DVLEsq Photos

08/07/2024

Camargue horses (Cheval de Camargue) and their Gardians (Camargue cowboys). Wikipedia describes the horses as "semi-feral," which seems to fit. They aren't fully domesticated (other than the stallions ridden by the Gardians in these pix), but they aren't fully wild, either (they live wild but on private land and many have been visibly branded by their "owners"). They are actually quite friendly and many came up to us wanting attention.

Just some cell phone shots for now...

08/07/2024

Just the remains of a 2 millennia old Roman aqueduct in the midst of southern France...

(I tried posting this a few days ago, but IG didn't cooperate)

18/05/2024

Just a venomous pit viper that was spotted at our hotel... No biggie. 🤪
(Just a phone shot until I have a chance to go through photos and start editing)

17/05/2024

Heard a commotion while wandering around the lodge this afternoon and discovered it was the local troop of macaques scurrying around. Snapped a couple pix (including this one) with my phone, then went to my room and grabbed my camera.

This guy here came down from his rooftop perch into the tree. As he got closer, it became apparently that he is not a fan of paparazzi. Like Hollywood stars before him, he charged toward me, yelling at me to get away. Unlike said Hollywood stars, he had scary teeth.

Suffice it to say, I backed off... Sadly, I didn't even get a good snarly pic. 😞

17/01/2024

Reflections from Kyoto... (literally)

28/12/2023

I haven't posted much to this account this year - a goal for next year is to improve on that.

Here are my top nine for the year, mostly from my Costa Rica trip.

Clockwise from top left -

With new friends from the retreat (oddly cropped by the app) before we headed home
Niagara Falls - view of the Canadian side from our US-side hotel
My Christmas message
Ticket to Costa Rica, a trip that would have surprising impact
A frog in Costa Rica
One of my favorite pix from Costa Rica - two caimans with the top one starting at a very big fly that is bugging it
Madagascar lemurs (from Nov 2022)
An owl in Costa Rica
Experimenting with my macro lens after it rained

25/11/2023

I am sure some of you are wondering about my 2024 calendar.

I can report that it is _finally_ available for sale.

I'm trying a print-on-demand book vendor this year, so I'm hoping the quality and service is

As always a portion of proceeds will go to Saving Wildlife International.

You can order the calendar at this link -

A 2024 calendar featuring photos of hummingbirds and butterflies.

01/07/2023

Did a small test run of a desktop calendar I am considering selling in addition to my usual wall calendar this year. (This batch was printed to be given as gifts.)

The photos came out a little on the dark side, but the quality wasn't bad. I need to make some adjustments to to how I process the photos if I do this, but I think I'll make this, and another of flowers and plants, available this year.

04/03/2023

It's World Wildlife Day for a few more hours. Here are some shots I've taken over the last few years.