tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46864151334000456422024-03-06T07:13:36.301+01:00Wildlife Photography Sebastian ErrasSebastian Errashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00675962504539865023noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686415133400045642.post-18890961819461420272011-05-12T19:08:00.000+02:002011-05-13T22:37:08.868+02:00Malaysia<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A small update after months of silence.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I am still living in Paris and I plan to stay here a little longer, as I really like it here. However that doesn't keep me away from traveling and exploring the world a little. Beginning of April I went to Malaysia with family for 10 days and as always i took my photo equipment with me. I was fortunate enough to capture some of the beautiful wildlife Malaysia has to offer. At our hotel there was always a group of monkeys walking over the rooftops and stealing food from the guests. I managed to get some shots of the monkeys and during a walk through the jungle I had several encounters with spiders (big ones!!). I added some images to give you a very small impression of Malaysia. I recommend to everyone to visit the country, as it is very beautiful and full of wildlife!!</span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ncp9OqtpPcPCIcoU1oetzan3LrgHoZyccmNF2zEjkF4-YNf0jgt-H5r0tPKIc8aI7iLrwDIygNssXPTvbrfLU3b3gu9TD35kQDFGdCT71R-SxGSoZAJx0lrbYVxCHRkfhiaGFHoDDm_4/s1600/Malaysia-047.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ncp9OqtpPcPCIcoU1oetzan3LrgHoZyccmNF2zEjkF4-YNf0jgt-H5r0tPKIc8aI7iLrwDIygNssXPTvbrfLU3b3gu9TD35kQDFGdCT71R-SxGSoZAJx0lrbYVxCHRkfhiaGFHoDDm_4/s320/Malaysia-047.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605878743321271186" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz-DaC5fqFBbs7v4rcL8usM-Y9VxXLE0JIQxNht_kuMrqF_6qzSD9Rsth8kDfKZOo3PhJH6Vm7CWgzRUftDvivUl-c4iZo0rk2-6OpqkxTT_89ehlusdgBCF-QD7r8mukmzEd6xdWY2ePy/s1600/Malaysia-046.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHuo58QkoOacW-PRq-pgSKpP7vldk2eQQL1AIUJHNXJ6F_1EQvZrXBEW9dq8gfo3UWIE8f9vLq5T66gd8eO4yD4rUUpEInKFZr2np5FMVWiBKYfGpB5nDcE5z90rk8RQudlyD7LXWoS3nX/s320/Malaysia-073.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605880361967516434" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivFnwEEw4sk1jImYc6uv6qpM7qJTEuVXV5NDl8jvcB6UWgogeiU_vTrELFCyyheMcjwFTDrvjM_2VBuZw56vjgtl24gYP-F8izlI6q1jgZkbj9pHXH-rmNNNNOiar0MtthusLSWZqJ1htx/s1600/Malaysia-066.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivFnwEEw4sk1jImYc6uv6qpM7qJTEuVXV5NDl8jvcB6UWgogeiU_vTrELFCyyheMcjwFTDrvjM_2VBuZw56vjgtl24gYP-F8izlI6q1jgZkbj9pHXH-rmNNNNOiar0MtthusLSWZqJ1htx/s320/Malaysia-066.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605880356694629154" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The images were taken with a Canon 7D - EF-s 17-55/2.8 - EF 70-200/4 iS</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Spring has also arrived here in Paris since a few weeks, but I haven't found an opportunity yet to shoot urban wildlife, maybe it's due the lack of "wildlife" in the city, but I will keep my eyes open! A few days ago I sold one of my images to the german magazine "Ein Herz für Tiere" and the image of a swimming deer will be shown in issue No. 7.