Hans Schoen

Burning Bush

Burning Bush

Burning bush is one of the names of Dictamnus albus, a herbaceous,  flowering plant, which grows in warm open woodland habitats in eastern Austria. Its distribution area ranges from Southern Europe to Asia and Africa. The name comes from the fact, that the volatile oils inside the plant can catch fire in hot weather, which […]

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Close As Can Be

Close As Can Be

Excited male green woodpecker coming directly in front of my lens. Image Details: Location: Bavaria, Germany Date: April 29th, 2023 Canon Gear Focal Length: 500 mm Aperture: f 4 Exposure: 1/125 sec. 

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Mountain Climber

Mountain Climber

The Alpine clematis (Clematis alpina) is a flowering deciduous vine native in mountainous areas of Europe. Image Details: Location: Austria Date: May 15th, 2022 Canon Gear Focal Length: 180 mm Aperture: f 3.5 Exposure: 1/320 sec.

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Peekaboo

Peekaboo

An agile frog (Rana dalmatina) hiding in a spring meadow. Image Details:  Date: March 27th, 2023 Location: Lower Austria Canon Gear Focal Length: 180 mm Aperture: f 3.5 Exposure: 1/1000 sec.  

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Don’t Bother Me

Don't Bother Me

Two bucks of roe deer, one is very young, interacting. Image Details: Location: Hungary Date: February 8th, 2023 Canon Gear Focal Length: 500 mm Aperture: f 4 Exposure: 1/2000 sec ISO: 1600

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Keep the Balance

Keep the Balance

Female common Kingfisher balancing on its perch. Image Details: Date: February 5th, 2023 Location: Hungary Canon Gear Focal Length: 500 mm Aperture: f 4 Exposure: 1/400 sec. ISO: 1600 

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It Has Begun

It Has Begun

I think it’s a clear sign of climate changing that most of the early spring bloomers appear already in February and it seems to me earlier every year. In former times sometimes you could watch them early as well after a mild winter, but nowadays it is regularly to find a lot of flowers already […]

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Winter Morning

Winter Morning

Great Cormorant heading the beginning day. Image Details: Location: Hungary Date: February 7th, 2023 Canon Gear Focal Length: 300 mm Aperture: f 2.8 Exposure: 1/1600 sec. ISO: 4000

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Ice Ice Baby

Ice Ice Baby

Beyond the ice in a glacier mouth in Nationalpark Hohe Tauern.

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Spread your Wings

Spread your Wings

White-tailed eagle starting from a snowy tree. Image Details: Location: Hortobagy, Hungary Date: January 26th, 2017 Canon Gear Focal Length: 500 mm Aperture: f 5 Exposure: 1/1600 sec. ISO: 1000

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