Light my way⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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📍: Toronto, Ontario
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Last chance⠀
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📍: Yonge and Broadway, Toronto, Canada⠀
Camera: Canon EOS 70D
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Gerade sind die Schafstelzen viel zu sehen - auch bei uns hier! April 2026, Landkreis Böblingen.

Currently lot of (western) yellow wagtails can be found - even in our area! April 2026, County of Böblingen.

🔬: Motacilla flava
🇬🇧: Western Yellow Wagtail

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Lighten up
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📍: Toronto, Ontario
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Stars aligned
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Centre of attention⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Genau hingeschaut: Ein Flussregenpfeifer - es waren sogar zwei unterwegs. April 2026, Landkreis Böblingen.

A little ringed plover - actually there were two of them looking for food.
April 2026, County of Böblingen

🔬: Thinornis dubius
🇬🇧: Little Ringed Plover

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Another snapshot from my trip to Graz - looking town at the busy bank of the Mur from Erherzog-Johann bridge on a sunny day.

I liked how the lockets attached to the railing of the fridge framed the person sitting on the concrete steps below so nicely. Since everything around them was so busy and so colourful, their calm and the black outfit really made them stand out.

📍 Erzherzog-Johann-Brücke - Graz, AT
📷 Canon EOS R6 Mark II | Canon RF 24-105mm f4L IS USM

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Some lessons don’t start with words, but with a simple challenge.

As my wife is getting used to her Sigma 100–400mm, one of the hardest parts has been not the zoom—but finding and locking focus on something small, fast, and unpredictable. So I gave her something to return to whenever the scene felt overwhelming: a hoverfly.

I picked up my Canon 5D Mark IV with the Canon 100–400mm, found a member of the family Syrphidae (hoverflies), zoomed all the way in, took a shot, and showed her what was possible. “Whenever you’re unsure what to shoot,” I told her, “find a hoverfly and practice.”

Hoverflies are perfect teachers. They mimic bees and wasps, yet they hover with remarkable precision, holding position mid-air thanks to wingbeats of up to 200 times per second. Small, erratic, easily lost in the frame—exactly the kind of subject that forces you to slow down, anticipate, and truly see.

Throughout the day, I noticed her raising her camera at moments I couldn’t even follow. Practicing. Missing. Trying again.

And then, at the end of the day, she showed me this image.

Taken with her Canon 7D Mark II and Sigma 100–400mm, fully zoomed in.

Progress doesn’t always shout. Sometimes it hovers quietly in front of you—waiting to be seen.

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