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A bientôt.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><br /></div></div>Sebastian Errashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00675962504539865023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686415133400045642.post-87680112380460407792011-01-09T11:52:00.003+01:002011-01-09T11:57:57.992+01:00A new Year - A new LifeThe new year already started and my life also started into a new direction.<br />Last week I moved to Paris to study French and work afterwards here in Paris.<br />Thats also the reason why it has been really quiet here lately. I hope I will manage<br />to do some urban wildlife in Paris, but that will probably take some time and preparation<br />until I will have some new images.<br /><br />Anyway I wish everyone a happy and healthy 2011!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4etvqiNzv_XuJum8quVEsUhC9pZtn3Wq8un5p2RZ6A3TW7F8cRa8uCLU9s5dqL9WrOH64hbv_H3Q-rEBQZO1HZ3e2WFOVQprZdzgOJBMzya4QcWVFiO3DSDknmdHPuzNrvjj-aYI-paLj/s1600/Yash_Paris_010.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4etvqiNzv_XuJum8quVEsUhC9pZtn3Wq8un5p2RZ6A3TW7F8cRa8uCLU9s5dqL9WrOH64hbv_H3Q-rEBQZO1HZ3e2WFOVQprZdzgOJBMzya4QcWVFiO3DSDknmdHPuzNrvjj-aYI-paLj/s320/Yash_Paris_010.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560138398247768018" /></a><br /><br />Yashicamat 124G - Fuji Astia 100 - cross-processedSebastian Errashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00675962504539865023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686415133400045642.post-20511489133631912282010-06-24T12:29:00.006+02:002010-06-24T13:24:08.238+02:00Rare and beautiful orchids2 Days ago I visited a location in Bavaria to photograph orchids. There were 2 main species, which we were trying to find - Wanzenknabenkraut (anacamptis coriophror) and the Late Spider orchid (ophrys holoserica). After a few minutes walking we arrived at a field in a forest and close to a small lake and found the first late spider orchids. Unfortunately were a week too late and the orchid already withered, but we were still able to find some to photograh. It's the first time that I saw this orchid and I was amazed to see the variety of colors and textures on this orchid.<br /><br /><a rel="lightbox[Late Spider orchid & Bug orchid]" title="Late Spider orchid - Hummelragwurz - ophrys holoserica" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjotKAgULyEfPnNdNjtSIc4Dw8RsUYd5W7Ji5A6j7-Js-350w8KzgA0tQg5w95NEcjif3T6RuP9E17OhWR8oI7QT3k_pY1WkAgZANg90lBcLdDnUhlFQtMYH2B_GnwzzJj4OnIEUNrNDxA0/s1600/IMG_8959.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjotKAgULyEfPnNdNjtSIc4Dw8RsUYd5W7Ji5A6j7-Js-350w8KzgA0tQg5w95NEcjif3T6RuP9E17OhWR8oI7QT3k_pY1WkAgZANg90lBcLdDnUhlFQtMYH2B_GnwzzJj4OnIEUNrNDxA0/s320/IMG_8959.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486287563936932546" /></a><br /><span class="fullpost"><br /><a rel="lightbox[Late Spider orchid & Bug orchid]" title="Late Spider orchid - Hummelragwurz - ophrys holoserica" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJkB67PPGe20ntAYxREkq67-GyDJ4e3YejYMwijA8s68m_jOP22nLtV_3hgyCuIP9kuXiwS_Dl_SDMV8To833LwCjqD7J2UmQdgDCzB7FKw867dumMCuMa-YyEQ61ZnPo9v4kc4egvQZdX/s1600/IMG_9061.