Category: Wildlife photo

  • Guira Cuckoo

    Guira Cuckoo

    Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it Guira Cuckoo (Guira guira, Guira cantara). Brazil, 2007.

  • Soon: A new lens in my bag

    Soon: A new lens in my bag

    Happy news here: I finally bought a lens I wanted for quite some time. I found and paid on eBay a Minolta APO G 400mm f/4.5 (Yes! The old white lens that is renowned so much for its optical and mechanical quality, while being nearly impossible to find in auctions). It will go really well…

  • Brown-hooded Gull

    Brown-hooded Gull

    Click on the thumbnails image to enlarge them Brown-hooded Gull (Larus maculipennis, Mouette de Patagonie). Brazil, 2007.

  • Kelp gull

    Kelp gull

    The largest gull of South-American continent, easily recognized from its plummage and the red spot on the inferior mandible of its yellow beak. Click on the thumbnails image to enlarge them Kelp gull (Larus dominicanus, Goéland dominicain). Brazil, 2007. Note: These kelp gull photos are the beginning of a series of images I brought back…

  • Big cat photos (James Pan)

    Big cat photos (James Pan)

    A few top-quality images taken by James Pan. Felines, lovely big cats and other animals shot in perfect portraits.

  • Jaws, on firm ground

    Jaws, on firm ground

    Feline teeth are their most prominent exterior feature. Since the prehistoric Smilodon (the smiling feline) and its gigantic canines, big cats use their impressive dental characteristics to hunt. On the Laelaps web site, you will find a detaileld article on feline teeth, from yesterday to nowadays: What big teeth you have. Please, also notice the…

  • Free nature wallpapers: Sand

    Free nature wallpapers: Sand

    Some abstract images of sand. Shot in Lagoa do Peixe (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) in 2008. To me, they looked a little like some satellite photos of the planet Mars. Click on the thumbnails if you want to access the 1280*1024 versions Those photos can be used freely for your own wallpaper (on your…

  • Halo-inspired Lolcats

    The dreaded fashion of Lolcats has found a new sub-genre with the Halo-inspired Lolcats: Halolcats. The video game, Halo, mixed with Lolcats…

  • Big cats roam free in UK (Really!)

    Big cats roam free in UK (Really!)

    Great Britain does not look like the place to look for big cats, but there are some large felines clearly not indigenous roaming freely in the United Kingdom. It is such a big thing that there is an investigative group collecting evidence about them: panthers, lions, cheetahs in the cold weather of England or Scotland.…