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The night skies on the southern hemisphere and with very low light pollution can be quite spectacular like in the very early hours of December 24^th. And I really like how the Magellan Nebula can be seen there with the naked eye. You can find it in the upper right corner of this image.
Although the Lanín National Park is big and, as far as I know, also rather popular among Argentines, we could enjoy the place on our own. We only met a handful of people during our whole stay. Probably because we’ve been there around Christmas. Actually the only humans we met were people of the native Mapuche communities who already lived in this territory before the creation of the park.

This was the first series of images from Lanín National Park. Hope you could enjoy them and you will be back here soon for the second set. See you!

"Autumn Beat" is highly commended in the bird category.

The sediments in the glacier melt waters are always creating wonderful colors of blue.
Norway indeed offers plenty of great landscapes and hiking opportunities. And lots of them are very easy and safely to discover. As long as you don’t care about rain, wind, snow and the cold ;)

Another very delightful moment. Hoopoes are among Austria rarest and, in my opinion, most spectacular birds and I had the chance to see a handful of them during my stay.

Just a soft glow from a distant aurora but we were cheering! This was the first slightly proper foreground I could find up there in completely darkness. I didn’t want to miss the polar lights because of spending all night long looking for possible compositions.

Wetland neighbours.
As almost always, I didn’t hide myself in a tent or something similar. I just used the natural camouflage of the lush green leaves of summer. Furthermore I like shooting through objects and all the leaves created some interesting opportunities to frame the birds even though I had to focus manually most of the time.

Mobile phone panorama view over the small and the large Öd lake.
No exhausting hikes, no jaw dropping images and no thrilling adventures, but a great place to stroll around, take it easy, go swimming and listen to the sounds of nature.

Awarded in the category "Mammals".
Which of all the awarded images will finally be chosen as the category winners and as the overall winner will be announced at the ceremony in Spain in October. Let's see.

This was the first water spider I think I ever saw. I found it in one of the numerous moors of the Sumava National Park in Czech Republic. It was very fascinating to watch it run out and into the water without getting wet at all.
That’s it. See you soon, have a great time meanwhile everyone!

What an impressive creature.

Actually most of the orchids are hidden under larger plants like Creeping Pines.

Sunset at the edge of the wood.

... and this one right afterwards. Thanks to my waders I was able to get a few new angles which allowed me to avoid trees in the foreground.

Cerro Torre and around part I - Patagonia part XII

Thursday, 27 April 2017

Although you could already find lots of images taken in Argentina's Los Glaciares National Park and a seperate set of Fitz Roy here, I didn't show images of Cerro Torre yet. Beside Fitz Roy the about 3,130 meters high Cerro Torre is the second oustanding and very famous granite summit in Los Glaciares. Both of them are highly impressive and of jaw-dropping rough beauty. But I guess I prefer the shape of Fitz Roy a little more. Whatever ;) All of the pictures of Cerro Torre you can see here have been taken around Camp de Agostini which is about 10km of hiking away from El Chaltén. We spent some wonderful days based in the camp and of course I was busy taking images of the scenery up there. Furthermore you can also see a handful of images I took on other locations in Los Glaciares or just along the way in the national park.

Exhausted but happy Sabine during a rest on one of the longer distances.

Pannonian spring impressions

Monday, 30 January 2017

So, after my first part of Patagonia I would like to continue with something quite different and probably way less spectacular: A few impressions from Austria’s easternmost national park called Neusiedlersee-Seewinkel. I already took all these images in April 2016 when I was there for the last time. Although the national park is mostly known for its diverse birdlife, the place also offers a lot to discover beside birds like orchids, mammals and its unique landscape with all these shallow lakes.

Almost too close for the frame. I could have zoomed out here, but I didn’t dare because of the very short distance.

Spring patterns of beauty part III

Monday, 11 July 2016

Since I'm still working on my winter and spring pictures I guess today it's time for the third and last set of my 2016 chess flower images. All photographs of this blog entry have been taken in Styria in the South of Austria. Nothing more to say, enjoy :)

Hepaticas surrounded by the dead leaves of past autumn.

A very lucky moment.
This unexpected sighting of one of the extremely rare bearded vultures, during my last alpine ibex trip in the mountains of the High Tauern National Park, was probably one of my most exciting and lucky bird experiences this year. These spectacular birds of prey can grow up to a wingspan of 2.85m. Thanks again for watching, have a great and sunny Sunday everyone!

Spring deer impressions

Friday, 15 May 2015

During my time out taking images and looking for new photo opportunities this spring I ran into some deer from time to time. Sometimes a little bit on purpose, sometimes just accidentally. But since, due to all the hunting, both Roe Deer and Red Deer are extremely shy and nocturnal, it’s rather difficult to photograph them. Especially with a f 5.6 lens ;) As mostly I tried to show the animals in their habitat and to capture the mood of the overall scene.

Ankündigung Workshop am 14. Oktober 2017

Wednesday, 30 August 2017

Naturfotografie Workshop für EinsteigerInnen am 14. Oktober 2017 - Der facettenreiche Almsee im Herbst

Es freut mich sehr meinen ersten Gruppenworkshop ankündigen zu dürfen. Es geht im Herbst zu einer der schönsten und ergiebigsten Locations, die ich in Oberösterreich kenne. Zum Almsee. Ich habe dieses Gebiet selber bereits unzählige Male besucht und war jedes Mal aufs Neue überwältigt von dessen Schönheit und vielfältigen fotografischen Möglichkeiten.

We spent a couple of very enjoyable days straight at the sea on Valdés accompanied by some great sunsets and seabirds.

A frog taking a rest on the water lilies.

I found this nice setting in the floodplains of Upper Austria right as the sun came up.

A big bull strolling around in an open meadow just paying little attention to me.

Reed is very common in the national park and if the sun shines, there’re no mountains in its way to the horizon.

This fabulous moor area is called Wiegenwald and …

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