A black and white husky with blue eyes. He has dark mud all over his muzzle making his blue eyes stand out even more. His snow nose is prominent as is his pink tongue. He has quite a pleased look on his face!
A wild Giant orchid just starting to unfurl flowers. The background is burred out. The open flower is facing the camera, it has pink markings on a white to pinkish flower.
The face of a black and white blue eyed husky looking down at the photographer. A blue sky surrounds him on one side and a brick pillar is on the other.
It's the time of year again for the cats to snuggle. They are sisters and have always been very close. Completely different personalities. What amuses us, a lot, they can be snuggling, seemingly asleep, when all of a sudden there's an explosion of cats and they've shot off in different directions 😅 #Photography#Cat#CatsOfMastodon#Caturday#CatsAreOdd
Khumbu was never happier than when he was in the snow. Here he is sporting his snow beard ❤️ He maybe gone but I have many great memories of our years together.
A picture of a woman and her husky dog. The woman is snowshoeing. She is wearing a blue top and black trousers and a rucksack on her back. They are walking through a snowy mountainside with rocks and trees. In the distance are more snowy mountains. The sky is blue.
I'd forgotten about these crazy iridescence clouds I saw back on 5th January. These are some of the brightest I've seen. Strange things, they look like they are out of focus 🤔
A Water Rail walking along a sun dappled boardwalk. The bird is side on to the camera with one big foot raised moving forward. The bird has a long redish beak, grey head and lower body, on the top is light brown with black flecks through the feathers.
A bird of prey, Marsh Harrier, sitting on the branch looking towards the camera. The bird is mostly brown but has a pale head and splotch on it's chest. Blurred out reads are parted just enough to see the bird.
Orange sunrise reflecting on a glacial lake. The clouds and lake are orange. In the foreground are two orange tents with a rock wall around them pitched on moraine. A mountain side comes down from the left with glacial moraine on the right side of the lake. Bits of snow can be seen.
A black and white husky looking side on showing his perfectly lit face side on and his snow nose. Behind him are shrubs, mountains and clouds. A filter showing snow flakes has been put over the picture.
Picture at sunset looking over hills and mountains in Spain (Europe), down to the Mediterranean sea and across to the mountains on the horizon just below the changing colour of thin clouds. The mountains on the horizon are on the Rif mountains of Morocco on the continent of Africa.
A picture of an almond tree flower. Five rounded white petals with 5 green very small inner petals, splashes of pink at the centre. The flower is attached to a small branch with a flower bud coming off to the right.
A picture of two dogs, one white and one black and white, stood between two Olive trees. Through the gap in the trees you can see olive groves and a mountain in the far distance. Grey clouds are releasing rain in the distance.
Orchid season is starting 🙂 I found the first of the Sombre Bee Orchids (Ophrys fusca) yesterday. They were living up to their name and were in the shade, this particular area gets no sun this time of year, they make it very difficult to photograph them. I've seen plenty of rosettes around and about so many more to come yet, some may get some sun and make a brighter picture! #Orchids#WildOrchids#Flora#Spain#Nature#Photography#Botany#BloomScrolling#Andalucia#WildFlowers
A small thin green stem holding two Sombre Bee orchids. The background is blurred vegetation.
At the top a light blue winter sky with high cloud whisking through it. Below the sky are lightly snow covered mountains of the Sierra Nevada. In front of those mountains are more mountains but one looks like a human face, side view. Still coming towards the viewer are forested hills and on the front left of the picture is a green pine tree.
