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The abstract side of nature: patterns and colors up close, backlight and silhouettes. You'll also find many of the images in their respective gallery.

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Makroaufnahme der gemusterten Flügelschuppen eines Aurorafalters in Gelb, Rosa und Schwarz — Wing detail (Orange Tip)

Makro-Detail der gelb-weiß-schwarzen Flügelzeichnung eines Aurorafalters — Wing detail (Orange Tip)

Makroaufnahme der orange-cremefarbenen, schwarz gegitterten Flügelschuppen eines Scheckenfalters — Wing detail (Fritillary)

Makro-Detail der schwarz-weißen Flügelzeichnung eines Schachbrettfalters mit Facettenauge — Wing detail (Marbled White)

Nahaufnahme des schillernden Federkleids eines Fasans — Feather detail (Pheasant)

Makro der violett-orangen Rückenfedern eines Fasans — Feather detail (Pheasant)

Makro der blau-schwarz gebänderten Flügelfedern eines Eichelhähers — Feather detail (Eurasian Jay)

Bläuling als Silhouette im warmen Gegenlicht der aufgehenden Sonne — Blue in backlight

Bläuling als Silhouette vor der Sonnenscheibe — Blue against the sun

Ein einzelner Flügel leuchtet orange im Gegenlicht vor schwarzem Hintergrund — Wing in backlight

Graureiher als dunkle Silhouette vor schwarzem Hintergrund — Grey Heron (silhouette)

Rotkardinal – die leuchtend roten Flügelfedern heben sich im Gegenlicht aus der Dunkelheit — Northern Cardinal (backlit)

Drei Vögel kreisen über einem nebligen Bergkamm, minimalistisch in Schwarzweiß — Birds over the ridge

Großer Vogelschwarm über dem Meer, hell und grafisch — Flock over the sea

Der rote Schnabel eines Teichhuhns leuchtet als einziger Farbtupfer aus der Dunkelheit, gespiegelt im Wasser — Common Moorhen (night)

Hohltaube im Flug, low-key vor schwarzem Hintergrund — Stock Dove (low-key)

Kohlmeise low-key, nur teilweise aus dem Dunkeln beleuchtet — Great Tit (low-key)

Maus im Dunkeln, nur Ohr und Fell im Streiflicht sichtbar — Mouse in the dark

Gelb-grün leuchtende Herbstbirke, vom Licht aus der Dunkelheit gehoben — Autumn birch in the dark

Einzelner Baum im letzten Streiflicht vor dunklem Hintergrund — Lone tree in evening light

Abstrakte Struktur aus Schnee und Fels an einer Bergflanke — Ice texture on the mountain

Raureif überzieht braunes Herbstlaub am Boden — Frost on autumn leaves

Schafe grasen auf einem vom Streiflicht erfassten grünen Hügel vor dunklem Wald — Sheep in raking light

Farnwedel im Streiflicht, leuchtend aus dunklem Untergrund gehoben — Fern in raking light

Small waders scattered across a bright, almost white expanse — Waders in white

Close-up of the colourful, iridescent head of a pheasant — Colours of the pheasant

Powerful red-orange talons of a bird on snowy rock — Red talons

A single deer in a wide dune landscape, in black and white — Deer in the dunes

A dark bird with wings spread wide against a bright sky — Wingbeat in the light

A dark bird in flight against a deep black background — Night flight

A dark bird flying low over a white expanse — Over the snow

The shimmering green-violet neck feathers of a pigeon — Iridescent neck

A single plant stalk in the last grazing light against black — Last light on the stalk

A bird on driftwood amid black-and-white water ripples — Ripple lines

A bird’s wing glowing in backlight against a dark background — Fire wing

A kingfisher breaking the dark water surface, droplets flying — The plunge

A barely visible bird emerging from deep darkness — Out of the shadow

A bird striking the water, blue droplets backlit against black — Water sparks

A bird crossing the deep red sun over the water at sunset — Across the sun

A red-lit bird with spread wings against a black background — Ember

Golden light reflections glittering on a dark water surface — Golden sparks

Macro of the red and blue eyespots on a butterfly wing — Eyes in the wing

A bird silhouetted on a branch against deep blue twilight — Blue hour

An insect peeking with its antennae into a wide, white frame — Just the antennae

The iridescent plumage of a pheasant in subdued light — Shimmering plumage

Two wood pigeons close together against a dark background — Together in the dark

A great tit head-on, head and breast out of the darkness — Great tit in the dark

A spider silhouetted within a soft circle of light against black — In the circle of light

The wing pattern of a small tortoiseshell against a bright background — Wing of the small tortoiseshell

Close-up of a rodent with long pale whiskers in the dark — Whiskers in the dark

A delicate plant silhouette against the glowing red disc of the sun — Bloom against the sun

A loose flock of dark birds against a white sky — Scattered

A bird on a stalk silhouetted against glowing orange morning light — Morning glow

A tiny bird flying against a softly shimmering rainbow — Under the rainbow

A dark bird stooping over a white ground, small prey below — The stoop

A bird in flight over deep blue, dark water — Over dark water

A treecreeper, barely visible on textured pine bark — Camouflaged on the bark

A yellowhammer on bare branches against a bright background — Yellow on the branch

A bird shaking off water droplets against a black background — Shaking off water

A tiny kingfisher as a blue speck in a wide black expanse — The small blue dot

Delicately textured white feathers in soft light — Soft plumage

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