Spare sparrow time

Of course Urs Schmidli doesn't photograph only sparrows. But sparrows are close to his heart and he wants to give us a unique perspective about these birds.

Airpower

Bis zur Ho-Ho-Hochzeit, ist alles wieder gut?

Crash

Der Denker

Die Luft-Akrobaten

Die mächtigen Schwingen der Spatzen

Halt den Schnabel

Morgenstund hat Gold im Mund

Tanz im Schneegestöber

Was willst du von mir?

Wettbewerbs Bild

Wilde Verfolgungsjagd

Zwei Raufbolde

My pictures are created exclusively in my precious free time.
– Urs Schmidli

Spatzen+++

Young Arctic owl, Nunavut, Canada

Caribou (1977)

Kananginak Pootoogook (1935–2010) was an Inuit artist from Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada. He was involved with drawing and printmaking since the late 1950s. From the beginning he represented Arctic wildlife, often monumental in scale.

Kananginak Pootoogook is especially capable at drawing the many species of birds that frequent the Arctic.

Evening Shadow

Kupanuaq (1975)

Last Caribou

Loon Diving (1995)

Loon in Flight (2008)

Night Call (2005)

Noakaliq (1982)

Resting Caribou

Sign of Summer

Sitjariak (1975)

Sitjariak (1977)

Solitary Bear

Wise Guys

Young Arctic Owl (1976)

Alaskan greetings

Dale DeArmond (1914, North Dakota – 2006, Alaska) was an American printmaker and book illustrator.

 Chickadees

 Eskimo Travelers

 Ice Fishing

 Juneau in 1880

 Malamute

 Mallard

 Musk Ox

 Pika

Wild Geese

-28°C (-18°F) with the winds, in Montréal right now. Brrr! Kiortame pivdluaritlo!

Shade of winter

Quiet landscapes around the world. Snowy trees. From east to west. Click the photographer's name to access a higher resolution downloadable image, @ flickr.

riki_tiki_myu (Mamonj, Irkutsk, Russia)

threepinner (Mt. Shamansha, Minami-Furano, Hokkaido, Japan)

c0466 Wang (Jilin, China)

Terence Yam (Nyingchi, Tibet)

Albert Retief (outside Almaty, Kazakhstan)

Ali Shokri (East Azerbaijan, Iran)

Villu Kaego (Pae paepaljand, Tallinn, Estonia)

Yuri Bahmat (Zakarpattia, Ukraine)

Antti T. Nissinen (Kittila, Lapland, Finland)

Ilan Shacham (Carpathian mountains, Romania)

Jarek (North-east Poland)

Mikael Bergman (Salfjallstorget, Dalarna, Sweden)

Matthias Klaiber (Windbeech near Schauinsland, Germany)

Constantin Barbu (Sibillini Mountains, Italia)

Bjørn Breimo (Norefjell, Norway)

Emmanuel Dautriche (Jura mountains, France)

Apionid (Streethay, England, UK)

johnnymack73 (Carlow, Ireland)

Andri Thorstensen (Suðurland, Iceland)

Christian Gendron (Bromont, Québec, Canada)

Alex Berger (Perito Moreno glacier, Patagonia, Argentina)

Mark Carey (Torres del Paine, Patagonie, Chile)

Scott Bowles (Island Lake, Michigan, US)

Michael Porter (Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty, BC, Canada)