Chiara Melone Photography: Blog https://www.chiaramelone.com/blog en-us (C) Chiara Melone ---- (Chiara Melone Photography) Mon, 16 Mar 2020 07:09:00 GMT Mon, 16 Mar 2020 07:09:00 GMT https://www.chiaramelone.com/img/s/v-12/u852718907-o200459590-50.jpg Chiara Melone Photography: Blog https://www.chiaramelone.com/blog 120 80 Luca Mercalli https://www.chiaramelone.com/blog/2016/10/luca-mercalli Luca Mercalli non ha bisogno di presentazioni in Italia ma per chi non avesse mai visto il suo sito ufficiale è http://www.nimbus.it. Per gli amici stranieri, ecco alcune note in inglese: http://www.emetsoc.org/members-activities/ems-member-societies/smi/ su questo climatologo che ha scritto libri, interviene in TV, ha condotto una trasmissione sua e merita di essere sentito e seguito perchè quanto dice sul clima, ambiente, energia, i rischi che stiamo correndo e cosa possiamo fare è davvero importante. Ieri ho avuto il piacere di stringergli la mano dopo un'interesantissima conferenza e grazie ad Adriano che ha scattato questa foto!

Luca Mercalli doesn't need any introduction in Italy but for whom haven't seen his official website yet, it's http://www.nimbus.it. For foreign friends, here are some notes in English: http://www.emetsoc.org/members-activities/ems-member-societies/smi/ on this climatologist who has written books, is guest on TV, has presented his own programme and deserves to be heard and followed because his speeches on climate, environment, energy, the risks we are already running and what we can do are very important. Yesterday I had the pleasure to meet him after a very interesting conference and thanks to Adriano who shot this pic.

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---- (Chiara Melone Photography) https://www.chiaramelone.com/blog/2016/10/luca-mercalli Thu, 20 Oct 2016 08:28:58 GMT
My Spirit Bears on Focus Wild / I mie Orsi Spirito su Focus Wild https://www.chiaramelone.com/blog/2016/4/my-spirit-bears-on-focus-wild-/-i-mie-orsi-spirito-su-focus-wild On the magazine Focus Wild an article I wrote on the Kermode bear and five pics of mine! Enjoy!

Sulla rivista Focus Wild un articolo sull'orso Kermode con testo e cinque foto mie! Buona lettura!

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---- (Chiara Melone Photography) https://www.chiaramelone.com/blog/2016/4/my-spirit-bears-on-focus-wild-/-i-mie-orsi-spirito-su-focus-wild Mon, 25 Apr 2016 08:54:20 GMT
On board! / Tutti a bordo! https://www.chiaramelone.com/blog/2015/6/on-board-/-tutti-a-bordo Yesterday I went to meet foreign friends on holiday at Lake Garda and I had the unexpected sight of a grebe mom with chicks!! I had not the right lens (but a too short one), there wasn't the right light (sun was too high) and tourist boats moved the water too much anyway they are too cute not to show!! Have a lovely week!!

Ieri sono andata a incontrare una coppia di amici stranieri in vacanza sul Lago di Garda e ho avuto l'inattesa sorpresa di una mamma svasso con i piccoli!! Non avevo la lente giusta (troppo corta), non c'era la luce giusta (il sole era alto) e i natanti da turismo muovevano parecchio l'acqua ma sono troppo dolci per non mostrarli!! Buona settimana!!

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---- (Chiara Melone Photography) https://www.chiaramelone.com/blog/2015/6/on-board-/-tutti-a-bordo Mon, 22 Jun 2015 09:59:03 GMT
misguided reporting... / notizie ingannevoli... https://www.chiaramelone.com/blog/2015/6/misguided-reporting-/-notizie-ingannevoli Strength rehersal / Prove di forzaStrength rehersal / Prove di forza I have just received the usual Africa Geographic newsletter and I'm sharing this article because this is exactly what I think about the tragic accident of an American tourist at a lion park (which is completly different from a game reserve or a national park)!!

I shot these wonderful wild and young lions in a strength rehersal from a very short distance in the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania.

 

Ho appena ricevuto la consueta newletter di Africa Geographic e condivido questo articolo perchè è esattamente quello che io penso del tragico incidente avvenuto recentemente in un "lion park" (che è un ambiente completamente diverso da quello di un safari)!!

Ho scattato questa foto di giovani leoni in una prova di forza, da molto vicino, nel Parco del Serengeti in Tanzania. 

