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Landscape gallery update
Monday, 18 January 2021
As you all might know, I used to display lots of images in this newsblog before I uploaded some of them into the galleries. But since I only just finished to show my work of 2019 in this blog and time is precious, I decided not to show any of my 2020 pictures here (except the already shown images of the Thaya Valley National Park). Instead of that, I will continue updating all my online galleries, which haven't been updated since 2018 (!) and I will also display a few of this newer images here in the feed. Of course, unfortunately this means, I can only show a small part of about 350 already prepared images from 2020, I would have shown in the blog ... Since travelling wasn't easy in 2020, I actually intended to take you on a journey through Austria. Although we had to stay in our home country, we spent lots of time outdoors and in terms of photography it was a quite productive year for me.
When finally all of the galleries will be updated you'll find 330 new images of 2019, 2020 and 2021 and you'll will not find 223 older ones any more. After refreshing my Showcase, I'd like to continue with the Landscapes gallery which now contains 73 new images from either New Zealand or Austria. Enough of numbers, enjoy ;)
Very dramatic conditions and extremely heavy winds up in Austria’s highest mountains. Pretty exciting displays of nature’s forces.
Last summer we spent a family week the valleys of the High Tauern National Park. This place really offers countless stunning landscapes, important habitats and mainly unaffected terrain, well worth to protect (from being degraded to a backdrop for tourism and livestock pasture).
Wonderful first snow and some fog created this super delightful fall scenery.
Hardly anything beats moments like this. Wharariki Beach in the early morning.
Mitre Peak reflects in a tiny temporary tide pool. Fiordland, Aotearoa, of course.
One of these countless enriching golden mornings we could absorb in New Zealand.
The sun goes down above the fog and behind the distant peaks, while a little branch infront of a tree trunk is still glittering in the very last light of the sun. A scenery pretty close to my hometown.
A great display of light and shadows in Austria's "Sulzbachtäler". Since 2019 these Valleys are Austria's second Wilderness Aera (IUCN category I) beside the "Wildnisgebiet Dürrenstein" (since 2003).
Humble moments surrounded by mighty mountains and a season somewhere between fall and winter.
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Showcase update
Friday, 15 January 2021
Today I would like to invite you to browse through my updated Showcase. Currently I'm working on the long overdue updates of all my online galleries and before I will show lots of other images, I thought it might be a good kick off to start with the showcase. I removed quite a few older images and uploaded 30+ new ones to this gallery. As a little teaser, you can find nine of these fresh pictures here below. Hope you like them.
The frozen shallow glacier waters and the reflection of some slopes just made this great display of nature's diverse beauty. Actually I was out looking for Alpine Ibexes, but I always try to stay open-minded for all kinds of subjects and natural attractions like rather intimate landscape scenes, like this.
I was already pretty excited to spot that lovely Wild Rabbit in this gorgeous back-lit-wildflower-sunrise-setting. But as I noticed, that two Hoopoes (which are definitely among my favorite birds) also appeared somewhere behind the little bank of sand, I knew I had to be prepared to press the shutter. As they suddenly took off, I got about two appealing frames of this experience.
We spent some time as a family camping on a rather crowded lake. But, as mostly, in the very early morning hours, no humans were in sight and nature took over. So, I was happily observing some waterbirds on the lake and I noticed a White-Throated Dipper along this very frosty stream, which finally entered tha lake. Since the sun was already up and back-lit the misty scenery, I laid myself into the cold but shallow water and hoped for an appealing low angle image showing the bird in its habitat. After some time of waiting I finally succeeded.
It's always a great pleasure to look out for the first spring flowers and to welcome all the new life. I've hardly seen more Common Hepaticas anywhere else, than I saw in this particular forest, so I tried to create an image completely drenched in the characteristic color of these flowers.
A Pilewort growing pretty close to the water of a tiny stream, while the harsh sun at noon pierces through the fresh foliage. As all my images this one was also taken without the use of any artificial light, flash or special technique. For me it's important to work with the natural light, because in my opinion it's also part of the natural scenery I would like to capture in an authentic way. So the image is just a simple handheld shot.
Actually I was taking way more intimate landscape close-ups with a long lens 99% of the time at this location. I was just so excited about the countless details that can be found in such a wonderful surrounding. This one was my „farewell shot“ to the landscape during my last morning there. Although the skies were overcast, I was lucky enough to get a little lovely glow on this ridge for a few seconds.
I’m just more and more mesmerized by all the different stunning reflections, which occur on water surfaces. And I'm also totally fascinated by the beauty and adorable behaviour of dancing Demoiselles. And since I'm a fan of habitat images, I knew I will have to go for a shot showing all these elements. The refelections of the sun and the insect, the animal's beauty (especially when it's illuminated by the harsh sun light) and behaviour and its habitat. In the end I had to capture thousands of pictures to end up with just a few proper ones.
When lovely skies and a gentle movement of the water unit, the reflections can occure in lots of different stunning appearances. And Water Striders are just the most fascinating creators regarding this. I went for an actually defocused image to bring out the fascinating water refelctions, the insects caused with their legs, but tried to get the shadow of the animal's head towards some dots of light, to show the Water Strider.
An image of my project Treentimacy which is about showing plants and their fragility and connection in intimated pictures.
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Projects galleries update
Monday, 11 January 2021
First of all, I'd like to wish everyone an awesome 2021, with lots of wild experiences, health, love, joy, peace and freedom :) Furthermore I would also like to express my gratitude for your constant support. Thank you!
As you probably noticed due to the caption, I just uploaded quite a handful new images to my projects galleries. To be exactely 68 photographs, mainly to the gallery of Habitats, but also numerous ones to Treentimacy and a few others to Silhouettes of Grace. So, everyone's invited to take a closer look and browse through the series. And just in case you missed it, the website of my biggest project Natürliche Nähe launched a few weeks back.
The silhouette of a Wasp Spider as the sun came up behind the vegetation of Upper Austria's wetlands.
The fascinating universe of Water Striders.
Shallow waters and creeks are the classic habitats of White-Throated Dippers.
Actually more an architecture than a habitat shot ;)
A flock of Chamois brave the harsh conditions up in the mountains in late autumn.
Tiny bird in a pretty impressive surrounding.
Mute Swans in their environment, taken for Natürliche Nähe.
Just superb conditions, as fog, sunlight and hoar frost met.
Never underestimate the beauty of the gray. And the beauty of bald trees.
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