Bear country … Kuikka Base Camp, Finland

The Magic Light from a night in the bear country in Eastern Finland (Kuikka Base Camp, Kuhmo Finland).

Please enjoy, I did …

All our gratitude to the Sami and Lassi Rautiainen

New guardians on the English graveyard …

The other night there was some new guardians on the English graveyard, Hanö, Blekinge.

Don’t be afraid.

All the best Thorsten

Triplet in gulls …

After a long weekend with good friends in PhotoNatura at the Island of Hanö, I am now struggling with processing all my photos. On the east side of the island there is a large colony of gulls which also host some razorbills.  Here is a first preview 🙂

All the best Thorsten

Red-throated loon …

Red-throated loon is reasonably common  in marshy areas with many small ponds  in the middle and northern Sweden (from the county of Västmanland,  Dalarna and Värmland and further north).

We had the pleasure to watch this couple last weekend during a frosty morning at Knudshöjdsmossen, Västmanland.

Best, Thorsten

 

Martim-pescador-grande …

 

The Portuguese name is to me much more suitable than the English; Ringed Kingfisher. The largest and the most common kingfisher you can see along the rivers and wetlands in the Pantanal area, Brazil.

Best,  Thorsten

5 av 5 … What’s Your Favorite Place on Earth?

… one of mine  is certainly the African savanna in Kenya. Experiencing the magnificence of colors at sunset accompanied by a rising thunderstorm at the horizon is very powerful. What’s Your Favorite Place on Earth?

All the best Thorsten

Moose calfs …

En tidig morgon för ett par veckor sedan mötte jag dessa tvillingar tillsammans med sin mor. Ett trevligt möte, men lite förvånad blev jag nog över hur pass små kalvarna faktisk var vid denna tid på året (slutet på augusti).

Ha de Thorsten

Upplev flyttfågelsträcken över Öland – workshop med Klintphoto

Ta chansen att uppleva och fotografera tiotusentals gäss och tranor och samtidigt lära dig hantera naturligt ljust och komposition. Vid den här tidpunkten på året har du chansen att fotografera 10 000 tals vitkindade gäss när de kommer inflygande från havet i soluppgången. Följ med oss på The Magic of Light workshop på det trevliga Galleriet Blå Porten, Öland, under flyttfåglarnas högsäsong.Veckoslutskurs 3 – 5 oktober 2014.  DET FINNS FORTFARANDE PLATSER KVAR …. ett tag till !

För mer information se Klintphoto.com eller skriv en rad till mig!

 

Early morning at Öland – the place for the great migration

Tidig morgon vid en tångbank på Öland. Ett stor antal vadarfåglar samlas efter nattens flyttning för att äta och vila.

Ha de Thorsten

Kuikka base camp – a heaven for wildlife photographers

 

Kuikka base camp is situated not far from Kuhmo in Finland, close to the Russia border. The base camp is placed on a peninsula in lake Kuikkajärvi and surrounded by vast pine tree forest.

This time we were guided by the knowledgeable photographer and writer Magnus Elander and local wildlife professional Sami Rautiainen. This place turned out to be a heaven for photographing and watching bears, wolfs, wolverines and eagles. There were opportunities to make close-up photographs as well as more scenic pictures. The varieties of habitats were a great asset, including lakes, forest and open marshland areas.

After staying awake 5 nights in a row we were rewarded by numerous bear-sightings, a couple of wolverines lurking around the hide and in the last night we had the good fortune to observe interactions between bears and wolfs a couple of times. Of course there were many hours of “none-activity” but it was ok to fill with photographing ravens and white tailed eagles. To have the opportunity to watch animals in this large wilderness felt like a privilege. Kuikka base camp is probably the best place in northern Europa for wildlife photography.

All the best Thorsten