 

http://africageographic.com/blog/safety-with-lions-on-safari/

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---- (Chiara Melone Photography) https://www.chiaramelone.com/blog/2015/6/misguided-reporting-/-notizie-ingannevoli Fri, 12 Jun 2015 13:29:58 GMT
News from the little badgers... / Novità dai cuccioli di tasso... https://www.chiaramelone.com/blog/2014/5/news-from-the-field-/-novit-sul-campo After a disappointing week with the camera trap, I have finally found the den exit the little family of European Badgers (which I had discovered about 10 days ago) is using now!! And the two little ones posed nicely for the camera last Saturday!! /

Dopo una settimana deludente con la camera trap, ho finalmente trovato l'uscita della tana che la famigliola di tassi (che avevo scoperto una decina di giorni fa) sta usando ora!! Ed i due cuccioli sabato si sono messi in posa per la ripresa!!

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---- (Chiara Melone Photography) https://www.chiaramelone.com/blog/2014/5/news-from-the-field-/-novit-sul-campo Mon, 26 May 2014 10:48:00 GMT
Fight Club https://www.chiaramelone.com/blog/2014/5/fight-club Here are the first attempts of Fight Club (who doesn't know the famous movie?)! Next time I'll be a better movie maker but apart from the video quality, isn't the blond kitten almost as handsome as Brad Pitt? LOL!! /

Ecco i primi tentativi di Fight Club (chi non conosce il famoso film?)! La prossima volta sarò un cineasta migliore ma a parte la qualità del video, il micetto "biondo" non è quasi affascinante come Bread Pitt? LOL!!

 

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---- (Chiara Melone Photography) https://www.chiaramelone.com/blog/2014/5/fight-club Tue, 20 May 2014 09:08:37 GMT
Red squirrel / Scoiattolo rosso https://www.chiaramelone.com/blog/2014/5/red-squirrel-/-scoiattolo-rosso When I had the very nice surprise of the badger last day, also a red squirrel had peeked out but a couple of days after it didn't shopw up and as there was also a short video of a cat passing through, I was worried that the squirrel could have been its prey. Instead yesterday the red wee thing was recorded in the camera trap even if it was too far away so I'm posting its video of last week.

Not only in UK but also here in Italy it was argued if grey squirrels should be culled to protect red ones so I'm particularly happy that here there is a red squirrel which didn't ask for any culling and which I hadn't seen in my area since a very long time! /

Quando ho avuto la bella sorpresa del tasso l'altro giorno, anche uno scoiattolo rosso aveva fatto capolino ma poi era sparito dopo un paio di giorni e visto che anche un gatto era passato in zona, ero preoccupata che lo scoiattolo rosso fosse diventato una sua preda. Invece ieri il piccoletto rosso è stato ripreso dalla fototrappola, anche se è passato troppo lontano quindi ho pensato di postare il video della scorsa settimana.

Non solo nel Regno Unito ma anche qui in Italia si è discusso se sarebbe giusto abbattere gli scoiattoli grigi per proteggere quelli rossi quindi sono particoarmente felice che qui ci sia uno scoiattolo rosso che non ha richiesto nessun abbattimento e che io non avevo visto in zona da moltissimo tempo.

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---- (Chiara Melone Photography) https://www.chiaramelone.com/blog/2014/5/red-squirrel-/-scoiattolo-rosso Mon, 19 May 2014 09:44:40 GMT
European Badger's cubs / Cuccioli di tasso https://www.chiaramelone.com/blog/2014/5/european-badgers-cubs-/-cuccioli-di-tasso Today a different kind of cubs, European Badger's cubs!! Last weekend during an explorative walk to check some holes, which I know were nesting chmabers, I had an unexpected and wonderful surprise: two badger's cubs were getting some sunshine, which is definitely unusual for these nocturnal animals and I only succeeded to take a quick and not satisfying pic of them before they disappeared in the hole. So I set my camera trap and in the following days I went to check paying attention not to frighten nor to stress mom or cubs and yesterday I was rewarded with this video!!

Oggi dei cuccioli diversi, piccoli di tasso!! Lo scorso weekend in una passeggiata esplorativa per controllare alcuni buchi che so essere stati tane, ho avuto una meravigliosa sorpresa: due cuccioli di tasso stavano prendendo il sole, il che è decisamente incoslito per questi animali notturni e sono riuscita solamente a scattare una veloce ed insoddisfacente foto prima che risparissero nel buco. Così ho piazzato la fototrappola e nei giorni successivi sono andata a controllare facendo attenzione a non spaventare nè stressare mamma o cuccioli e ieri ho trovato questo!!

