Thanks Ole!

Springtime for us as nature-photographers is like party every day! But springtime in Scandinavia is even a bigger party, two elusive birds start to show themselves and perform a spectacular display, in the middle of ancient forests and bogs: the huge Capercaillie and noisy Black grouse.

Displays don't last that long however, so to have the best of the best, you need to plan your photography very careful! Our company Tierra Photo Tours was lucky to be able to book a week at Ole's place this year to photograph 'his' Capercaillie and 'his' Black grouse at exactly the right time!

 

Both species are displaying in a wonderful scenery here in Flatanger: the Caper performs it's show in an ancient boreal forest and the Black grouse on a bog in a fjord. Both spectacular spots, that are so photogenic you don't even need a bird to love the landscape! Birds were in the middle of their highest courtship, and we witnessed fighting, mating and lot's of impressing of rivals! So a lot of good photo- opportunities!

                            

On our previous trips to Norway with Ole, we have found out that options here are endless, so this trip turned out to be another head-cracking time of choices: do we want to do the Capercaillie tomorrow, or the Black grouse, or the White tailed eagles and gulls, or the Red squirrels and Bullfinches and Crested tits, or do we want to shoot landscapes in the spectacular ancient boreal rainforest,...?? Too much to choose, and that's why we come here ànd come back, time after time!

 

Looking forward to our next visit, Ole, and keep up the good work!

Thanks! Yves Adams Tierra Photo Tours

Back for the 5th time ☺

Our 5th visit to Lauvsnes was again a joy and inspiration.

The light is always changing in the Norwegian fjords and this combined with ample opportunities to meet eagles and gulls feels like paradise. Every time we expect the unexpected and it happens again and again.

Beautiful warm light at sunset, dark skies with stripes of sun in between, soft diffuse light, ultimate backlight conditions: conditions that can be optimally used and enjoyed through the expert guidance of Ole.

New experiments with slow shutter speeds and unusual or extreme light conditions provided new insights in many more options. We will come back to continue this voyage of discovery on a next occasion later this year and in visits to come.

Jan van der Greef, The Netherlands (www.insightintonature.com)

NRK den 17. april

Da må jeg bare fortelle at Tirsdag den 17.April er det en del god naturfilming fra Flatanger på NRK.

Oktober 2011 hadde jeg besøk av kunstnere fra www.artistsfornature.com . Dette syntes NRK var så spennende at Ulf Myrvold ville lage "Ut I Naturen" fra Flatanger i denne forbindelse, så det ble mange spennende turer både med kunstnerne og NRK. Statskanalen hadde jo 3 forskjellige kameramenn her ute så jeg er utrolig spent på hva dette blir:-) Phuuuu.

Ulf Myrvold sier at det ser meget bra ut og jeg liter på det. Programmet vil hete "Ørnemannen og Kunstnerne" mener jeg at det ble. Men så fikk jeg oppringing fra NRK i Bergen om jeg kunne komme på besøk i "Førkveld" samme dag, altså kvelden den 17.April det også. Flyskrekken må bare vike. Billetter på flyreise har ankommet og da må ørnemannen stille til direktesending mellom kl 1800-1840 denne kvelden. Skal ikke på Børs kafe etterpå. Rett heim til mine forografer som venter.

Men jeg håper Dere der sprer ryktet om en ubarbert ørneguide som vil dukke opp to ganger den 17.April.

Men jeg håper jeg ikke dummer meg helt ut. Dere får vurdere. Ønsk meg lykke til da for pokker!! Jeg får jo ikke med meg noe av dette denne kvelden.