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJkB67PPGe20ntAYxREkq67-GyDJ4e3YejYMwijA8s68m_jOP22nLtV_3hgyCuIP9kuXiwS_Dl_SDMV8To833LwCjqD7J2UmQdgDCzB7FKw867dumMCuMa-YyEQ61ZnPo9v4kc4egvQZdX/s320/IMG_9061.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486287591272887938" /></a><br /><a rel="lightbox[Late Spider orchid & Bug orchid]" title="Late Spider orchid - Hummelragwurz - ophrys holoserica" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA5qxB84IcvLMr1uJcFuPG1kN6AfZYkpv2jzdFuArZnnPCqwfyEoENaEminCJi-NjSwgCJanSLPHWmBvN9dxw_QEvdjyPLE4pEWu40mCbjw1gEfScGs4awr5A776ujob_pYL49Gn8BiI-R/s1600/IMG_8988.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA5qxB84IcvLMr1uJcFuPG1kN6AfZYkpv2jzdFuArZnnPCqwfyEoENaEminCJi-NjSwgCJanSLPHWmBvN9dxw_QEvdjyPLE4pEWu40mCbjw1gEfScGs4awr5A776ujob_pYL49Gn8BiI-R/s320/IMG_8988.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486287588316770770" /></a><br /><a rel="lightbox[Late Spider orchid & Bug orchid]" title="Late Spider orchid - Hummelragwurz - ophrys holoserica" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN_aJ2vO9gLaOO4PwfcDSEpSzLSRddpNX65xPdkDvTCI_VM9cUKxyVl40qM-auMfXOoxFYfnF7OaQo5cwAzwfVRjsfYHYs3k2fbV2YFJ_bpYRpxRe5s7AU8QJE3rynSB2BaTcv__D07Bv0/s1600/IMG_8973.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN_aJ2vO9gLaOO4PwfcDSEpSzLSRddpNX65xPdkDvTCI_VM9cUKxyVl40qM-auMfXOoxFYfnF7OaQo5cwAzwfVRjsfYHYs3k2fbV2YFJ_bpYRpxRe5s7AU8QJE3rynSB2BaTcv__D07Bv0/s320/IMG_8973.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486287583720986914" /></a><br /><a rel="lightbox[Late Spider orchid & Bug orchid]" title="Late Spider orchid - Hummelragwurz - ophrys holoserica" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5JT_T8CA8ruj0kX-3CkEIgcibpN41he8bpt8VqewGTd4MuDc7bBIQHTCrsFyUz9Hz__h7JQLdwY6H-wUjjmuvWhGu5A8r5LchQ82HNB2A_DdM5Nm9I4pq3qSSRuhwQVVti_pKCoQGwAq3/s1600/IMG_8963.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5JT_T8CA8ruj0kX-3CkEIgcibpN41he8bpt8VqewGTd4MuDc7bBIQHTCrsFyUz9Hz__h7JQLdwY6H-wUjjmuvWhGu5A8r5LchQ82HNB2A_DdM5Nm9I4pq3qSSRuhwQVVti_pKCoQGwAq3/s320/IMG_8963.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486287580334854786" /></a><br /><br /><br />I also tried to photograph the full orchid, but that was quite a challenge with the high grass.<br />After photographing the late spider orchid, we decided to walk a little further to see if could find one of the rarest orchids in Germany - Bug orchid (anacamptis coriophora). We found a big field of bug orchids with probably about 100-150 of them and we came at the right time, as most of them were in perfect shape.<br /><br />~ Bug orchid -Wanzenknabenkraut - anacamptis coriophora ~ <br /><br /><a rel="lightbox[Late Spider orchid & Bug orchid]" title="Bug orchid - Wanzenknabenkraut - anacamptis coriophora" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP_ZghLHp-udphEDnU417xOzBsKRjuPyEFmenXIEC8MWmgbF2UIOc9Cdx-xXwsf4YQ8sr91SOjwO2czeR7raQA_hOwN-OUPBUm6aholllaEMUapLJqtTI4a-Ruov9Sm9ahJsamcp54bf8c/s1600/IMG_9159.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP_ZghLHp-udphEDnU417xOzBsKRjuPyEFmenXIEC8MWmgbF2UIOc9Cdx-xXwsf4YQ8sr91SOjwO2czeR7raQA_hOwN-OUPBUm6aholllaEMUapLJqtTI4a-Ruov9Sm9ahJsamcp54bf8c/s320/IMG_9159.