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---- (Chiara Melone Photography) https://www.chiaramelone.com/blog/2014/5/european-badgers-cubs-/-cuccioli-di-tasso Fri, 16 May 2014 09:17:35 GMT
Thinking of escape / Pensando alla fuga https://www.chiaramelone.com/blog/2014/5/thinking-of-escape-/-tentativo-di-fuga

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---- (Chiara Melone Photography) https://www.chiaramelone.com/blog/2014/5/thinking-of-escape-/-tentativo-di-fuga Thu, 15 May 2014 09:52:26 GMT
Black tabby photo of the day / Foto del giorno di uno dei tigrati https://www.chiaramelone.com/blog/2014/5/black-tabby-photo-of-the-day-/-foto-del-giorno-di-uno-dei-tigrati Kitten engage in play fighting not only for fun but also to start to practice the skills needed for real combat / I gattini combattono per gioco non solo per divertimento ma anche per iniziare ad affinare l'arte del vero combattimento

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---- (Chiara Melone Photography) https://www.chiaramelone.com/blog/2014/5/black-tabby-photo-of-the-day-/-foto-del-giorno-di-uno-dei-tigrati Thu, 15 May 2014 09:51:25 GMT
First games / primi giochi https://www.chiaramelone.com/blog/2014/5/first-games-/-primi-giochi

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---- (Chiara Melone Photography) https://www.chiaramelone.com/blog/2014/5/first-games-/-primi-giochi Wed, 14 May 2014 14:47:08 GMT
Blue eyes / Occhi blu https://www.chiaramelone.com/blog/2014/5/blue-eyes-/-occhi-blu Kittens are opening their eyes and they'll have blue ones till about two months!! /

I gattini stanno aprendo gli occhi e li avranno blu fino a ca. due mesi!!


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---- (Chiara Melone Photography) https://www.chiaramelone.com/blog/2014/5/blue-eyes-/-occhi-blu Tue, 13 May 2014 08:16:54 GMT
Sleeping on mom/dormendo su mamma https://www.chiaramelone.com/blog/2014/5/sleeping-on-mom/dormendo-su-mamma Mom is a safe and soft place to sleep on /

Mamma è un posto sicuro e morbido dove dormire

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---- (Chiara Melone Photography) https://www.chiaramelone.com/blog/2014/5/sleeping-on-mom/dormendo-su-mamma Wed, 07 May 2014 08:48:09 GMT
nap/sonnellino https://www.chiaramelone.com/blog/2014/5/nap/sonnellino Taking a nap while mom is taking a break /

Un sonnellino mentre mamma si è presa una breve pausa

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---- (Chiara Melone Photography) https://www.chiaramelone.com/blog/2014/5/nap/sonnellino Mon, 05 May 2014 17:38:08 GMT
2 red and 2 black tabby kittens / 2 rossi e 2 tigrati neri https://www.chiaramelone.com/blog/2014/4/2-red-and-2-black-tabby-kittens-/-2-rossi-e-2-tigrati-neri It's difficult to distinguish the two red and the two black tabby ones. /

E' difficile distinguire i due rossi ed i due tigrati neri.

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---- (Chiara Melone Photography) kitten?cat? https://www.chiaramelone.com/blog/2014/4/2-red-and-2-black-tabby-kittens-/-2-rossi-e-2-tigrati-neri Tue, 29 Apr 2014 07:48:46 GMT
Kittens are doing well / I cuccioli stanno bene https://www.chiaramelone.com/blog/2014/4/kittens-are-doing-well-/-i-cuccioli-stanno-bene After less than 24 hours the kittens are doing well: they are sucking milk and sleeping /

Dopo meno di 24 ore i piccoli stanno bene: succhiano latte e dormono

 

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---- (Chiara Melone Photography) kitten?cat? https://www.chiaramelone.com/blog/2014/4/kittens-are-doing-well-/-i-cuccioli-stanno-bene Fri, 25 Apr 2014 14:40:42 GMT
4 new kittens / 4 nuovi cuccioli https://www.chiaramelone.com/blog/2014/4/4-new-kittens Today around 15:30 this kitten was born, the first of a brood of four and the mom is one of the four cats who share the house with hubby and me. /

Oggi verso le 15:30 è nato un nuovo cucciolo, il primo di una nidiata di quattro e la mamma è uno dei quattro gatti che condividono casa con il marito e me.


