May is a month that photographically reminds me of two themes – lilies of the valley and tree frogs mentioned in the title. These charming, intensely green frog-like amphibians are not frogs. Just as a roe deer is not a deer’s “wife”, a tree frog is not a frog (although…
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May in the beech forest
The first long weekend in May passed this year under the sign of sunny weather, but it was quite chilly. In the forest, the place of anemones is already taken by violets, hare sorrel and chickweed. Small spiders and insects scurry in the undergrowth every now and then. However, what…
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Macrophotography – a different view of the world
When looking at the world around us, we rarely look closely at small objects. Macro photography is a field that opens up a whole new, often unknown world to us. The opportunity to take a close look at how complex an insect’s body is or what even the most familiar…
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Spring floral burst
We are halfway through April and spring has already broken out in all its full. At the bottom of the forest, apart from the ever-spreading greenery, white anemones in whole fields begin to reign. Therefore, I visited one of my favorite “anemone” places in the forest, through which a tiny…
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Frog soup
In the previous post I presented spring frolics of gray toads. Now it’s time to look at what frogs do after waking up, around mid-March. And they do basically the same thing as toads – they head to shallow waters to mate and spawn. It’s just a short time and…
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Toads in action
Spring clearly marks its presence in the surrounding nature. In addition to the increasingly visible greenery, its indisputable sign is the awakening of amphibians. This year, I was lucky enough to hit the perfect moment when the toads woke up near the familiar mid-forest pond. When I was there a…
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Winter on Pilsko
The organization of winter photography sessions in the mountains by Zygmunt Urzędnik (ZPFP) is a long-standing tradition. Meetings have already taken place in many different areas, but most often at the top of Pilsko, Hala Miziowa in the Silesian Beskids. Participation in these events has become my personal tradition, and…
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Snowy forest – one day winter
Recently in central Poland we have such winters that snowy and frosty days are very rare. When a day with snow finally occurs, it’s worth going to the field for photos, because you don’t know when the next one will be. That also happened a few days ago. According to…
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