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Aw
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Staggering through the fascinating world with a camera in my hand.

Currently shooting with Sony α7R V before that α7R IV ... and from time to time with my phone Pixel 9a

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I searched for a while, but here's my contribution to #OddCouples a pelican and a cormorant.
#BirdoftheDay #Birds 🪶 #Nature #Wildlife #photography #sony
A black cormorant sitting on a branch above the water looks at a white pelican on the shore. @Aw
February 10, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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This flower breaks through the lava rock.
#RockinTuesday #photography #rock #flowers #sony
A pink flower with greenish-red leaves grows among black lava rock. Photographed from above. ©Aw
February 10, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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The bird's body language is something like: "Hey, what are you doing? I see everything!" 🤣
#BirdOfTheDay #StareDown #birds 🪶 #photography #flyday #naturephotography #BirdLife #sony
A brown-black Myna bird on green grass, its forward-leaning posture and intense gaze saying: "Hey, what are you doing? I see everything!" ©Aw
February 9, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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Trumpet cup lichen (Cladonia fimbriata). This lichen is a symbiotic relationship between a fungus and an alga. A specialty for #fungifriends and #MushroomMonday
#photography #mushrooms #lichen #ShroomScrolling #Mycology #ForestFind #MycologyMonday #Nature #fungi #austria #sony
Trumpet cup lichen, a green, trumpet-shaped fungal lichen growing here in a group, a small patch lying exposed in the snow and ice. ©Aw
February 9, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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Arriving at the campsite on Big Island (Hawaii), we were amazed early in the morning by dolphins performing tricks.
#photography #dolphin #Stunday #scape #sony
A dolphin, frozen the moment it leaps out of the water, upside down as if performing a somersault, completely out of the water. ©Aw
February 8, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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When I walk along the beach with my friend 🎶 always keeping an eye out for food 🎶
Common Myna, non native bird to hawaii
www.mauiforestbirds....
#birds 🪶 #photography #hawaii #usa #birdphotography #naturephotography #BirdLife #sony
Two brown birds (Mynas) with some distance between them, photographed from behind as they waddle along the beach towards the sea. ©Aw
February 7, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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For #ForestFriday 🌲
The light makes its way through the forest.
#photography #Scape #Hiking #forest #sony
Dark trees towering upwards, brownish-green grass in the middle, light pushing through a gap in the forest, partially touching the grass and gently illuminating it. ©Aw
February 6, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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Crows in the fog.
#birds 🪶 #photography #crow #forestfriday #flyday #BWFri #classicmono #coloraday #naturephotography #BirdLife #sony
Black and white photo of crows flying in the fog, with trees and a grey sky in the distance. ©Aw
February 6, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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A wave at the end and at the beginning of its journey.
#photography #wave #monochrome #blackandwhite #classicmono #sony
black and white photo of a small wave breaking white spray towards the beach. ©Aw
February 5, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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"Here's looking at you, kid"
A young Balkan chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra balcanica) in the bulgarian mountains.
#photography #chamois #дива коза #シャモア #gams #sony
A portrait of a young chamois with very furry ears; the horns are only hinted at; it is looking directly at us. ©Aw
February 4, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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A lizard in the mountains of Bulgaria thinks it's doing well, well, not so much on the rocks :)
#photography #RockinTuesday #lizard #bulgaria #sony
A brownish-colored lizard sits on a greyish-white rock and looks over at us. ©Aw
February 3, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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George slaying the dragon, Venice, Italy. Poor dragon. 🐉 💚
#venice #photography #UrbanGaze #monochrome #blackandwhite #classicmono #sony
The image shows a marble relief of Saint George slaying the dragon in Venice, Italy. Black and white photograph. ©Aw
February 2, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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"Fly not too close to the sun"
#birds 🪶 #photography #kauai #hawaii #usa #birdphotography #naturephotography #BirdLife #sony
A black-feathered bird flies high in the sky. ©Aw
February 1, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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A flower for the last day of the month, goodbye January.
#flower #photography #macro #sony
A close-up of a dense white flower. ©Aw
January 31, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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The Daido Moriyama retrospective opened at Foto Wien. Great photos, a fantastic exhibition, but there was a long queue and it was very crowded. I'll have to come back when it's quieter so I can see it properly.
#Vienna #fotowien #daidomoriyama #photography
www.fotoarsenalwien.at/en/
January 30, 2026 at 8:57 PM
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Vienna City Hall photographed from Vienna's Heldenplatz on January 27, 2026. #photography #vienna #austria #citylights #sony
The Vienna City Hall with its several towers is illuminated at night, with some fog in the air. ©Aw
January 30, 2026 at 5:55 PM
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A red-footed booby in majestic flight high above my head, photographed in Kauai, Hawaii.
#birds 🪶 #photography #kauai #hawaii #usa #birdphotography #naturephotography #BirdLife #sony
A red-footed booby flies over us with outstretched wings; it has red feet, a white-feathered body, and a blue beak. ©Aw
January 29, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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The red berries are still hanging on this bush.
#photography #ColorADay #RedWed #austria #sony
A leafless shrub in winter, thin branches in the photo but also red berries that we can see clearly. ©Aw
January 28, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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A small flower in the cold of winter.
#photography #flower #sony
A small white flower grows in the center of the picture on a long stem.©Aw
January 27, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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"Hey, do you have a spare nut?"
A squirrel has four toes on its front paws and five on its back paws, good to know 😀 🐿️
#photography #squirrel #tree #treetrunk #sony
A red squirrel, upside down on an ivy-covered tree trunk, looks over at us. ©Aw
January 26, 2026 at 11:21 AM
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A sunset photographed on a mountain (Traunstein); the lake is called Traunsee. I took the photo last August with my phone. #photography #sunset #pixelphone #stunday #ColorADay #austria
We see the orange sun setting in the mountains. Photographed from a mountain, we see the sun, mountains in front of a large lake. ©Aw
January 25, 2026 at 10:44 AM
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A punk duck with a great hairstyle, photographed a few days ago during a hike in Austria.
#duck #birds 🪶 #photography #birdphotography #naturephotography #BirdLife #sony
A white duck with orange feet stands in shallow water, illuminated by the sun, and has many feathers on its head that make it look like a round mohawk. ©Aw
January 22, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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Moss on a stone in winter; somehow it looks like small forests in the mountains.
#photography #moss #snow #Nature #austria #sony #JanuArty2026
Green moss on a stone, snow in the background, blurry, somehow it looks like small forests in the mountains. ©Aw
January 21, 2026 at 2:55 PM
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The fog settles over the landscape and gently covers the tree.
#photography #tree #snow #forest #ForestFind #Nature #austria #sony
It is very foggy, the ground is covered in white snow. A little way off, we can make out a tree standing alone, its leafless branches stretching upwards. ©Aw
January 20, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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Mushrooms on dead wood in winter in the Austrian mountains.
#fungifriends #MushroomMonday #photography #mushrooms #ShroomScrolling #Mycology #ForestFind #MycologyMonday #Nature #fungi #austria #sony
A sawn-off tree trunk lies in the snow, its cut surface facing us; white tree fungi are growing on it. ©Aw
January 19, 2026 at 6:21 PM