Nature imitates art.......?

I love the combinations of colours and shapes represented in these pictures.....and in particular the tiny crab that seemed to be seeking refuge within the protective tentacles of the anemone....it was not more than a couple of centimetres across the shell. Beautiful.

Welney in the fens......swans at night........

Not the sharpest shots....my camera really isn't up to capturing night images......but a lovely evening watching a mixture of mute and whooper swans coming in to roost and feed on the washes. Magical.

These carp were not 'coy'.........

This was one of the highlights of our trip to China last year.......feeding the Koi carp in the various gardens we visited. The colours were mesmerising and their jostling for position had everybody completely captivated.

Bulbuls......

Just found this.....brings back memories from last Summer when we had a whistle-stop tour of China and not enough time to look for the birds that were there....anyway, they generally seemed to keep a very low profile. This was a light-vented bulbul that did oblige, preening and singing from a prominent perch near the City Wall in Xian.

Woman and dog hit by surprise wave in Tramore Co Waterford (SAFETY WARNING)

Eruption Of The Sinabung Volcano: Incredible Timelapse Footage