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486297200289142626" /></a><br /><a rel="lightbox[Late Spider orchid & Bug orchid]" title="Bug orchid - Wanzenknabenkraut - anacamptis coriophora" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgErfD3K3UDdn0LKqijwZH6JwEnZekceHAzaQneT8sCng5qlPHwY1hCEu6YEGGWqf6xucEC-hZkv4J22FLnjGt_MIJjnXifWHjCz8wfzRHlQLJD-8MxbquR3CZkNHrbOM7cGpPZryygBrWg/s1600/IMG_9154.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgErfD3K3UDdn0LKqijwZH6JwEnZekceHAzaQneT8sCng5qlPHwY1hCEu6YEGGWqf6xucEC-hZkv4J22FLnjGt_MIJjnXifWHjCz8wfzRHlQLJD-8MxbquR3CZkNHrbOM7cGpPZryygBrWg/s320/IMG_9154.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486297197797576546" /></a><br /><a rel="lightbox[Late Spider orchid & Bug orchid]" title="Bug orchid - Wanzenknabenkraut - anacamptis coriophora" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfAuCm599WAgrwOkDVBbkTLtzR8oL0MooQJhtU68CknrWT0J6TdTFVta51WzfKX-3ZnbFcspwNIdGKMykPFibYVatpNdIlDGnmSqqMUgwvETUwS9LEvls1ofvfHrWP47mrkmilCg8aXDkE/s1600/IMG_9112.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfAuCm599WAgrwOkDVBbkTLtzR8oL0MooQJhtU68CknrWT0J6TdTFVta51WzfKX-3ZnbFcspwNIdGKMykPFibYVatpNdIlDGnmSqqMUgwvETUwS9LEvls1ofvfHrWP47mrkmilCg8aXDkE/s320/IMG_9112.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486297189141639282" /></a><br /><a rel="lightbox[Late Spider orchid & Bug orchid]" title="Bug orchid - Wanzenknabenkraut - anacamptis coriophora" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk5vPMPBC9M2MaI-1L1uCKh1WxUIsGCzoj2qzy5zhNJeeg7NgskINKjRbad-Ui-ENyAO065Umi5KznGh5VF-Slk4jgesiI4NoVslmYer-l0s4iwKMyFvYDRK9F9j7dLuoLc0xgEIpUlUoe/s1600/IMG_9107.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk5vPMPBC9M2MaI-1L1uCKh1WxUIsGCzoj2qzy5zhNJeeg7NgskINKjRbad-Ui-ENyAO065Umi5KznGh5VF-Slk4jgesiI4NoVslmYer-l0s4iwKMyFvYDRK9F9j7dLuoLc0xgEIpUlUoe/s320/IMG_9107.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486297170182996674" /></a><br /><a rel="lightbox[Late Spider orchid & Bug orchid]" title="Bug orchid - Wanzenknabenkraut - anacamptis coriophora" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6DyKCPkshijjPQbpDGqvJJXyl4ybKvtP7FoUeh_8lXbV4EjKgj_WiXrjCzCkUzzB4YwSHWwZs7z2EXz2M5i-dRoO0Emb11GvXLRZzeG4OVs32naXfN-oHbuzOn7kGqS5qPaxG7VfNK1CZ/s1600/IMG_9086.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6DyKCPkshijjPQbpDGqvJJXyl4ybKvtP7FoUeh_8lXbV4EjKgj_WiXrjCzCkUzzB4YwSHWwZs7z2EXz2M5i-dRoO0Emb11GvXLRZzeG4OVs32naXfN-oHbuzOn7kGqS5qPaxG7VfNK1CZ/s320/IMG_9086.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486297150975031138" /></a><br /><br />As usual I used my Canon 7D - Sigma 150/2.8 - Sigma 24/1.8 - Tripod & Beanbag<br /><br />That was probably for this year's orchid season. Maybe I get another chance in August after my exams, but that's not sure yet.<br /><br />Sebastian Erras<br /></span>Sebastian Errashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00675962504539865023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686415133400045642.post-75263599878165368582010-06-24T07:48:00.006+02:002010-06-24T08:12:12.870+02:00Some orchids of the past weekI have still quite a lot of pictures of orchids at my harddrive that I haven't posted yet. So I will show you some of the orchids I photographed in the past weeks.<br /><br />I start with the Fly-orchid - Fliegenraguwrz (ophrys insectifera)<br /><br /><a rel="lightbox[Orchids]" title="Fly-orchid - Fliegenraguwrz - ophrys insectifera"href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6tOBndgn_0Baj6h6GC5wf1tkO-qrieRo-yNhMJiTs951iCpV-knjRzrHPv47MeGslHXRnrMFibtUS0ewcMye64CzycxKQm7R1effOk8ybi2VxY_PERKi1UVRu91jnVvLMWgfWu02p3K6E/s1600/IMG_8346.