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I don't know the exact name of this hawk, but I'm grateful he placed himself in best evening light.
That's it, hope you liked my interpretations of some of the Patagonian birds. Again I kindly invite you all to browse through my updated and refreshed
online galleries where now also all the pictures of 2016 can be found and some very new photographs from this spring will arrive pretty soon.
Since we left to South America at the beginning of November, this was actually the only proper autumn shot I could get last year.
The most intense blue appears on the new created surface right after a piece of the glacier has collapsed. You can hear the ice cracking actually all the time.
After we set up our tent for the first night in the park, we explored these riverbanks and found lots of lovely wildflowers and details between the stones.
A lazy afternoon at the shores of Laguna Grey, facing the glacier. (© Sabine Fenzl)
The Southern Lapwing is quite a bit bigger and also much more colorful than the Eurasian one. But also their screams are very noticeable and loud. Even all night long ;)
One of my very rare and not very photogenic encounters with a musk ox. My little musk ox project really didn’t work out.
The way hunting is seen, appreciated and glorified in our society is one of the most saddening things of our time and, in my opinion, really problematic.
Main floor part II – Norway part IV
Wednesday, 16 December 2015
As I promised here’s the second part of my impressions of our first Rondane National Park visit this year. It was so delightful to stroll around in these stunning landscapes enjoying our time and taking pictures every now and then. Of course there’s so much more to explore and I hope we’ll go back there someday.
River picnic
Tuesday, 7 July 2015
Summer is actually the only season when the small gravel road along the Straneggbach, located in Upper Austria, which leads to the foot of some nice mountains of the Tote Gebirge, isn’t closed due to the hunting or the winter season. So I decided to take the chance and this road in June to spend a relaxed evening in this area I haven’t been since 2013. Although there is only one direction where you can get the mountains and the creek in the frame, the scenery looks different every time, because of the always changing channel the water takes in the riverbed.
A pheasant in the red light of the very first sun. You can find them almost everywhere here in spring.
Every now and than we encountered a fox. Since I'm still very unsuccessful when it comes to fox photography in Austria, I was very delighted about these moments.
Waiting for the roe deer. No, it didn’t appear ;)
A chamois just having a look after a snowy night in early June.
The peak of one of the countless summits of the Andes crashing into this small herd of guanacos at sunset.
Very delightful early morning conditions after some hours of hiking. The Patagonian landscapes really offer an enormous range of stunning vistas.
A blind shot taken in almost complete darkness at ISO16000, f2.8, 1/5sec. I really like how this image turned out, because for me it represents the conditions, in which the human eye actually fails, very well. Luckily I could clearly hear his screams, so I had an idea where the bull is located.
Since in December there is early summer in Patagonia most of the flowers were in full bloom. Especially in Lanín National Park we came across lots of these graceful lilies.
Kingdom of dignity part I
Sunday, 24 July 2016
Alpine ibexes. I just love to photograph them. So far they are probably my favorite subject to capture. And although I have been in their kingdom for only four times yet, I can say that they are my most productive project and I think they could be my “main project” for the next couple of years. Let’s see … This year I’ve been up in the mountain areas of Austria’s High Tauern National Park one time at the end of May, where I still experienced snowy conditions on some days, and one time at the end of June. It’s incredible how fast everything is changing and coming to life in only one month. The mountain summers are short indeed.
Even when the sun is already higher up in the sky, the light can be absolutely pretty.
Briksdalsbreen glacier, another glimpse of Jostedalsbreen.
Arrival in front of Lake Neusiedl.
The Martagon Lily is probably one of the most underrated flowers in nature photography. As far as I know they are not nearly that popular than the Lady’s Slipper Orchid or Chess Flowers, but in my opinion they’re not less beautiful at all.
One of those extremely shy birds placed itself in this gorgeous spring setting.
Oxlips again. This spring I was especially looking for this kind of flowers-infront-of-a-stream setting.
Spring flowers actually can be found almost everywhere. Sometimes you might just have to take a closer look. All shown pictures have been made in the woods, wetlands and on the meadows pretty close to my home. Hope you'll drop by here again for the second and third set. See you!
On all the days with heavy winds the charismatic woods of this region are always a great place to take a rest.
A hare in a frost covered meadow in Upper Austria. Not one of the friendliest spring mornings, but with good conditions for photography.
Although the wetland bulls are bigger than the ones on higher sea level, the rut in the mountains is actually more exciting.
A sea of color in a rocky environment.
It took me a whole day of running up and down this stream to find a composition which at least pays a little justice to the magic of this place. All the different mystic trees and lichen covered bushes growing on the rocky ground made this area so special. Finally I hiked up to this location four times to get some sweet conditions. I certainly couldn't manage to capture all the beauty of this place, but I guess this is my best attempt.
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