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Alpine ibexes part IV

Wednesday, 17 June 2015

Today I would like to serve you the fourth and last part of my alpine ibex images. During this particular trip I had the chance to photograph the ibexes in much more different situations and surroundings than I could do last year. That’s why I posted so many pictures ;)

In early spring the mountains are still completely covered in snow.
As I wrote at the beginning I also had some great experiences with some of the birds of the lake. I will display a few of these moments in a seperate series after I posted my final Patagonia entry here. See you, take care everyone :)

PS.: To all of you who intend to visit this Lake Almsee in early morning an to drive at night: Please drive extremely carefully and slow on the last kilometer through the woods! As I said, I was there already very often and I never went there in the night without having red deer (and other animals) crossing the street at least three times ... Thx!

I guess this is male Caracara which tried to impress a female with a little gift.

The classic view at Lake Almsee. Classic but amazing.

Slowly the veil of fog is lifting and reveals a mystic scenery at Lake Almsee. This day I was out for landscape picture but ended up shooting a bird once more.

Like lots of nature photographers, I guess, I also cannot help being fascinated by these colorful little guys.

Not only their colors are amazing, also the shape is very remarkable.

Kingdom of dignity part III

Tuesday, 23 August 2016

This is my third and last little selection of alpine ibex images I took in 2016 so far. But I’m planning to go there at least one more time this year. Since my last visit is already about two month back, the guys surely will be higher up and deeper in the mountains in the meantime. I just hope they’re all doing fine and are well prepared for the harsh alpine winter month.

Sometimes even a wide angle lens isn't wide enough to capture the entire scene.

After a foggy night, when everything is wet, the colors are extremely intense …

No matter how often these birds have been photographed already, they’re just beautiful.
Five out of six images show just one and the same branch and probably the same bird. Nevertheless I hope I didn’t bore you with this short series. I think the next entry will be about Norwegian landscapes again. See you!

Sabine waiting for me to get back into the kitchen ;) …this area is so easy to access, you can even bring your picnic basket.

The moon comes up as the light fades.

I took this image while I was actually out photographing the Red Deer rut in the mountains of Carinthia.

Impressive encounter at early dawn.

Usually the animals don't show up before the night falls in.
The Danube Wetlands National Park which is located in Lower Austria is one of the two areas I'm always visiting during the rutting season. If one brings some time, is patient and careful some photographic opportunities are possible. At least one can hear them roar. But also in this national park it's pretty challenging, because it's not allowed to leave the trails (which makes it actually impossible to hide yourself) and even more those which lead into the most promising areas of the park are also closed in September and usually the animals don't dare to leave the woods in daylight.

Some Marsh-Marigold right beside the Aist River in Upper Austria.

I could hardly believe it as I encountered this hoopoe last spring in the floodplains.

A small iceberg facing the wall of ice which finally released it after thousands of years.

The same ridge as in the first picture of this set, but on another day. To my pleasure the animals used this path not only once.
As you probably noticed in the title, there will also be a second series of my 2016 red deer rut pictures. I have some more, I would like to share ;) Stay tuned and have a great weekend!

Two-headed flowers are actually very common.

Summer is near ;)
My main goal when it comes to ibexes is capturing them in small scale to also show a lot of their amazing habitat in the frames. And since they make such awesome silhouettes I prefer to photograph the animals as silhouettes. But I guess you already noticed that ;) So, I think about 90% of my alpine ibex pictures are small scale silhouette shots. But to give you some variety I also try to show some of my other images here. And of course these mammals are also extremely fascinating when you take a closer look at them.

Another lovely scenery created by dew and sunlight.

I was very happy to spot my first owls in the park this spring.
Again I enjoyed some very relaxed days of wandering around, observing and, of course, also taking images. Hopefully you also enjoyed this little trip to my news blog. Part II will be online soon, I guess. So stay tuned and have a great Sunday everyone.

The woods of Lower Austria at the peak of their colorfulness.

Crazy patterns of lichen on some of the rocks.

In spring, when the Wild Garlic is in full bloom, the odor is quite strong.

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