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6tOBndgn_0Baj6h6GC5wf1tkO-qrieRo-yNhMJiTs951iCpV-knjRzrHPv47MeGslHXRnrMFibtUS0ewcMye64CzycxKQm7R1effOk8ybi2VxY_PERKi1UVRu91jnVvLMWgfWu02p3K6E/s320/IMG_8346.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486214033991406546" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="fullpost"><br /><a rel="lightbox[Orchids]" title="Fly-orchid - Fliegenraguwrz - ophrys insectifera"href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimKnHK32r5hrJCVggpY7WJFmsfMs_nB47woNxahEVz8FZBcW4AGz6qRzFGM8Crm6hZF-_9m6ZE8dWrnRYlMvOS385NlSh-skeuRvLCx6sjlfg-Bh5zkFVxKOzMv3aN-uqWFLNSxyakbnem/s1600/IMG_8369.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimKnHK32r5hrJCVggpY7WJFmsfMs_nB47woNxahEVz8FZBcW4AGz6qRzFGM8Crm6hZF-_9m6ZE8dWrnRYlMvOS385NlSh-skeuRvLCx6sjlfg-Bh5zkFVxKOzMv3aN-uqWFLNSxyakbnem/s320/IMG_8369.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486214039523849042" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The next orchid is a Fragrant Orchid - Mückenhändelwurz (gymnadenia conopsea)<br /><br /><a rel="lightbox[Orchids]" title="Fragrant Orchid - Mückenhändelwurz (gymnadenia conopsea" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7KtjUnMIrqXD49RS_5ufupPOJl_Sxm2caN4BBbBTvCs4XnlMODXDCeJZHQA150AzKG4qUjAbLPZMms8OIdVKN6crnZNBHIjbNA-j8V_Hj1fZ9bqLdMwC2mbzNyndIrlJ_TyMyHg_kSGvu/s1600/IMG_8862.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7KtjUnMIrqXD49RS_5ufupPOJl_Sxm2caN4BBbBTvCs4XnlMODXDCeJZHQA150AzKG4qUjAbLPZMms8OIdVKN6crnZNBHIjbNA-j8V_Hj1fZ9bqLdMwC2mbzNyndIrlJ_TyMyHg_kSGvu/s320/IMG_8862.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486214067112836402" border="0" /></a><br /><a rel="lightbox[Orchids]" title="Fragrant Orchid - Mückenhändelwurz (gymnadenia conopsea"href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj91ScdwqgKoPho-5-hKXnDMyAYvBIR4QsoHeDfD2jLs7PjzekEWtKdno9ttC9iE5EjKu5xk4i-rpBCPMXnJKnVHRNn00F6gntKoa4XDHdvGdbOVCaePyM18vR7dBhoiR1tRk2lcBzy-TIJ/s1600/IMG_8805.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj91ScdwqgKoPho-5-hKXnDMyAYvBIR4QsoHeDfD2jLs7PjzekEWtKdno9ttC9iE5EjKu5xk4i-rpBCPMXnJKnVHRNn00F6gntKoa4XDHdvGdbOVCaePyM18vR7dBhoiR1tRk2lcBzy-TIJ/s320/IMG_8805.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486214057449872450" border="0" /></a><br /><a rel="lightbox[Orchids]" title="Fragrant Orchid - Mückenhändelwurz (gymnadenia conopsea"href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvoGGGw_upRoPsyKbb9hS_iGDY6O9s1Rl6FVRC3Jepz_NI-7AjQ593CfcTILN1dL_BC2MGw8f93PJn0irYWM27enR96xVUPdgON4QbYK5MCqVt6k0ZBX-Gd25eL9zm_AOM9bHzO-wWXHZx/s1600/IMG_8801.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvoGGGw_upRoPsyKbb9hS_iGDY6O9s1Rl6FVRC3Jepz_NI-7AjQ593CfcTILN1dL_BC2MGw8f93PJn0irYWM27enR96xVUPdgON4QbYK5MCqVt6k0ZBX-Gd25eL9zm_AOM9bHzO-wWXHZx/s320/IMG_8801.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486214055816335554" border="0" /></a><br /><br />European Common Twayblade - Großes Zweiblatt (listera ovata)<br /><br /><a rel="lightbox[Orchids]" title="European Common Twayblade - Großes Zweiblatt (listera ovata" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCHL3Ik9zl2YUHbLqWRf-Yxun_Iqgh6EvQA2TTfIrl1ttCak3aTt7EZDNXItOY5eH-sNFfJfpDMUijObZ04mlfcQ6WAEJuD20CobFV6hntVvjGYyysTMyGCpttJXJ0my-_X3hyphenhyphencvsuUc9s/s1600/IMG_8733.