The best vegetarian pizza I have found anywhere in the world came from La Cervecería in El Chalten, Argentina's Patagonia. There was no skimping on the veggies like every other veggie pizza I've come across. Each year I have visited it has been the same standard. To all restaurant owners who sell pizza, take note 😁
A beautiful new to us dog walk today. Four dogs and four humans very happy. The winter weather was perfect and in traditional style we ended the walk at a bar 🍻
A white dog playing in the water on the edge of a lake with a stick in her mouth. The sun is making the water glisten. Vegetation surrounds the lake. I don't know what happened to the top of her tail in the photo hahaThree people and four dogs walking on a dirt track above and to the side of a lake. The lake is blue with a few ripples on it. Trees and hillsides surround the lake, some wind turbines can be seen in the distance. The sky is blue.A blue lake surrounded by hillsides covered in trees and shrubs. In for foreground a bit of grass and some autumn coloured shrubs.A rubbish shot of one of the dogs, the husky, bouncing through the lake water. It's just his body and tail on the right of the picture haha
Rita often takes herself off to stand on top of things that give her some extra height to survey the goings on. Today on our walk she looked great against the Andalucian blue winter sky. She maybe 11 but she still believes she is the fastest dog in the world! #Photography#Dogs#DogsofMastodon#RescueDog
A white dog standing front on but head turned to the side. Mouth open from panting, showing her pink tongue. A very blue sky with white high wispy clouds. Either side of the dog are small bushes.
A small bird near the bottom of the picture. A Common Waxbill has a red eye stripe, red beak, white chin and cheeks, brown grey barred wings with a touch of red on the chest. The background is dark and blurred out.
A large green frog (Perez's Frog) sat on a black plastic tube above a pond. The frog has golden eyes with a black pupil. The whole shot is reflected in the water.
The wonderful and very vocal Southern Lapwing, possibly the Patagonian subspeices (chilensis/fretensis)? I need someone who knows more than I do to confirm or disagree with that. I like how this shot shows the spur on the wing just pointing through the back chest feathers. These can be used defending it's young or territory. Quite the feisty bird 💪
A wader bird, Southern Lapwing. Red eye, pink bill, black front of face and chest, grey head, bronze oil spill looking patch on the shoulders, white belly. Legs are pinkish grey. Standing among grassy dandelion patch.
We had an amazing encounter with a Bearded vulture (Lammergeier) yesterday in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Of course I had the small point & press camera rather than my usual birding lens and camera. The sky was awful for bird photography. But what mattered was the encounter. It's always so special when an unexpected wildlife encounter happens. #Nature#Birds#Spain#Wildlife#Photography#Naturephotography#Birdphotography#BirdsofMastodon#Andalucia#RareBird
A Bearded vulture flying in the sky. Photographer looking up at the bird. The sky is a light grey colour. The birds is mostly brown with a wedge tail.
I guess this would have been good for #MountainMonday but it's now Tuesday haha. Mt Teide on the island of Tenerife emerging from the calima taken from the island of La Palma.
Rita on her first day with us. A picture of a small white puppy sitting beside a bowl of water.A picture of a white dog running and playing in the snow, snow is being kicked up. Rocks protrude through the snow at the top of the picture.
Where in the world am I? It certainly doesn't feel like Southern Spain, in particular Andalucia. We have gone from autumn to winter in the blink of an eye. The Sierra Nevada mountains are looking quite splendid in it's first winter outfit.
A view of snowy mountains thought an opening in the clouds. Show's the three highest peaks of Spain's Sierra Nevada. On the left Alcazaba (3371m). In the middle Mulhacen (3482m). On the far right Veleta (3394m)
A canal bridge with it's reflection in the canal. Autumn colours just starting on the trees which are also reflected in the water, fallen leaves on the tow path.
Another favourite of these four ❤️ The two youngsters on either end of the picture, Rita (left) is now 11 and Arko (right) is nearly 9. Khumbu (Siberian Husky) and Kyra (Leonberger) in the middle of the picture are no longer with us. How time passes so quickly. #Photography#Dogs#Dogsofmastodon#Husky#Leonberger#Spain#Andalucia#Memories#rescuedogs
Four dogs (a white mix, two black and white Siberian huskies and a Leonberger) sitting on the hillside looking towards the camera. Mountainside behind with a pale blue sky and clouds.
A photo taken from inside a car of the windowscreen showing a grasshopper hitching a ride with the road and snow mountains behind with blue sky and white clouds.
Two Spanish white villages of Bubion and Capileira sitting on the mountainside below cloud level. On the other side of the gorge is a hillside of trees and terraced fields.
A view of a Griffon Vulture flying below the photographer. The head of the vulture is read as it had recently eaten. The view below the vulture is blurred out trees and hillside.
