Thank you Ole Martin!

The wildlife, especially the spectacular White Tailed Sea Eagle, have for me never bean better than this spring of 2009. 

Mid May and perfect weather conditions gave us a lot of photography possibilities. The first evening we had about 30 eagle dives. That is overwhelming! 

We had almost the same number of dives the second evening. The only limit to success under such conditions is the photographer's skills and willingness to work hard to get the special images. 

Svein Wik, Norway

www.norfoto.no

Nature and hospitality in perfect harmony.

As a travel photographer I am used to movement and action. I was uncertain whether I could sit still for hours in a hide, waiting for something to happen. I could - and it was great! The silence and the perceptible proximity of nature made it an experience of the special art. 

I will never forget the moment, when the Goshawk silently approached. He was very shy and carefully looked around before he started to feed on the bait. That was the long waited moment to start taking pictures. He stayed for about an hour, before he left. 

But there was also action. After a whole day without any visit of Eagles, we got rewarded the next day with a spectacular show of three fighting Eagles. It was an extremely fast event and lasted only a few seconds. 

A visit to a natural park allowed us to photograph Lynx, Arctic Fox und Wolves in their natural environment. And on the way to the park we visited a hide in a clearing to photograph Moose. 

I will certainly return to this wonderful place, at which nature and hospitality are in perfect harmony. 
Thank you Ole Martin, for having made this wonderful experience possible! 

Rudolf Hug, Switzerland 

More pictures of Rudolf at:
www.rudolf-hug.ch 

Regal Eagles

23 – 28/02/2009

This was my first trip to Norway and to the realm of eagles and The Eagle Man Ole Martin Dahle.

I was not disappointed!

Yes there were times of bad light and too much falling snow, but what can you expect in February?

To sit in Ole Martins eagle hide at the “first knockings” of daylight and hear the sound of an eagle calling just meters above your head is to be communing with nature on another level!

For the first-time visitor, as I was, this was something of a heart-stopping moment; but nothing to compare with the visual spectacle I got when one of these awesome birds came in to feed, just a few meters in front of me.

From the first day to the last I was privileged to photograph wild White-tailed and Golden Eagle in the beauty of their natural surroundings – in short, Ole Martin gave me a most unique opportunity – which, to be honest, is the “stuff” of a wildlife photographers dreams.

Wild eagles in wild Norway exhibiting natural behaviour – what else can I say except “Utrolig!!!”.

After returning to the UK from my visit with Ole Martin Dahle the only question I ask myself is “When am I going back?”.

 Andy Astbury, Wildlife in Pixels

http://www.wildlifeinpixels.com

andy@wildlifeinpixels.com