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCHL3Ik9zl2YUHbLqWRf-Yxun_Iqgh6EvQA2TTfIrl1ttCak3aTt7EZDNXItOY5eH-sNFfJfpDMUijObZ04mlfcQ6WAEJuD20CobFV6hntVvjGYyysTMyGCpttJXJ0my-_X3hyphenhyphencvsuUc9s/s320/IMG_8733.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486214591818652338" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Lesser Butterfly-orchid - Weiße Waldhyanzithe (platanthera bifolia)<br /><br /><a rel="lightbox[Orchids]" title="Lesser Butterfly-orchid - Weiße Waldhyanzithe (platanthera bifolia" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2GjJ13gB_LydvnGz6o-FSelal4dbwawcEc1zlNr6XokvOS1t6m1Qar88LakVsbccm_HORgonjfDw5uD3GR-vzOfq2-b5a496EhgqXLuAs21NwvYpaW9NU2cmvZ5E5u2ctJT8fTvhyfzQL/s1600/IMG_8701.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2GjJ13gB_LydvnGz6o-FSelal4dbwawcEc1zlNr6XokvOS1t6m1Qar88LakVsbccm_HORgonjfDw5uD3GR-vzOfq2-b5a496EhgqXLuAs21NwvYpaW9NU2cmvZ5E5u2ctJT8fTvhyfzQL/s320/IMG_8701.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486214584065727570" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The last flower is not an orchid, it is a One-flowered Wintergreen - Kleines Moosauge (moneses uniflora). I photographed this littlw flower at the location with all the Lady Slippers and we had a great time and results with this subject!<br /><br /><a rel="lightbox[Orchids]" title="One-flowered Wintergreen - Kleines Moosauge (moneses uniflora" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN8ptcIuBSEsgzoYktQtIDAsyVkuDHXoWiJlH5Qbv0IuRBh6yc5sRN-yUiHvSlGQBk9ZC9eKrTyAW-3UK-QqjGC-qXdOodYcafdvJjRd1xPy175kA_FWhjrGiXbZfLevmI1anTMDooJAPY/s1600/IMG_8764.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN8ptcIuBSEsgzoYktQtIDAsyVkuDHXoWiJlH5Qbv0IuRBh6yc5sRN-yUiHvSlGQBk9ZC9eKrTyAW-3UK-QqjGC-qXdOodYcafdvJjRd1xPy175kA_FWhjrGiXbZfLevmI1anTMDooJAPY/s320/IMG_8764.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486214623146161650" border="0" /></a><br /><a rel="lightbox[Orchids]" title="One-flowered Wintergreen - Kleines Moosauge (moneses uniflora" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhca2q87voWShKXEzbahMsHIQUCnpHP0GJXC2s9zQXaPYRHCAK8JW0MnsK_uRxJnAXCJi8O-qZHvfuPl5vQIPzupkMdz-siRfqKzLakmShgbKF9FZSNd4CEAbor54JVWkVBfaufjgwmPeGK/s1600/IMG_8756.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhca2q87voWShKXEzbahMsHIQUCnpHP0GJXC2s9zQXaPYRHCAK8JW0MnsK_uRxJnAXCJi8O-qZHvfuPl5vQIPzupkMdz-siRfqKzLakmShgbKF9FZSNd4CEAbor54JVWkVBfaufjgwmPeGK/s320/IMG_8756.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486214611775688386" border="0" /></a><br /><a rel="lightbox[Orchids]" title="One-flowered Wintergreen - Kleines Moosauge (moneses uniflora" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnLp08jzUncOqOJpMa4ist2h63OgAoM0w9Yh3dqR8_2IOMB5XruVhanHqSwi4AA_kALLRpRQg1d8HSTXnSpYD2iY_vThm4XOYsbkr9Eyyuo8tHV-A75V8qB93wtg2poMOo4ikHrio7FXr7/s1600/IMG_8586.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnLp08jzUncOqOJpMa4ist2h63OgAoM0w9Yh3dqR8_2IOMB5XruVhanHqSwi4AA_kALLRpRQg1d8HSTXnSpYD2iY_vThm4XOYsbkr9Eyyuo8tHV-A75V8qB93wtg2poMOo4ikHrio7FXr7/s320/IMG_8586.