Uluru is undoubtedly Australia’s most recognizable landmark, so visiting the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park (map) was the most anticipated part of our Australia Road Trip. Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, is a sacred site […]
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Unusual Overwintering Behavior of Squirrels and Chipmunks
Autumn usually brings big changes in the life of wild animals. Many birds migrate to warmer places, insects and other arthropods normally try to find shelters to overwinter either as adults, pupae, larvae or eggs. […]
Highlights from 2022
With the new year approaching, it’s a good time to look back at the past year. 2022 was not a bad year for me as a nature photographer. I had some big adventures (maybe not […]
2020: The Year in Review
2020 was a crazy year for all of us with the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic. We had to change or postpone most of our plans. I didn’t go out doing nature photography as much as I […]
Bird Photography with the Canon EOS-1 film camera
Last week, I finally had an opportunity to test my Canon EOS-1 film camera. I wanted to photograph birds so I could test the autofocus system of this relatively old camera. I went to the […]
Back to Film with a 30-year-old Canon EOS-1
We may all have thought that analog photography is dead. Most photographers switched to digital when DSLRs first became affordable. I bought my first digital EOS camera in 2005 and when I got my beloved […]
Monument Valley – Arizona, Utah
Besides the cactus covered mountains in southern Arizona, probably the best-known location of the American West is the Monument Valley on the border of Arizona and Utah, so we didn’t want to miss it on […]
Saguaro National Park – Arizona
After leaving the Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico, we drove to Tucson, Arizona, where we visited the Saguaro National Park. This park consists of two separate areas and it’s the home to the […]
Nature Photography Video – Brazos Bend State Park, Texas
Here is my latest nature photography video. This is about Brazos Bend State Park in Texas. The park is home to various wildlife, including alligators and many bird species. It provides a great opportunity for […]
Highlights from 2017
As I’ve done in the past few years, I would like to take a look back at the past year, so I selected 10 images that mostly highlight my work in 2017. It was an […]
Film Photography at Brazos Bend State Park – Texas
The Brazos Bend State Park in Texas (map) quickly became my favorite place in the Houston area. Its wildlife is amazing, alligators and thousands of birds live here. It also has many wonderful trails to […]
Canon EOS 620 and the 30th anniversary of the EOS System
The last time I used film was 10 years ago, when I photographed The Wind of Storm, one of my all time favorite images. Although, I loved shooting film, since then I used digital technique […]
The Wind of Storm – Hungary
This image of an approaching storm is very special for me, because it’s the last one I photographed on film and it was awarded and exhibited among the best images of the National Geographic Photo […]
The mound building behavior of the Steppe Mouse in Hungary
The steppe mouse or mound-builder mouse (Mus spicilegus) is an endemic species to South-East Europe and it is a widespread rodent in Hungary. Its Hungarian name is güzüegér. The steppe mouse occupies in various grassland […]