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Photographer Captures The Precious Moments Of What Happens In Nature When No One’s Around (30 Pics)
Interview With Artist
Dutch photographer Dick van Duijn has a real talent for capturing the beauty of wild animals. His photos are both mesmerizing and incredibly cute. The 34-year-old’s wildlife photography work is very popular, with over 46,200 people all over the world eagerly following him on Instagram. Recently, van Duijn has been causing waves on the internet with his beautiful photos of ground squirrels smelling flowers.
To bring a bit more joy to your autumn day, here is a list of van Duijn’s most beautiful animal photos. So scroll down, enjoy the gorgeous photos and the cute animals in them, upvote your favorites, and leave us a comment explaining which pictures you liked the most. Read on and enjoy Bored Panda’s in-depth interview with professional photographer van Duijn about his work. And if you want, share this post to brighten up somebody’s day!
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Van Duijn revealed to Bored Panda what motivated him to photograph the ground squirrels who are so lovingly hugging flowers in his pictures.
“I saw pictures of these adorable animals from other photographers and wanted to photograph them myself. Because I like flowers and animals, I tried to combine them. I am always looking for ways to capture nature in its most unaffected form.”
The photographer added more about the ground squirrels: “There were a lot of curious squirrels, so it was not hard to photograph them, but to capture one with a flower like this took a lot of patience and shots. The moment the squirrel smelled the flower and planted his face in the flower, I knew this was the picture of a lifetime!”
Full Name 6 years ago
People don't understand how hard nature photos are to get. If they did they'd appreciate them more.
D. Pitbull 6 years ago
I fully agree - *looking at own camera and seeing scores of pictures of blurs, escaping butts and an ear*
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Iris Engler 6 years ago
Find the man who hugs you like that squirrel its flower (: What an amazing and lovely shot
Tammy Allen 6 years ago
My fave wedding photo was caught by a guest and my husband and I are dancing and we both have our closed. Looking at it brings back exactly how I was feeling at the time, "all is right with my world"
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Sarah Panhorst 6 years ago
AH AH AH TOO CUTE!!! This is beautiful and incredible photography talent!
D. Pitbull 6 years ago
GROUND SQUIRREL!!! See - this is an "argument" I had with a professor in University. He motioned to indicate that Ground Squirrels were something like 3 ft tall... and I said slightly too loudly "Oh...that is just b**sh**" - and... from that day on... until the day I graduated... that was my damned nickname. "Ground Squirrel" - yes. I'm short. I'm not THAT short. And Ground Squirrels are NOT THAT BIG, CHRIS!!!
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Nancy Jenuwine 6 years ago
I've seen my dogs do the same thing when they're sunning themselves!
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Furthermore, van Duijn shared some photography tips he has for other photographers, whether they’re new to the animal photography trade or seasoned veterans in their own right.
“Just start photographing nature and wildlife in your own area and practice and experiment a lot. When you have mastered photography in your own environment, head out to other countries and explore.”
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Monika Soffronow 6 years ago
He looks exactly like a dog that is about to catch the snowball. "Fetch, Shere Khan!"
knittin' kitten 6 years ago
Do uou have a bangle cat? If so I'm beyond jealous.
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Lynne Stankard 6 years ago
'She loves me, she loved me not, she loves me. she loves me not..........'
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D. Pitbull 6 years ago
You're seriously telling me that these aren't staged or good taxidermy models? These are **amazing**
Van Duijn, who grew up on the coast of the Netherlands in Noordwijk, started working at his parents’ fish shop after graduating from school. He bought his first camera 8 years ago, after deciding that he needed a creative outlet. That was the start of his “biggest passion” — photography.
The photographer has a wide range of experience and expertise in wildlife, landscape, cityscape, and sports photography. He has traveled all over the world in search of beautiful shots. Van Duijn is incredibly popular and his love for photography has landed him in media outlets all across the globe.
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Monika Soffronow 6 years ago
How is it even possible for cattle to look so much like cuddly teddy bears. Are they as nice characterwise as they seem? Is any Panda raising Highland cattle?
