Sunday, 11 July 2010

Getting personal


I have been visiting Ole Martin three times now, and still I get surprised by the enthusiasm shown by this marvellous nature guide. This time I went together with the product specialist of Nikon Norway and representatives from pro dealer “Stavanger Foto”. They wanted to see how Norway Nature is run, as well as learning about the challenges (and joys!!) nature photographers are facing in their work. We spent three days with Ole Martin, and had a blast!



I wanted to get close up and personal with the eagles and spent a lot of time with the 500mm in a rocking boat. The wind was good however, so the birds came in very close to the boat. Still, the White-tailed Eagle is not a slow diver so I had my challenges keeping up. The framerate is great for this kind of photography, and several shots came out quit nicely.



Now I will be spending the next week moving into a new house, so I guess there will not be much photography done - but I will be back!

Have a great summer!

5 comments:

Monica Helén said...

Fyyyyyy fillern, -de ørnebildene dine er så bra at de tar pusten fra meg...! Jeg syns slike bilder er utrolig flotte å se på uansett hva slags dyr/fugl det er, men ørnene.... de er det noe helt spesielt med, og det vil det nok alltid være for meg også..
500mm i en båt...? Kan tenke meg at dét ikke er helt enkelt? Men med rask lukkertid og den hastigheten Nikon kameraene tar bilder i, går det vel greit likevel, ser det ut til? =)
Jeg hadde nok bare satt meg ned og stura, med det utstyret jeg har til dags dato. Blir ikke noe morro.

Marka said...

Awesome eagle photographs!

Anonymous said...

Fuglebildene bildene dine holder en høy estetisk og teknisk kvalitet!

Du burde legge ut noen i galleriet på fugleforum.no :)

Øystein Søbye said...

Det første bildet er blant de mest originale ørnebildene fra Flatanger. Meget bra!

Roy Mangersnes said...

Kjekt å høre Øystein :-)

Roy