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2026-05-19

I love Gruga in the early morning. I have the park almost to myself. Sometimes the ongoing maintenance is a bit annoying, since it mostly means some kind of loud machinery is being handled – but other than that I am very undisturbed. And the animals are not yet exhausted from hordes of kids banging at their enclosure. The parrots were very alert this morning and the light was also quite nice. Originally photographed in black and white – as I always do – but in the end I decided to go with color here, especially because of the second image. I can appreciate a little color once in a while…

Collections: Gruga, Color, Birds
On this day: 2017, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
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Matthias Ott
That blue! 😯💙(But also: color?!?! What is happening…? 😁)
Florian Ziegler
Well, I need a really good reason to use color. And this was, in fact, a very good reason. 😉
Pedro Cora
WOW! These photos are amazing! 🤩
cliff538
That second picture is just stunning!
Florian Ziegler
Thanks Cliff! I just couldn't bring myself to post a monochrome version of this. 😂
cliff538
It would “almost" be criminal. 😁

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