Mandarin Duck in Berlin Spandau

The mandarin duck is a particularly beautiful duck that originally came from East Asia. Due to its splendor of colors, it was kept as a pet in Europe, but was then also able to spread into the wild.

These photos were taken in Berlin Spandau. Despite their familiarity with humans, the animals are more shy than mallards and must therefore be photographed with a telephoto lens.

 

I used the Pentax K1 II and the Pentax 300mm F4.

tigernatter tiger keelbackRhabdophis tigrinus

The tiger snake is a very photogenic snake that occurs in China, Korea and Japan and impresses with its intense colors of green and red.
tigernatter tiger keelbackRhabdophis tigrinus

The snake likes to live near lakes and rivers, feed on fish, amphibians and other reptiles that it hunts in or near water. The snake is considered venomous because it processes the poison of its preferred food, the common toad, and can chew this poison into bite wounds. Although it does not have poisonous fangs like a viper, the bite is certainly not to be underestimated.

tigernatter tiger keelbackRhabdophis tigrinus

Furthermore it is poisonous as it also has the peculiarity of bein able to squeeze out the poison from the head via a poison gland, so that predators such as foxes can be repelled. tigernatter tiger keelbackRhabdophis tigrinus

Photos were taken 2018 with the Pentax K3 II and the Pentax 150-450mm F4.5-5.6.

A glass of wine in the evening to celebrate a successful day is the best way to make amends for all the efforts that went into achieving those successes.

The start of a cormorant is an impressive event, at least if you can show this start in individual interval pictures.

Chess computers are a great opportunity for brain teasers and the training of strategic thinking. Chess computers are particularly fun when they display their moves visually with light games and thus interact visually with the human player.

Christmas time is certainly one of the most beautiful times in the western world. The many little things form the big feelings for this family celebration.

Lacera schreiberi - Lagarto verdinegro

The Iberian emerald lizard (Latin: Lacerta schreiberi, Spanish: Lagarto verdinegro) is a green lizard from nothern Spain and Portugal. The photos show these lizards in a a 120x50x80cm terrarium.

Mosel Look Calmont Bremm

Mosel River Loop @ Bremm / Calmont

Female Sand Lizard (Lacerta agilis) in Berlin.

Photographed with the Pentax K1 II and the Pentax 100 mm F2.8 Macro lens.