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Fairy lands part III - New Zealand part IX

Monday, 13 January 2020

It's time for the third and last set of my Fiordland images. As mostly I hope the pictures can speak a little bit for themselves and it's not necessary to write that much. Just one more thing to say: Beside enjoying the overwhelming beauty of the natural world there, it was such a huge delight to witness the excitement of our son during all the hikes, especially about the forests and the sounds of the birds. So enriching for all of us.

Wonderful elevated wetland above the rainforest.

There are literally thousands of temporary waterfalls on all the steeps slopes which are coming down the walls all of a sudden after some heavy rainfalls.

Super lovely light and colors on a super rainy day.

Fog is always a great pleasure for me when it comes to forest photography.

The colors of the moss above the dense forest are quite different to the ones in lower areas.

Most of the time the skies are coverd in thick clouds ...

... but every now and then it also clears up.

Most areas of the forests are rather impenetrable and so hiking trails are sometimes a good opportunity to set up the tripod.

One of the wet entrances to this wonderland.
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Fairy lands part II - New Zealand part VIII

Thursday, 9 January 2020

Finally I managed to process all my New Zealand images, which only took me nine months ;P So, it's time again to share some of them and after my little Recap 2019 I'll continue with the second set of Fiordland pictures. The Fiordland National Park was established back in 1952 and it's New Zealand's largest national park stretching over an area of 12,500 km². This fantastic place is one of the areas with the highest rainfalls on earth which are responsible for the mesmerizing evergreen flora containing about 700 species which can only be found there. But beside the obvious amazing habitat of rainforests and mountains on land, the park also implicates ten marine reserves which cover 100 km² of inner fiord marine habitat. Hope you'll enjoy the images. Cheers.

My attempt of creating a hopefully rather uncommon image of Mitre Peak.

Moss and ferns covering almost everything.

After the thick rain clouds started to scatter a bit, they revealed a brief glimpse to the surrounding mountains.

If you look closely you can see, that everthing is completely soaked.

Of course, there are also times of sunshine.

Green as far as one can see.

The outgoing tide offered a view to the interesting structures on the ground.

Streams, rivers and the fiords are actually the only lower areas which are not covered in green.

There are also pretty heavy winds in the fiords quite often, which can totally blow away the water falls coming down the steep slopes.
On this occasion I would like to point out to the last DIN A3 "Habitats 2020" calendars I still have in stock. Take a look at the entrie preview here.

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Recap 2019

Thursday, 2 January 2020

As 2019 came to an end it's time again for a little recap of the last twelve months. Since this was our first full year as parents, I guess it's needless to say, that we had a quite exciting time with countless enriching moments, new experiences and challenges. And beside that this was also my first full year as a professional nature photographer. Certainly the most exciting time and my most productive period when it comes to photography was our stay in New Zealand at the beginning of the year. But, of course, due to our son and also due to my new profession, I couldn't go out just shooting for my own as often as I did the years before. So, my photographic output mainly contains images of New Zealand and images I took during workshops or on assignment. The pictures you can see below are just a few of my personal favorites of 2019. I mixed up the chronological order and again you'll find some technical information for each picture.

Canon EOS 7DII, Sigma 120-300mm F2,8 DG OS HSM Sports, handheld
f3.2, ISO800, -0.33EV, 1/1600sec., 120mm

Canon EOS 7DII, Sigma 120-300mm F2,8 DG OS HSM Sports, Sigma TC 1401, handheld
f4.5, ISO200, 1/500sec., 420mm

Canon EOS 5DIII, EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM, tripod, bubble level, polarizer, 0.9 soft GND filter
f20, ISO800, -1.33EV, 0.4sec., 16mm

Canon EOS 5DIII, EF 17-40mm f/4L USM, tripod, bubble level, polarizer
f14, ISO100, +0.33EV, 10sec., 20mm

Canon EOS 7DII, Sigma 120-300mm F2,8 DG OS HSM Sports, Sigma TC 1401, handheld
f10, ISO500, 1/2500sec., 168mm

Canon EOS 7DII, Sigma 120-300mm F2,8 DG OS HSM Sports, handheld
f5, ISO400, -1.33EV, 1/800sec., 120mm

Canon EOS 5DIII, EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM, tripod, bubble level, polarizer
f14, ISO400, -1.33EV, 1sec., 16mm

Canon EOS 5DIII, Sigma 120-300mm F2,8 DG OS HSM Sports, handheld
f9, ISO250, -0.33EV, 1/160sec., 182mm

Canon EOS 5DIII, EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM, tripod, bubble level, 0.6 hard GND filter
f18, ISO100, -2EV, 1/5sec., 16mm
Last but not least I would like to thank you all for your interest in my work. I deeply hope it helps just a bit to raise awareness for the beauty, fragility and importance of the natural world surrounding us. In this sense I wish you all a great 2020 full of love, peace, health and outdoor experiences. Let's face the big challenges of our time and take real care of the planet.

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