Claude Schneider's Photoblog » Animals

Scuba Diving in Bodrum, Turkey

Claude — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:37:04 +0000

The tourist resort of Bodrum, in Turkey, has many great dive sites and crystal clear waters.

Golden Grouper

Dolphins swimming along with a boat

Bearded Fireworm

Octopus underwater, hiding in rocks

Saddled Seabream

Cuttlefish, exhibiting bioluminescence

White-spotted Octopus

Cos, Greece

Claude — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:29:54 +0000

A day trip to the Greek island of Cos, which has lots of free-roaming cats, just as in Bodrum.

Vancouver Aquarium

Claude — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:28:04 +0000

A few photos from Vancouver Aquarium, located in the centre of the beautiful Stanley Park.

Jellyfish

Garden Eel

Daisy, a harbour porpoise, making friends with
YouTube legend NerdzRL (aka Cassandra Croft)

Whipsnade Zoo

Claude — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 15:39:00 +0000

Ring-Tailed Lemur

Brown Bear

Mara

Meerkat

Portsmouth Aquarium

Claude — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 14:45:00 +0000

Cat on My Balcony

Claude — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:16:00 +0000

I was playing piano yesterday afternoon, in front of my balcony window, and spotted an unexpected listener on the balcony. I’ve occasionally seen cats wandering across the (1st floor) balcony, but not taking a nap there…

Grantchester Meadows at Dawn

Claude — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:30:00 +0000

For the third time in one week, I found myself heading to the meadows at sunrise to get some photos. This dawn was much damper than the previous week’s, so the damselflies weren’t quite as forthcoming, but I did find one particularly friendly model who posed very patiently for lots of photos and macro video.

Dew rising from the meadows at dawn

I love the striking patterns of the ripples

Dew rising from the meadows at sunrise

Spider’s web at sunrise

These last three photos were taken with my Sanyo Xacti CG65 compact video recorder, which allows macro photography (and video) as close as 1cm.

The damselfly’s eye is about 2-3mm wide.

Damselflies at Dawn (II)

Claude — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:11:00 +0000

Maybe it was getting up at 4:30am two days ago to take photos of damselflies in Grantchester Meadows, but my body clock’s a bit messed up.

Went to bed at 2, still awake at 3, playing piano didn’t help, so at 4 I cycled to Fen Ditton meadows in search of more damselflies to photograph. I didn’t find as many this time, but got some artier photos of the beautiful bugs I did find :)

I must be crazy…

It was still dark enough to require flash, which really shows off the iridescent colours

This crafty critter was surprisingly awake – he’d always move so he was on the far side of the plant stem from me. You can run, but you can’t hide…

Sunrise over the River Cam

Weevil on a nettle leaf

Damselflies at Dawn

Claude — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 07:40:00 +0000

4:30am, stirring after 2hrs sleep. Greg calls – “Want to come photograph damselflies?” Sure. Cycling to Grantchester meadows 5 mins later at sunrise. Wading through the nettles on the riverbank, start spotting lots of black wing-tips. Snap snap snap. As it warms up 3 hours later, dozens of damselflies fly around you as you stir the nettles.

Sunrise over the River Cam, Grantchester

Mayfly at sunrise

Close-up of male demoiselle damselfly

Male demoiselle damselfly, covered in dew drops

Female demoiselle damselfly feeding

Balloon Art

Claude — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:01:45 +0000

I was commissioned to photograph the Cambridge University Jewish Ball, where one of the entertainers, David Crofts, created the most incredible balloon art I’ve ever seen. Some of the creations shown on his website have to be seen to be believed.

Monkey and palm tree

David Crofts, with Tigger and flower