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Native bird mix part I

Saturday, 18 March 2017

Also when one is not after particular bird images, possibilities for capturing these feathered friends are actually quite frequent and so bird pictures are mostly slowly getting more and more on my memory card. Birds are simply the most common wildlife here in Austria and can be found almost everywhere and they’re usually way less shy than mammals. This entry will display a few random bird captures I gathered during the past year in Austria. Almost all the photographs were made in areas of the Traun-Danube Wetlands in Upper Austria.

Native bird mix part I

A spontaneous snapshot along the way. No matter where you go, you just cannot ignore these peaks.

One of my favorite images of this trip. It took my quite some time and patience to wait for the greenshank to place itself exactly for the composition I had in my mind.

Nature’s little lanterns.

I don‘t often find spring snowflakes in the wild. So I was even more happy to discover this one perfectly illuminated by the setting sun at the edge of a pretty dark forest.

Passing by calmly.


Birds of Patagonia part II - Patagonia part XI

Wednesday, 19 April 2017

Since I'm already very much looking forward to my exhibition at the Bird-Experience 2017 in the heart of the Neusiedlersee-Seewinkel National Park, I guess today is a good day for my second set of bird images I captured in Patagonia. Before we started our journey I was mainly looking forward to (and hoping for) the Nandus and the Andean Condors. Actually I just expected to see just one or two Nandus but lots of condors. But as often it came the other way around. And I'm happy about that, because Nandus are even more intersting to me than condors, because I've never seen a cursorial bird before. Although we spotted quite a few condors, the photographic opportunities have never been really promising. Concering all the other Patagonian birds I didn't have any expectations, so that I was just looking what will come our way. And we haven't been dissapointed. We encounterd many different and fascinating birds. From man sized Nandus to tiny hummingbirds :)

Birds of Patagonia part II - Patagonia part XI

Relaxed morning after a great night camping with friends.

That’s why it’s called the „golden hour“ I guess ;)

Sabine looking back as we left one amazing place to discover an other.

A 27,000px wide panorama showing Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre merged in an awesome mountain range of the Andes as see from the far distance in Argentina.

Floris van Breugel once wrote in his blog: “Unfortunately no image can do this mountain justice; it’s just too big. Even being there in person it was difficult to fathom how enormous it was. The granite spires reminded me of the outstretched fingers of a hand reaching out from the Earth, grasping for the stars. Those “fingers” are each 3-4,000 feet of vertical granite rock, protruding from another several thousand feet of glacial terrain. The summit is well over a vertical mile above Lake Sucia at its base. If you have seen El Capitan in Yosemite, imagine that, but as an isolated pinnacle, and then put three of them next to each other, and put all that on top of another El Capitan made of ice.”

Maybe you’ve seen this image already among my 2015 favorites.

New life starts in spring, of course.

The Stillenstein gorge can offer some nice views, especially in spring and fall.

Sabine tirelessly collecting blueberries …

Sabine enjoying a rainless moment during a moderate hike through a huge valley.

The beautiful turquoise Erlauf breaking the grey day.


Desperate love part II

Thursday, 9 November 2017

I guess it's time for the second series of my 2017 Red Deer rut images. Since you can find some more explanations on the next side, I just want to share some more pictures without making much words about it. Enjoy.

Desperate love part II

The bright full moon and the cloudless conditions allowed me to take this kind of night image. It took me one hour of countless tries to get a rather sharp shot, trying to fix the camera for 30 seconds half-handheld half-beanbagged on a very steep and uncomfortable wet slope. Taken at 17mm, ISO5000, f22, 30sec.

Awarded in the category "Birds".

To know which images will come out as the category winners and which one will finally be the overall winner of this edition you will have to wait for the contest festival, the MontPhoto Fest 2017, which will take place next October in Lloret de Mar, Spain. Along the Gala Awards Ceremony, the winners will be disclosed.

Rare, fragile and beautiful tiny bells.

Especially the contrast between the rather orange waters of the Ysper gorge and the lush greens of the forest are pretty fascinating to me.

Autumn woods at dusk.


The queen of orchids part II

Friday, 17 February 2017

Let‘s continue with the second series of my 2016 Lady‘s Slipper photographs. Since I‘m still chasing my first really satisfying Lady’s Slipper image I‘m really exited and confident to get some proper shots of these amazing flowers this year in the new discovered areas.

The queen of orchids part II

This beautiful buck left the forest with his small herd right after sunset.

A close up to show the amazing patterns of these creatures.


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