trübsee (Engelberg–Titlis): bar, restaurant and hotel rooms all in ice. Give it a look with ARTBorghi animated pictures on site, click start below.
