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Just before Christmas I was lucky enough to experience and photograph Oryx rut in Samburu National park (in northern Kenya). Actually I went there (along with my friend Bent Olsen) fully intending to photograph leopards, but it was the Oryx which interested me the most on this safari. One afternoon we saw a herd of [...]
I'm now back from a successful photo safari to Africa. This time we started in Rwanda with an intense two day trek looking for gorillas in the Volcano National Park, on the border to Uganda and the Congo. The agenda for both days called for a relatively medium length 1.5 hour walk each way. This [...]
1-7 SEPTEMBER 2011, SOLD OUT This photo safari of 1-7 September 2011 goes to one of the world’s seven wonders – the Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya, where 1.5 million wildebeest are migrating at this time of year. In addition, there’s also lots of other interesting wildlife to see and photograph. The camp is [...]
Exploring the Okavango delta in Botswana had been one of my long term dream photo safaries. In mid-November, I had the opportunity to visit this area, and what place it was! As the largest inland delta in the world it contains thousands of birds and animals. Seba camp, located on the west side of the [...]
Today I've been photographing trees and snow crystals in -24°C temperatures, close to where I live in Norway. It is not extremely cold, but it's important to dress in layers to stay warm! The important thing when photographing under cold conditions is not to let your cameras and lenses warm too fast when coming inside. [...]
I'm back from my African expedition, with eight great days in Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Together with my good friend and colleague Roy Mangersnes, I've had many unique experiences and photo opportunities, resulting in almost 20,000 photos. I want to share some of these images with you in several upcoming blogs. First out is the [...]
On the second photo expedition to Svalbard this past summer (27/8-3/9), we experienced a rare situation between a Polar bear and a Glaucous gull. A polar bear suddenly dove and swam a good 10-15 meters underwater before it attacked the surprised young gull. I have never seen anything like this on previous expeditions to Svalbard, [...]
During the Svalbard expedition in late July, I had some interesting encounters with the Arctic Fox and Arctic Tern. The fox could not restrain itself from trying to steal eggs or chicks from the Arctic Terns and the adult terns defended their nests bravely. Several times the terns attacked and nipped at the ears and [...]
This summer I have been able to photograph the Eurasian Eagle-owl twice on the west coast of Norway. This is the biggest owl in Europe, and is for many people a mysterious and rare owl, since it is nocturnal. The usual challenges of night photography are slow shutter speeds, noisy high ISOs, problems with AF [...]
It's been about 10 years since I've seen a slow-worm, but last week one suddenly popped up in my own garden. I quickly gathered up my Nikon 105/2.8 VR macro lens and my macro flashes. The sun was about to set which gave an exciting but also very challenging background. The distance and the strength [...]