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11.08.2025 18:04 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@thehubzter.bsky.social
I am a photographer. Photography keeps me sane in this mad world. Great believer in using photography for mental health and anxiety. Use a Nikon Z8 and Z7II And all editing done with Luminar Neo. UK
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11.08.2025 18:04 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The black-headed gull is our commonest small gull. During summer, it actually has a chocolate-brown head, rather than a jet-black one, which turns white for the rest of the year,
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Seven-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata
Z8 Nikon
Uk
Sigma 105mm macro lens
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The Western honeybee, Apis mellifera, is the species, and Apis mellifera mellifera is the native subspecies in the UK.
Z8 Nikon
UK
Nikon Z 180 to 600mm
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The Yellow-bellied slider (terrapin)soaking up the sun at Daisy Nook country park
UK
Z8 Nikon
Nikon Z 180 to 600mm
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The Mallard and Yellow bellied slider (Trachemys scripta)
Z8 Nikon
Nikon Z 180 to 600mm
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In the UK, the most common maple with distinctive lobed leaves is the Field Maple (Acer campestre). These trees are known for their five-lobed, roughly circular leaves, which turn golden yellow in autumn
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The housefly is a fly of the suborder Cyclorrhapha. It possibly originated in the Middle East, and spread around the world
Z8 Nikon
Sigma 105mm macro lens
UK
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07.08.2025 04:12 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0African bush elephants (Loxodonta africana).
Taken in South Africa
Z8 Nikon
Nikon Z 180 to 600mm
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Cormorant in flight
Phalacrocoracidae is a family of approximately 40 species of aquatic birds commonly known as cormorants and shags.
Z7ii Nikon
UK
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Taken in South Africa this year
Interaction between two hippopotamuses potentially during a playful or territorial display, indicated by the splashing water and open mouth of one hippopotamus. Nikon Z8
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Taken this year in Mabula
South Africa
The Majestic lion portrait
Z8 Nikon
Z 180 to 600mm
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03.08.2025 19:49 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thanks
03.08.2025 06:53 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The Majestic lionesses of Mabula South Africa
Taken in south Africa
Z8 Nikon
Nikon Z 180 to 600mm
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The Majestic Male Lion of Mabula South Africa having a good yawn
Taken in south Africa
Z8 Nikon
Nikon Z 180 to 600mm
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30.07.2025 11:27 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The Giraffe and Red-billed oxpecker
Taken in south Africa
Red-billed oxpeckers primarily eat ticks, flies, and other parasites that infest giraffes, keeping the giraffe's skin cleaner and healthier.
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The cheetah relaxing is a large cat and the fastest land animal. It has a tawny to creamy white or pale buff fur that is marked with evenly spaced, solid black spots.
Taken in South Africa
Z8 Nikon
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29.07.2025 08:27 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thank you much appreciated
29.07.2025 08:26 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Excellent
28.07.2025 20:06 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I'm glad you liked it thank you
28.07.2025 19:25 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Very kind of you thanks
28.07.2025 19:25 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Ladybird on a yellow flower
Z8 Nikon
UK
Sigma 105mm macro lens
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Charaxes jasius, the two-tailed pasha or foxy emperor, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae
Taken in South Africa
Z8 Nikon
Nikon Z 180 to 600mm
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28.07.2025 14:51 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Honey bee (Apis mellifera), restining on a flower
Z8 Nikon
Sigma 105mm macro lens
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Annual fleabane
Also known as: Eastern daisy fleabane, White top, Tall fleabane, Sweet scabious
Z8 Nikon
UK
Sigma 105mm macro lens
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