After about six hours of labour there are four new kittens and I also had to help with the last one. I had never done before but the mom was too tired and the small one seemed not to succeed in coming out in spite of three attempts. So very, very gently I helped to pull the kitten out and the four plus the mom are safe and sound! /

Dopo circa sei ore di travaglio i cuccioli sono quattro ed ho anche dovuto aiutare con l'ultimo. Non lo avevo mai fatto prima ma la mamma era troppo stanca ed il piccolo sembrava non riuscire ad uscire nonostante tre tentativi. Così molto, molto gentilmente ho dato una mano a tirarlo fuori ed i quattro cuccioli più la mamma sono sani e salvi!

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---- (Chiara Melone Photography) kitten?cat? https://www.chiaramelone.com/blog/2014/4/4-new-kittens Thu, 24 Apr 2014 19:24:33 GMT
Camera trapped badger https://www.chiaramelone.com/blog/2014/1/cmera-trapped-badger  

 

 

Last September my scouting camera gave me this pic and I had already caught another badger, always with my cheap remote camera, where I had found its outhouse.

A couple of times I have seen a badger quickly hiding in the bush while coming back home by driving a route where I hoped to spot one... but I haven't succeed in taking a pic with my real camera yet, which could be a good resolution for the New Year!!

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---- (Chiara Melone Photography) badger https://www.chiaramelone.com/blog/2014/1/cmera-trapped-badger Wed, 15 Jan 2014 10:41:50 GMT
Wild Boars good morning https://www.chiaramelone.com/blog/2014/1/wild-boars-good-morning I had started this photo of the day blog last year but then some health problems of the oldest members of my family made last year fly in a moment and prevented me from lots of things but now I'm back full of ideas and projects and here is the result of my first expedition round the corner!

I had hoped in the weather forecast which said it was the first morning of the new year without clouds and I had planned to go and take some pics of a fallow deers colony with three white members. But not only there was fog, unfortunately all the deers were clinging to the hill, too far from me, so my first pic of 2014 has been to these guys with hair standing on end!

And it was a thrilling pic for me as I didn't expect such a meeting and normally wild boars aren't liked by people in the countryside where I live so it's not so easy to spot them with enough light.

 

mother and sonmother and sonWils boar (Sus scrofa) wild ancestor of the domestic pig, native of my area, Italy and also of the rest of Northern and central Europe.

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---- (Chiara Melone Photography) https://www.chiaramelone.com/blog/2014/1/wild-boars-good-morning Sat, 11 Jan 2014 15:29:10 GMT
Morning grooming of an eastern cottontail https://www.chiaramelone.com/blog/2013/7/photo-of-the-day morning grooming of an eastern cottontail

The background is not one of my best liked but these cute buddies are normally very alert and very difficult to approach so I couldn't belive this morning I could go so near!

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---- (Chiara Melone Photography) https://www.chiaramelone.com/blog/2013/7/photo-of-the-day Sat, 06 Jul 2013 17:45:44 GMT
National Geographic gallery https://www.chiaramelone.com/blog/2012/11/national-geographic-gallery One of my pics has ended on an online gallery of National Geographic:

 

http://www.nationalgeographic.it/fotografia/2012/11/26/foto/concorso_2012_categoria_mondo_animale_4-1354667/2/#media

 

I was at Yala National Park in Sri Lanka and it was the lunch break by the river where you are allowed to get out of the car. Almost all other people had already started their afternoon safaris and hubby and I had stayed longer when all of a sudden the curious and also intrusive monkeys which live there started to use an hanging branch to dive into the water and started to play.

I pointed my camera, strived with the difference between the harsh light of the early afternoon and the shadow of the side branch of the river where these macaques where having fun, it was a matter of a second.

 

swimming macaquesswimming macaquesAt Yala National Park in Sri Lanka near a river, these macaque monkeys, which I had seen also in the previous days to fool around, to deflea or to eat suddenly started to jump into this sidestream and to play with water. In a moment it was over and the monkeys were back to the bush.

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---- (Chiara Melone Photography) https://www.chiaramelone.com/blog/2012/11/national-geographic-gallery Fri, 30 Nov 2012 08:57:00 GMT