Author Archives: Ulrich Jobs

Sunshine Coast Australia

Travel restrictions made us stay in one place longer than anywhere else the last 10 years. One thing we started liking is the Boardwalk and coastal walk from Coolum Beach to Point Arkwright and back home. 5.6 km and 103m elevation gain in the cool of early mornings get the blood flowing and are a wonderful active start of the day.
Photo: Ulrich Jobs
#Australia #SunshineCoast #CoolumBeach #Boardwalk

View from Boardwalk to Coolum Beach

Life Fights Back

Travelling Hawaii February last year we visited the volcanos on the Big Island. Driving on the Chain of Craters Road a stunning lava field with some grass bushes and great panoramic vista made us stop the car and take some pictures. Lack of colours and interesting patterns and lines seemed to be suitable for a nice black and white conversion.

#USA #Hawaii #BigIsland #Pahoa #ChainOfCratersRoad #Lava #Grass #Bushes #LifeFightsBack
Photo: Ulrich Jobs
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, 1/80sec at f/11, ISO 2000, 24mm (EF 16-35mm f/4L IS USM)

Hawk taking off with fish

It is fascinating to watch hawks fishing at Rio Claro in Pantanal, Brazil. Happy about this frontal shot with hawk´s both eyes wide open. Not talking about poor fish which just became food.
Photo: Ulrich Jobs
#Brazil #Pantanal #RioClaro #Hawk #FishingHawk
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Jaguar Pantanal

Who said cats do not swim? I do not know but it is definitely not true for jaguars in Pantanal. Porto Jofre at the end of Transpantaneira Road is located at Rio São Lourenço and ideal starting point for safaris on the river with little speed boats. On July 20th, 2019 this picture was taken after the jaguar  crossed the river and decided not go straight ashore but suddenly turned towards us swimming along the shore to find the right spot to leave the water. Slowly backing up we got an incredibly exciting viewing of it’s great swimming skills and plenty of great shots.
Photo: Ulrich Jobs
#Jaguar #Jaguars #SwimmingJaguar #Cat #Brazil #Pantanal #RioSãoLourenço #PortoJofre
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Brazil Pantanal

Rio Claro is a fine destination to take photos of birds. From our visit last year I could take home this picture of a fishing heron which looks to me – I am not a birdie – like a Great Blue Heron.  Now having time not travelling as planned I am finding more and more great pictures I overlooked selecting on the run.
Photo: Ulrich Jobs
#Brazil #Pantanal #RioClaro #Heron #FishingHeron #GreatBlueHeron
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Brazil Pantanal

Rio Claro is a fine destination to take photos of birds. From our visit last year I could take home this picture of a successful fishing hawk which looks to me – I am not a birdie – like a Black-collard Hawk.  Now having time not travelling as planned I am finding more and more great pictures I overlooked selecting on the run.
Photo: Ulrich Jobs
#Brazil #Pantanal #RioClaro #Hawk #FishingHawk #BlackCollardHawk
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Mother and daughter in San Miguel de Allende

First school day after holiday I believe this mother and daughter rubbing each others ears caught my eye. Never seen this before. It looked loving, caring and gentle but I don’t know. Only thing I remember with my ears touched by another person is when my teacher pulled them up as a kind of punishment for whatever.
Photo: Ulrich Jobs
#Mexico #SanMiguelDeAllende #mother #daughter #motheranddaughter #caring #loving #gentle
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Waimea Canyon State Park

The Big Island of Hawaii offers a lot to see. One day in February 2019 we drove to the Waimea Canyon State Park  and got caught in a big storm. First we were not happy and then it happened. Never seen a full double rainbow before in my life. Very beautiful and a great memory.
Photo: Ulrich Jobs
#rainbow #beautiful #WaimeaStateCanyon #BigIsland #Hawaii #USA

Waimea Canyon State Park

Montgomery Reef

Just one year ago we visited the Kimberley in Western Australia exploring the coast line for nearly two weeks on the True North and with helicopter rides. Picture shows Montgomery Reef which has an unusual wide tidal range, up to 10 metres (33 ft). When the tide is out, vast lagoons, sandstone islets, and a central mangrove island are revealed. The outward movement of the tide forms a torrent of water, creating a river cutting through the reef and hundreds of cascading waterfalls. At low tide, more than 4 metres (13 ft) of reef can be exposed.
Photo: Ulrich Jobs
#Australia #Kimberley #MontgomeryReef #Reef

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