A quotation from Ingersoll

For me, it is hard to see the plan or design in earthquakes and pestilences. It is somewhat difficult to discern the design or the benevolence in so making the world that billions of animals live only on the agonies of others. The justice of God is not visible to me in the history of this world. When I think of the suffering and death, of the poverty and crime, of the cruelty and malice, of the heartlessness of this “design” and “plan,” where beak and claw and tooth tear and rend the quivering flesh of weakness and despair, I cannot convince myself that it is the result of infinite wisdom, benevolence, and justice.

Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, freethinker, orator
Essay (1881-11) “The Christian Religion,” “Part 2” North American Review, Vol. 133, No. 300

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The unlucky frog.

During a walk through the Chaamse Bossen, we spotted a stork moving methodically through tall grass in a swampy area. At first, it seemed calm—almost slow. But then it struck.

Curious, I picked up my Canon 5D Mark IV with the Sigma 100–400mm to see what was happening. What followed was intense. The stork had found a feeding ground, and it was relentless. One after another, frogs were flushed from the grass, briefly airborne… and then gone.

It felt harsh to witness. There’s something about seeing a life end so directly, so efficiently, that stays with you. And yet, this is nature in balance. Frogs lay hundreds, sometimes thousands of eggs, knowing that only a fraction will survive. Predation isn’t failure—it’s part of the system.

From a photographic perspective, moments like this are unpredictable. Fast movement, shifting focus, and the need to react instantly. There’s no time to perfect settings, only to observe and capture what unfolds.

It’s easy to romanticize nature when it’s still and quiet.

But out here, life and death exist side by side—unfiltered, unsentimental, and real.

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Wenn das Wasser still im Teich ruht , aus vergangenem Leben neues Leben sprießt

When the water lies still in the pond , new life springs from the past

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