Other animals

any nocturnal animals have a tapetum lucidum, a biological adaptation designed to enhance vision in the dark. This effect is known in mammals. Some insects and spiders also exhibit this phenomenon, even though their compound eyes have a completely different structure to that of mammalian eyes. The photo depicts a moth (Noctuidae).

April. With the arrival of the rainy season, a Green anaconda (Eunectes murinus) creeps through the shallow waters of the plains at dusk. Its silhouette reveals a swollen belly. It has caught a baby capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) and now seeks a safe place where it can digest it at rest, a process that can take several weeks in the calm of the wetland.

An opilion next to small mushrooms of the genus Xylaria waits patiently for its next prey on a rainy autumn night. The scene was lit with two flashbulbs and a continuous light from a torch to highlight their silhouettes in the dark.

This photo was taken very close to my house. In this photo you can see on a  wild carrot (Daucus carota) a gathering of commons red soldier beetles (Rhagonycha fulva) ready to mate. I took a low angle photo to try to give more emphasis to the whole.

I shot this picture in Amboli forest of India, which is known as a hotspot for some endemic species. We saw a few gliding frogs (Rhacophorus sp.) comfortably sharing the habitat of an elephant foot yam plantation (Amorphophallus paeoniifolius). I liked the arrangement of this plant's leaves and thought of taking a picture with a backlit external light. I tried different angles, trying to isolate a frog from its cluttered surroundings.

An European asp viper (Vipera aspis) lies among the branches in the undergrowth.In the silence of a still forest, it appears like an echo of a dream. The viper, a feared and misunderstood creature, moves with the grace of an ancient thought, between filtered light and slow shadows. In its gaze there is no threat, but memory. Photographing it like this, suspended in an unreal atmosphere, was like entering another time: slower.

In a meadow at dawn in May, you can find many small wonders. In addition to the many blooming wildflowers, you can discover many small creatures, insects, butterflies. Nature awakens. It is wonderful to be a part of this, while being able to photograph such a beautiful moth as this Black-veined moth (Siona lineata).