Sitting Puffin
Ok this weeks photo is of a puffin, one of my favourite birds which I happened to photographed at one of my favourite places – the Shetlands!! Really looking forward to heading back there in July for 2 weeks.
Just a simple photo of a very striking subject.
Taken with the Canon 1D Mark IV, 500mm f/4L IS. ISO 1600. 1/320 sec @ f/5.
Winter Roe Deer
A bit late with this weeks photo…
Taken a couple of years ago.
Taken with the Canon 1D Mark IV, 500mm f/4L IS. ISO 1600. 1/500 sec @ f/4.
Round 2 has been marked and results can be seen here - Resultater, omgang 2/2013. Another record round for the competition!!
You can check out the Gold and silver images (40 points and above) on the competition blog - Round 1 and Round 2.
And for those who want to keep an eye on the overall standings check out Henrik Strømstad´s blog post where you can see the combined results from the first two rounds of the competition - Resultatene i NM Naturfoto etter 2 runder.
My five entries can be seen below with the points awarded.
(Remember to click on the image to see a larger sharper version.)
Mating Roe Deer – 43 points
Mosquitoes and Bear – 39 points
Black Grouse – 38 points
Hiding Food – 35 points
Tufted Duck – 34 points
Greylag Goose Displaying – Click on the image to see a larger, sharper version.
I took this image just a couple of days ago at Østensjøvannet in Oslo, Norway. I was actually looking for Goldeneyes which usually spend a short about of time at the lake as they move north as the temperature increases but the lake is still frozen due to the cold temperatures we have been having. So I went for a walk on the lake and found a few swans and geese. This one is doing some sort of display to a couple of other geese sitting to the right out of frame.
Taken with the Canon 5D Mark III, 500mm f/4L IS + 1.4X teleconverter. ISO 800. 1/2000 sec @ f/8. Camera and lens resting on the snow to get as low an angle as possible. I used a Right Angle Finder to save my neck!!
Lacs de Fenêtre, Valais, Switzerland. Click on the image to see a much larger and better detailed version.
Decided to start posting a ‘Photo of the Week’ every Sunday. I’m processing a lot of material at the moment and thought I’d share some of the images that really standout to me as some of my better work. Sometimes it might even be an image taken during that particular week but I’m notorious for loving an image one day and hating it the next so I generally ‘sit’ on images for a few months before I finally make up my mind!!
So to this weeks image – Taken last September at Lacs de Fenêtre, Switzerland. We were blessed with some wonderful colour in sky.
Taken with Canon 5D Mark III with Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L @ 38mm. ISO 100. 5 exposures bracket around 1/6 sec @ f/11. Processed in Photomatrix and Lightroom 4.