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Peter Menner - Photographer for wildlife and nature, as well as aviation Peter Menner is a photographer from Stuttgart, Germany.

His portfolio covers a wide range with photos of aviation, nature wildlife and a lot more. Find his latest photos here or on his website https://www.mennerphoto.com. His photos are sold as GalleryPrints or for editorial usage as digital delivery.

10/10/2026

This red squirrel stood fully upright on a moss-covered log, ear tufts stiff and alert, giving that classic wide-eyed stare that makes squirrel portraits so instantly likeable.

The soft, blurred rows of tree trunks in the background do a lot of quiet work here — they set the forest scene without pulling any attention away from the squirrel itself, thanks to a wide aperture and getting low enough to shoot at the animal's own eye level.

09/10/2026

A marmot moving low and fast through mountain grass, body stretched close to the ground in a posture that reads more like a stalking predator than the usual image of a marmot sitting upright on a rock.

Stripping the color out here puts all the attention on texture and shape — the thick coat, the tension through the body, the whiskers catching just enough light to stand out against the blurred background.

08/10/2026

This is the same idea as a shot I posted before, taken further — instead of five wires, this one has eight, all packed with birds and layered at slightly different angles across the frame.

Reduced to black silhouettes against pure white, the sheer repetition turns the image into something closer to pattern or texture than a typical wildlife photo. A handful of birds break from the lines mid-flight, which keeps the whole thing from reading as too static, but the vast majority sit in uniform rows, spaced almost like data points.

Anyone want to try counting this one too?

07/10/2026

Barely anything of this frog is actually visible — just the head, breaking the surface of dark, still moor water, with one eye catching enough light to hold the whole frame's attention.

The black background isn't nighttime; it's the natural color of moorland water combined with a deliberately underexposed shot, which lets the water drop to near-total black while keeping detail on the frog's skin and eye. It's a good example of how much atmosphere comes purely from an exposure decision rather than the time of day.

06/10/2026

A Grey Heron standing at the water's edge, lit by a narrow patch of direct sun while the surrounding forest drops into near-total shadow.

The still water beneath it holds an almost perfect reflection — calm enough that the heron's shape doubles cleanly, adding symmetry to an otherwise very dark, minimal composition. It's the kind of light that shows up briefly and unpredictably: a single gap in the canopy, a bird standing in exactly the right spot when it happens.

05/10/2026

A different environment entirely this time — this was shot underwater, showing a single fish suspended over a dense bed of aquatic plants.

The blurred green texture behind it comes from vegetation covering the bottom, and the shallow depth of field turns it into something closer to an abstract backdrop than recognizable plant life. It's a reminder that "wildlife" doesn't stop at the water's surface — there's just as much happening below it, most of it rarely photographed.

04/10/2026

Two things worth pointing out in this one: the water, and the foreground.

This was shot during the day, but deliberately underexposed — the moor water itself is naturally dark, and pulling the exposure down further lets it drop to near-black while keeping the frog properly lit and sharp. No flash involved; it's purely a matter of how the water and the available light interact once the exposure is set low.

The soft pink and magenta wash across the foreground comes from flowers held close to the lens, blurred completely out of focus so they read as pure color rather than shape — a simple in-camera technique, not an edit.

03/10/2026

At first glance, this looks like a young elephant completely alone in an overwhelming stretch of empty space. It isn't.

The herd is close by — just outside the edges of this frame, out of sight but not out of reach. Elephant calves rarely wander far from the group; even when a young one looks isolated in a photo like this, the reality on the ground is almost always a family group nearby, watching, and ready to close the distance if needed.

The vast white sky does the emotional work here, making the elephant look smaller and more solitary than it actually is in that moment. Sometimes the most striking image tells a slightly different story than what's really happening just out of frame.

Photographed in Kruger National Park.

02/10/2026

This Fork-tailed Drongo is mid-hunt, wings thrown upward and fully backlit by the setting sun — and those small points of light scattered through the background are very likely the insects it's actively chasing.

Drongos are aggressive, agile aerial hunters, known for sudden direction changes and sharp turns while chasing flying insects, sometimes even stealing food mid-air from other birds. Evening light like this, with a swarm of insects rising as temperatures drop, is peak hunting time — and it happens to be the same window that gives photographers that warm backlit glow on feathers.

Photographed in Kruger National Park.

01/10/2026

This one might surprise people who picture safari wildlife as mostly lions, elephants, and open grassland.

This is a Grey-headed Parrot, perched at an old wound in a tree trunk, bright green plumage standing out against a warm, blurred woodland backdrop. These parrots favor dense, wooded riverine areas rather than open bush, which means they're easy to miss if you're only scanning the horizon for the classic safari species.

Photographed in Kruger National Park.

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