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Olga Bondareva

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Re: Wildlife October 2011
« Reply #15 on: October 11, 2011, 09:43:06 AM »
Pat, incredible image of flowering lavender!

Paul, so many interesting birds! How did you steal up to them so closely?

Trond, lucky you saw and photographed that rare and wary bird!
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Olga Bondareva, Moscow, Zone 3

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Re: Wildlife October 2011
« Reply #16 on: October 11, 2011, 09:44:09 AM »
Ladybird at the Acer pseudosieboldianum leaf.

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Re: Wildlife October 2011
« Reply #17 on: October 11, 2011, 10:12:34 AM »
Nice leaf, Olga. Did the ladybird fly? (We call it "Hen of Mary" in Norwegian).
The day I pictured the black grouses I also saw fresh footprints of a lynx in the snow. It had followed a hare. No picture of the lynx though!
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Olga Bondareva

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Re: Wildlife October 2011
« Reply #18 on: October 11, 2011, 11:25:33 AM »
Wow I haven't ever seen lynx or it's footprints! It wold be very interesting and exciting to meet and shoot the animal.

Yes that ladybird flew away. I found it in wet grass and moved to the leaf. Sometimes it opened wings to make them dry. And than it flew.
« Last Edit: October 11, 2011, 04:07:10 PM by Olga Bondareva »
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Re: Wildlife October 2011
« Reply #19 on: October 11, 2011, 12:57:56 PM »
I remember how close you got to the Elk, Olga, so we will be expecting Lynx photos soon.... perhaps if you go visit Trond!
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Olga Bondareva

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Re: Wildlife October 2011
« Reply #20 on: October 11, 2011, 04:12:55 PM »
Maggi I'd rather meet a herd of elks than one lynx...
But it's a good occasion to visit Trond!  :)

By the way we call ladybird God's cow.
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Re: Wildlife October 2011
« Reply #21 on: October 11, 2011, 04:14:11 PM »
We call they Ladybugs.
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Re: Wildlife October 2011
« Reply #22 on: October 11, 2011, 04:36:03 PM »
Arnold, it is poses.  :)

My thoughts about animals tracking out reminded me journal of russian scientist and photographer Igor Shpilenok. For some years he's been living at Kamchatka. He photographed many animals (especially bears) and tell about nature live. I'm afraid his journal is only in russian and you can not feel his simple wisdom and respectful love to all leaving things. But you can enjoy his images!
He is a winner of one of photo contests, as I remember.
http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/
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Re: Wildlife October 2011
« Reply #23 on: October 11, 2011, 04:40:41 PM »
Quote from: Olga Bondareva on October 11, 2011, 11:25:33 AM
Wow I haven't ever seen lynx or it's footprints! It wold be very interesting and exciting to meet and shoot the animal.

Yes that ladybird flew away. I found it in wet grass and moved to the leaf. Sometimes it opened wings to make them dry. And than it flew.
Quote from: Maggi Young on October 11, 2011, 12:57:56 PM
I remember how close you got to the Elk, Olga, so we will be expecting Lynx photos soon.... perhaps if you go visit Trond!
We should be very lucky to meet a lynx! They are very wary animals - and nocturnal (I am not).
Today we spotted a few willow grouses and a lot of other birds. Fourlegged animals are not easy to spot when you come trampling in the snow. However we saw tracks of elks, foxes, hares, weasels and rodents (lemmings maybe). We even spotted some moths!

I would rather meet a pack of wolves than one supesized ladybug!
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Re: Wildlife October 2011
« Reply #24 on: October 11, 2011, 04:43:30 PM »
Quote from: Olga Bondareva on October 11, 2011, 04:36:03 PM
Arnold, it is poses.  :)

My thoughts about animals tracking out reminded me journal of russian scientist and photographer Igor Shpilenok. For some years he's been living at Kamchatka. He photographed many animals (especially bears) and tell about nature live. I'm afraid his journal is only in russian and you can not feel his simple wisdom and respectful love to all leaving things. But you can enjoy his images!
He is a winner of one of photo contests, as I remember.
http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/

Do I remember right - a Russian photographer and scientist who lived in Kamtchatca was killed by a bear the other summer?
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Olga Bondareva

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Re: Wildlife October 2011
« Reply #25 on: October 11, 2011, 04:46:31 PM »
Quote from: Hoy on October 11, 2011, 04:43:30 PM
Do I remember right - a Russian photographer and scientist who lived in Kamtchatca was killed by a bear the other summer?

That was another one.  :) Shpilenok is still alive.  :) He moved to Briansk area. And the latest post at his journal is dated by 10.10.2011.  :)
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Re: Wildlife October 2011
« Reply #26 on: October 11, 2011, 05:16:42 PM »
Quote from: Olga Bondareva on October 11, 2011, 04:46:31 PM
Quote from: Hoy on October 11, 2011, 04:43:30 PM
Do I remember right - a Russian photographer and scientist who lived in Kamtchatca was killed by a bear the other summer?

That was another one.  :) Shpilenok is still alive.  :) He moved to Briansk area. And the latest post at his journal is dated by 10.10.2011.  :)
OK, so it is a lot of them there - understandable! I would like to take a trip there myself ;)
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Olga Bondareva

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Re: Wildlife October 2011
« Reply #27 on: October 11, 2011, 06:32:05 PM »
Quote from: Hoy on October 11, 2011, 05:16:42 PM
OK, so it is a lot of them there - understandable! I would like to take a trip there myself ;)
To be eaten by a bear?  :)
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Re: Wildlife October 2011
« Reply #28 on: October 11, 2011, 06:42:30 PM »
Quote from: Olga Bondareva on October 11, 2011, 06:32:05 PM
Quote from: Hoy on October 11, 2011, 05:16:42 PM
OK, so it is a lot of them there - understandable! I would like to take a trip there myself ;)
To be eaten by a bear?  :)
That had been a life-long experience!
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Re: Wildlife October 2011
« Reply #29 on: October 11, 2011, 09:31:03 PM »
Quote from: Hoy on October 11, 2011, 06:42:30 PM
Quote from: Olga Bondareva on October 11, 2011, 06:32:05 PM
Quote from: Hoy on October 11, 2011, 05:16:42 PM
OK, so it is a lot of them there - understandable! I would like to take a trip there myself ;)
To be eaten by a bear?  :)
That had been a life-long experience!

A final life-long experience :P
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