Dogged wanderings, all of ‘em… ‘Paws at the Beach‘ at East Coast Park, in celebration of World Animal Day 2008. My sis and I came back smelling like a-few-dozen-dogs-in-one, and Dofu gave us a thorough sniff-over when we returned. She was full of snorts.
Female juvenile Changeable lizard
Whimbrels - possibly the best waders-in-flight shot I’ve taken in Singapore thus far
Composite of 400mm, ISO 200, f/5.6, 1/8s + ditto, 1/200s
Nikon D200 + Nikon Fieldscope ED78 (= 1000mm) + attachment
Having tided over the worst, things are slooowly starting to picking up - social life, Buloh and the outdoors, and that jobhunt.
Pink-necked green pigeon and other critters at the Lower Pierce Reservoir…
The Singapore Fireworks Festival and the famous Merlion (my first shot of it after all these years)…
Scouts campfire at VS…
Ged’off my proboscis!
The term ‘cute’… being applied subjectively, of course.
Oriental magpie robin
A baby monitor lizard
Sun skink
WALL*E spider
The same gang of us who went to Lake District almost exactly two years ago again assembled for a quick weekend road trip, through the beautiful scenic countryside, deep into Wales. I enjoyed every minute of it, although the way was beset with little disappointments. For years I had been wanting to see the puffins, which can only be found in a couple of islands off the coast of the UK, and I thought this was it - that I (we) were finally going to nail them for sure. We were close. So very close - just a queue and a 15min boat ride away. We were told that it was no-go for that day… winds too strong, waters too rough for a landing. Curses up and down along the queue, for there were others, aside from ourselves, who travelled great distances just for this opportunity. Sigh, bad luck, I guess. *shrugs*
So we walked around the cliffs and tried to look for the grey seals that were said to frequent the coast. After waiting and looking long and hard, we spotted a pair, frolicking in the water. I had expected to see them basking under the sun on the rocks, but they stuck to the water.
And then there’s the ocean - a deep, blue, vast expanse of water. That, the blue skies, the lush green of the cliffside bushes, the horses, the gulls, choughs, shags, and oystercatchers… it made it worthwhile. Totally.
~ 600 miles’ journey across and back
Brecon Beacons National Park
Horses at Martin’s Haven
The Pembrokeshire coast
Oriental Whip
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