Newsblog
Fluffy heart
Tuesday, 4 February 2020
During one of my autumn Reed Deer rut trips I was lucky enough to encounter one especially curious and cooperative wild Red Fox in daylight. As I discovered the animal hunting for mice on the open meadow, I approached very slowly and carefully behind some bushes before I finally dared to show myself in a safe distance and laid down on the ground. Finally the fox came so close, that I could hear it breathing and way to close for my lens to get it in focus. Of course, no bait or other attraction (except myself) was used here. All in all I shared about two hours with the gorgeous animal and returned with quite a few unexpected shots. So I decided to dedicate this great encounter an entire little blog entry.
One of the first pictures I took, while I was still hiding behind the bushes. The warm evening light illuminated the foliage in fantastic colors.
I still can't understand, how the first thought of so many people about this beautiful animal is killing it ...
Lots of Autumn Crocuses were blooming there at this time of the year and completed the scenery.
A little tricky to set the focus.
It's very impressing how many mice the fox was able to catch during this two hours ... think of it ;)
Since I was laying on the ground I could get a proper angle and I also got some grass for an interesting foreground.
Picking up the scent in lovely evening light.
Such a privilege to share the terrain with a totally relaxed and peaceful wild animal.
If you want to receive a short e-mail notification every time I post any news in my blog on this website, just drop me a line to
photo@rupertkogler.com and I will put you on my mailing list. And of course I will remove you from the list anytime you want me to.
2018 B-Sides part II
Monday, 20 January 2020
Hello again, everyone ... Today I would like to serve you the missing second series of mixed leftovers from 2018. So here you are :) This set of B-Sides just contains images from Austria.
Some winterly crystal magic captured already two years ago at sunrise.
Two Yellowhammers busy feeding on the seeds of a Birch.
A little morning delight on my way to the Lady's Slipper habitat.
Mystic mood on a rainy day.
Some creek photography in winter. Since the sun is always pretty low at this time of the year, the light can be rather appealing all day long.
I guess everyone who owns my 2019 calendar already knows this image.
Another one of 2018's amazing Blood Moon.
Since European Pond Turtles are the only native tortoises in Central Europe, every sighting is very exciting.
A field of flowers makes a great foreground infront of some very gentle alpenglow.
If you want to receive a short e-mail notification every time I post any news in my blog on this website, just drop me a line to
photo@rupertkogler.com and I will put you on my mailing list. And of course I will remove you from the list anytime you want me to.
2018 B-Sides part I
Wednesday, 15 January 2020
Welcome to my 200th blog post. Crazy, isn't it? Anyway ... there are still a few quite different images from 2018, which didn't fit into any of my previous blog entries. But nevertheless I would like to display some of them here as of now. The pictures are pretty mixed-up and in this first set they all have been taken either in Austria or on Corsica, France. Hope you like this little potpourri.
The stunning color of the Blood Moon matched pretty well to the color of Mars.
Montane detail of some of the highest summits in this country.
A handheld snapshot during one of my Alpine Ibex trips showing Austria's biggest glacier.
A Roe Deer in early dawn on a small open meadow behind some dense bushes.
During our stay on Corsica, we spent some time looking for Mouflons and I'm pretty happy we could finally spot a few. Mouflons are only native to Corsica and Sardinia but have been introduced to different countries in Central Europe for hunting purposes.
If you look very closely, you can see, that the fish seemed to gather around the bird, which is pretty fascinating to me, because they're actually the prey the Cormorant is looking for.
I little detail discovered during my Lady's Slipper sessions in 2018.
What a gorgeous and mainly unaffected scenery in Lower Austria.
Unknown peak during a lovely winter setting in Tyrol.
If you want to receive a short e-mail notification every time I post any news in my blog on this website, just drop me a line to
photo@rupertkogler.com and I will put you on my mailing list. And of course I will remove you from the list anytime you want me to.
RK on