Sunday, 26 April 2009

First light


Springtime is probably the most beautiful time of the year. The only problem is that the days are to short! The last couple of weeks have been very busy with the signing of a book contract, talks and meetings, but this weekend my friend and colleague Ole Jørgen Liodden has been visiting and we found some time to take some pictures.

Shelducks are rather shy, but by using good camouflage we managed to get within shooting distance of the amorous ducks. As with the Capercaillie from my last post, the testosterone levels were obviously high. The males were constantly chasing each other around, trying to prove their dominance to the waiting females.

The forecast for the coming days are good so I will probably go back to this location again to try to capture even more Shelduck action. The best images are still inside my head.

2 comments:

Liam said...

1st shot is amazing! I look forward to more!

Roy Mangersnes said...

Thanx Liam :-)