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Rain, sun. Sun, rain. Fast changing and always exciting conditions.

Searching for prey in the endless carpet of reed.

From time to time we stumbled over some beautiful wild flowers.
The second highland area I invite you to take a look at here is called Myrkdalen, as far as I know. We had no idea of this place but we passed it on our way south. We drove a long mountain road full of great vistas, so of course we had to stay here at least for this one night.

The sun comes up pretty late there. But when it does, it hits you hard ;) I did this image with my eyes closed.

Just a very short glimpse to the trees as the clouds scattered for a brief moment in the evening.

A little fight.

... and the graceful Wood Anemones.

I'm wondering if orcas sometimes also feed on flying petrels ...?!

There are just a few trees up in the mountains which can be used for hiding.

A picture-perfect couple on a rainy day.
As I said the Lady’s Slipper Orchid is extremely rare and strictly protected but certainly among Austria’s most spectacular wildflowers and for sure the most spectacular orchid here. Beside the beauty of the plant I like the fact that the blooming period is around June, when most of the other (spring) flowers are already faded. Due to the two new locations I’m already looking forward to this year’s season to check out all the new opportunities there.

Like every subadult being, also the ibexes are full of energy all the time.

Snow, rain, sun, heavy and fast moving clouds and a stunning surrounding. Rough, but beautiful dramatic conditions.
Unfortunately capturing the main subject in a very small scale is kind of a problem when it comes to the web. All of my 3:2 images on this website have a size of 800px (1600px on retina displays) on their longer side and the original files are about 5500px. So as you can imagine most of the details get lost during resizing.

This was actually my first time I photographed wild crocus. There was an absolutely amazing amount of thousands of these flowers on these meadows, but since I was there a little bit too early, I just found three flowers with open blossoms.

Since they’re permanently in motion and mostly crammed together, it was quite difficult to capture them in an appealing pose.

Canon EOS 50D, EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM, handheld (eyes closed because of the hard light)
f25, ISO250, 1/8000sec., 220mm

Although autumn was already on the way, the lushness of the green reminds me of spring.

Another day ends.

Mute Swans are actually quite common in Austria, but nevertheless they make a great subject.

As you can see, penguin don't always live in icy habitats ...

Two perfectly aligned guanacos. One of my 2016 favorites.

Totally fascinating conditions.

Matching colors.

The haunted – Norway part VII

Friday, 11 March 2016

Now this is my final set of Norway images. A set with strong and very mixed emotions. I was thinking of writing a longer article this time, but finally decided not to do this yet. Since years I have countless thoughts and statements about hunting in my mind and I’ll write them down one day. But it will take me some time to organize these thoughts and commit them to paper in a proper way.

Fortunately you cannot see, hear and feel all the mosquitoes in this image. Lucky you ;)

The pride of a swan.
Beside the omnipresent autumn colors, I especially love the foggy conditions you can find quite often at this time of the year. They can create such an amazing shadowy and surreal atmosphere and they can also make a really great white background when you‘re located a little bit outside the heavy fog. And moreover, when the sun fuses with some soft fog, the light is always stunning. Have a good one :)

Shaking off after an unsuccessful fishing attempt.

Awarded in the category "Other Animals".

Preoccupied.
Almost all of the ibexes I followed these days were adult bucks. On the one hand they are more exciting to photograph and more important one the other hand the younger ones are much shier and they didn’t feel comfortable in my presence. Although a big buck can weight up to 100 kg and even more, they are extremely peaceful and gentle creatures …

I will now finish my first part at this point. If you’re curious about the second one, make sure to drop by here during the next days. Bye for now!

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