Newsblog

Even at the beginning of June there are lots of deep snow fields they have to cross sometimes.
Usually I got up at 04:00 a.m. and started searching for the ibexes close to the area I saw them the last day when it got dark. And it never took me longer than an hour to get in touch with them again. From then on I moved around with the herd until about 10:00 a.m., made a break and started again around for hours later and stayed on their side until darkness. So I actually spent approximately 13 hours every day with these mammals and I think as a result of that I also could come very close from time to time.

... and this cyclamen. (© Peter Haggenmüller)

Austria's highest peak hidden behind a layer of colorful clouds as the sun delivers its last light.

All the little flowers try to suck in as much sunlight as possible, like these lovely Pileworts.
Of course the time of these early flowering spring creatures is definitely over now, but they will be back next season for sure. So let's look forward to them and the good vibes they deliver when they start to pop up after the rather grey winter and bring back some dots of colors into the woods.

Monkey Puzzle Trees in a lovely setting at the Argenitnian-Chilean border.
Since we started our journey in Punta Arenas and ended it in San Diago de Chile, the northern parts of Patagonia and the lake district completed our adventure. But no worries, this image series doesn't complete my Patagonian photographs ;) Hope you'res still curious what's left in the pipeline ...

A wonderful lupine meadow at sunset somewhere along the way.

Often the flowers are hidden in the already high grass of June.

I just love how this one turned out. Taken in almost completely darkness at ISO16.000, f2.8, 1/60 (-3EV) with +0.6EV in post processing and no noise reduction.

As you can see, this is one of these images which do not work in web resolution. So I decide to enclose a 50% and a 100% crop (on retina displays you should only see the 100% crop) of the animals here. I cannot wait to see this one as a large print on my wall. I guess I just managed to fully catch the experience I had at this moment and that’s why this image is so important to me.
Similar to my chess flower images, I will do three sets of images of my last two alpine ibex shootings. I hope you liked this first part and you will come back here for the next one. Have a great Sunday everyone, thanks for your attention :)

Rain, sun. Sun, rain. Fast changing and always exciting conditions.

Searching for prey in the endless carpet of reed.

From time to time we stumbled over some beautiful wild flowers.
The second highland area I invite you to take a look at here is called Myrkdalen, as far as I know. We had no idea of this place but we passed it on our way south. We drove a long mountain road full of great vistas, so of course we had to stay here at least for this one night.

The sun comes up pretty late there. But when it does, it hits you hard ;) I did this image with my eyes closed.

Just a very short glimpse to the trees as the clouds scattered for a brief moment in the evening.

A little fight.

... and the graceful Wood Anemones.

I'm wondering if orcas sometimes also feed on flying petrels ...?!

There are just a few trees up in the mountains which can be used for hiding.

A picture-perfect couple on a rainy day.
As I said the Lady’s Slipper Orchid is extremely rare and strictly protected but certainly among Austria’s most spectacular wildflowers and for sure the most spectacular orchid here. Beside the beauty of the plant I like the fact that the blooming period is around June, when most of the other (spring) flowers are already faded. Due to the two new locations I’m already looking forward to this year’s season to check out all the new opportunities there.

Like every subadult being, also the ibexes are full of energy all the time.

Snow, rain, sun, heavy and fast moving clouds and a stunning surrounding. Rough, but beautiful dramatic conditions.
Unfortunately capturing the main subject in a very small scale is kind of a problem when it comes to the web. All of my 3:2 images on this website have a size of 800px (1600px on retina displays) on their longer side and the original files are about 5500px. So as you can imagine most of the details get lost during resizing.

This was actually my first time I photographed wild crocus. There was an absolutely amazing amount of thousands of these flowers on these meadows, but since I was there a little bit too early, I just found three flowers with open blossoms.

Since they’re permanently in motion and mostly crammed together, it was quite difficult to capture them in an appealing pose.

Canon EOS 50D, EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM, handheld (eyes closed because of the hard light)
f25, ISO250, 1/8000sec., 220mm

Although autumn was already on the way, the lushness of the green reminds me of spring.

Another day ends.

Mute Swans are actually quite common in Austria, but nevertheless they make a great subject.

As you can see, penguin don't always live in icy habitats ...

Two perfectly aligned guanacos. One of my 2016 favorites.

• Showcase
• About
• Shop
• Workshops
• Projects
• Newsblog
• Galleries
• Contact

RK on
RK on