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Christy Smith 6 years ago
This is my absolute favorite one! Those eyes, that tiny nose and how his little baby hairs sticking up everywhere ... pure perfection!
Monika Soffronow 6 years ago
I would absolutely love to see a fox pup in the wild. There must be an impressive amount of hours that have gone into shooting this photo.
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Emerson Cash Fannin 6 years ago
perfect shot you could blow it's brain's out still season
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Daria B 6 years ago (edited)
They're like a gang, but the background is idyllic. Such an adorably funny contrast.
Diane Phillips-Herman 6 years ago
You see a gang and I see a family. We must've been raised differently.
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Monika Soffronow 6 years ago
"Faster, the rainbow is gaining on us, it already got me with some green!"
Holosexual 6 years ago
They look like they're about to drop the hottest indie album of the year
Kathy Baylis 6 years ago
I’d much rather have these guys greet me at the end of the rainbow than some leprechaun.
Rhyme Magsino 6 years ago
beautiful background. check gangsta animals. check. green grass. check all this picture is some dramatic music
Leslie Stanick 6 years ago
Idyllic bliss! Every photo is sooo deeply intimate. I am truly enthralled. There's so much love in your images. I'm not seeing animals...I'm seeing individuals, families, connection and love. I just can't believe the intimacy you capture in your images. Beautiful!
My O My 6 years ago
Nah. Marked to change to another group. Or because you have to keep an eye on it. Or or or. Not every marked animal is marked for death! - Farmer speaking here
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Pretty Pangolin 6 years ago
This one looks Photoshopped to me. It's the only one that doesn't look natural. Maybe this was an early work and he got more proficient.
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Candice Lewis 6 years ago
This little guy loves him some flowers! I think I could learn to appreciate life a bit more from him
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Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago
One of my brothers and I were on a road trip and we happened to go past some cows right after one of them given birth, and we got to watch the newborn calf stand up. It was fantastic!
Sarah Panhorst 6 years ago
awwwwww! my heat is exploding with the adorableness! Little cows!!!!
Christy Smith 6 years ago
Your 'heat' is exploding? Dude, you might want to get checked out, that sounds dangerous =*)
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Inservio Letum 6 years ago
Awwww kyoot little calf rubbing again.... OHFUCK THE TREE HAS HORNS
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Terri Altman-Hollister 6 years ago
He looks like he's just remembered a joke he needs to tell his buddies.
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Alberto 6 years ago
Yes, it looks like a mix of a cat (puma) a dog (wolf) and…… human…
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Monika Soffronow 6 years ago (edited)
All the big cats are stunning animals. Just look at those paw of that lynx.
Tia Hansen 6 years ago
They usually live in Alaska. I saw one before and their a token of luck. If you don’t get attacked... it is a lovely picture of a lynx though!
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Gregg V 6 years ago
Best Exfoliation on the beach with 20 mph+ winds got younger skin - better than botox.
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Leslie Stanick 6 years ago
So often animals are photographed as objects, your images captures individuals with so much personality and expressions of love, comfort, relief, focus...I am deeply moved by your images.
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Leslie Stanick 6 years ago
you capture such private, precious tender moments...your images stretch my heart with love ~ thank you ~
Ayasophya Alturas 6 years ago
help: these smol foxos are too cute, therefore my heart is melting. XD
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Leslie Stanick 6 years ago
Another beautiful being in bliss. You really have a way of communing with animals. Absolutely exquisite. You're an animal whisperer....I am in awe...I wonder how long you were looking and communing with each other. S/he looks like she's loving you...
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Pretty Pangolin 6 years ago
LOL, 'majestic' is the first word that came to mind.
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sharron lynn parsons 6 years ago
A fabulous shot, tigers are so beautiful, many were killed for their fur, so sad !!!
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Andrea Delden 6 years ago
I was afraid that he got a butt and was glad when I saw it was a criter!
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Bryant Stone 6 years ago (edited)
"Then I says to him, 'Look, Frank. If you got a problem with the way I work take it up with my boss. Otherwise, let me do my dang job here, huh?!'"
Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago
“Touch of Evil” Orion Welles, not “Citizen Kane” Orson Welles
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Rhyme Magsino 6 years ago
go moose! moose! moose! moose! (moose jaw that's why i've been saying mose repeatedly)
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George Digamma 6 years ago
My name is Master Eagle, i'm rapping in the green, i throw the hardest lyrics that ever heard or seen. Yo!
Catlady6000 6 years ago
He's looking over his shoulder. With his wings spread like that he may have just landed, or is preparing to take off. Or he's just just showing them off
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Laugh Fan 6 years ago
Came across a roe deer and her fawn while on a walk a few weekends ago and mother cleared a high fence but the fawn panicked. We had to retrace our footsteps to give it a moment to find the open part of the fence which was a few feet in our direction.
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Iggy 6 years ago
No, It's Steve. STEVE! STEVE! No, it IS Alan. ALAN! ALAN! ALAN!
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Cynthia Ortega 6 years ago
It's like a scene from the Body Snatchers (remake). You know which scene I'm talking about.
Pretty Pangolin 6 years ago
Yep, that final scene with Donald Sutherland. What a great movie.
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Leslie Stanick 6 years ago
You must be so still to have these animals trust you like this, be inquisitive rather than afraid. You capture such a beautiful warm glow, every hair on its face is clear....
Sherrie Glendening 6 years ago
I always thought that foxes were a perfect combination of cat and dog, but this one looks human.
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FloC 6 years ago
Did he plant the flower in the grass ? It looks odd to have just one flower standing out like that. The photo is great anyway, well, all of them are.
Monika Soffronow 6 years ago
Yes, and it looks like a gerbera, doesn't it? Never mind, he is Dutch, and they know their flowers all right.
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Sue Clasen 6 years ago
Seemingly by all the photographs we have seen here squirrels have weakness for flowers...Are they noses? Gourmets? Nature lovers? or calculating when the seeds will be ripe to gather?
Pretty Pangolin 6 years ago
He looks like he's giving a lecture on botany to a group of students.
CrunChewy McSandybutt 6 years ago
This particular groundhog (gopher?) seems to have an affinity for flowers.
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Elizabeth Elliot 6 years ago
..Until they're picking all the buds off your apple trees!
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Meghan Turnis 6 years ago
Does this branch make me look fat? No, Kevin, your gut makes you look fat.
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Calypso poet 6 years ago
Agreed. There’s a farm of them over a mile away from my aunts house. And people tell me I’m loud!
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Lili Ana 6 years ago
Somehow a peacock would always be in the driveway when I was late for class.
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Sarah Panhorst 6 years ago
Reminded me of her too, even though Hedwig is a snowy owl. :)
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Isobel Davies 6 years ago
thats face says, my mummy said im not allowed to play with you. oh my heart little bubba
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tuzdayschild 6 years ago
The squirrel smelling the flower is just the sweetest most content little thing I've seen in a while.
Kenny Kulbiski 6 years ago
I really appreciated the tiger photos. They gave me an excuse to enjoy the "cute" ones if anyone saw me.
littlesaresare 6 years ago
Someone is making fake replica accounts of commenters here to post nasty things. Wtf.
laura gilman 6 years ago
Animals are a true gift from God. No reason to think they are less than us.
Reilly Beryll 6 years ago
These are gorgeous. Nature can be so lovely, and often quite hilarious!
Debby Hartinger 6 years ago
I really like how the photographer captured some of the animals' personalities. Some photos made me smile, others laugh, and others were awe-inspiring.
tuzdayschild 6 years ago
The squirrel smelling the flower is just the sweetest most content little thing I've seen in a while.
Kenny Kulbiski 6 years ago
I really appreciated the tiger photos. They gave me an excuse to enjoy the "cute" ones if anyone saw me.
littlesaresare 6 years ago
Someone is making fake replica accounts of commenters here to post nasty things. Wtf.
laura gilman 6 years ago
Animals are a true gift from God. No reason to think they are less than us.
Reilly Beryll 6 years ago
These are gorgeous. Nature can be so lovely, and often quite hilarious!
Debby Hartinger 6 years ago
I really like how the photographer captured some of the animals' personalities. Some photos made me smile, others laugh, and others were awe-inspiring.
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