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486214602376165122" border="0" /></a><br /><br />My exams are getting closer and I have less and less time to go photographing. 2 Days ago I went photographing with a friend and we wanted to find one of the rarest orchids in Germany. We were really lucky and found a big field with a good population of this rare orchids. There were also some other orchid species I wanted to photograph for a long time. I was really happy that I took a break from studying and went photographing for an evening :-).<br />I will post some images from that trip later!<br /><br />The images above were made with a Canon 7D - Sigma 150/2.8 (+1.4 TC) and a Tripod or Beanbag.<br /><br /><br />Sebastian Erras<br /></span>Sebastian Errashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00675962504539865023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686415133400045642.post-57418168788196459562010-06-14T18:57:00.006+02:002010-06-14T19:52:24.536+02:00~ Lady Slipper - Frauenschuh ~The past 2 weeks I extensively photographed Lady Slippers (cypripedium calceolus). Here in the east of Bavaria we still have a big population of these orchids. In just 20-30km radius I have several big fields of them and it is always a pleasure to find new locations and photograph them. This year I found 2 new location of which one is pretty big. Last weekend I had a friend visiting me and we went photograph some orchids together. He is a very good photographer and he always tries to see a subject differently with outcome that he produces some very interesting and creative images. I was happy that I learned some stuff from him and that i was able to produce some cool images. Then this weekend I had 2 other friends visiting me to photograph orchids. All of them are members of the <a href="http://www.gdtfoto.de/jugendgruppe">GDT Youth Group</a> and I was happy to host our first gathering. We had a lot of fun and made some cool images although most of the lady slippers already withered. <br />As it was not the first time that I photographed these orchids, my goal was to create some different and unusual images of these flower. <br /><br />Here are some images<br /><br /><a rel="lightbox[Lady Slipper - Frauenschuh - cypripedium calceolus]" title="Lady Slipper - Frauenschuh - cypripedium calceolus" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Lfn_YtuLDRMbL78LRXePcXtGojnNhB3raHbqZKBx31gSLryVs5XA0VdMRSXO9l0DECbsNnNcv0EvkSJx2dppATH9CsUm_TNro0HW8nVcPH4h-X5lGKrP06kMD3YjVpKjn4_DmAvFIOtj/s1600/IMG_8320.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Lfn_YtuLDRMbL78LRXePcXtGojnNhB3raHbqZKBx31gSLryVs5XA0VdMRSXO9l0DECbsNnNcv0EvkSJx2dppATH9CsUm_TNro0HW8nVcPH4h-X5lGKrP06kMD3YjVpKjn4_DmAvFIOtj/s320/IMG_8320.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482678617503892178" /></a><br /><span class="fullpost"><br /><a rel="lightbox[Lady Slipper - Frauenschuh - cypripedium calceolus]" title="Lady Slipper - Frauenschuh - cypripedium calceolus" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAyveiwEKXA9mfy0Wkivw_nTW_2ZJ9GLe1bu8lbav-9gI7hHuRRXFj9-Q-owaI5G6vHn17q1x0a7g94_UMtgYZR1jSILyfI5-KA7W0DcIVjGCt9sM1DkvIM9uINtvMcYopZsdUsYuZ5NgK/s1600/IMG_8263.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAyveiwEKXA9mfy0Wkivw_nTW_2ZJ9GLe1bu8lbav-9gI7hHuRRXFj9-Q-owaI5G6vHn17q1x0a7g94_UMtgYZR1jSILyfI5-KA7W0DcIVjGCt9sM1DkvIM9uINtvMcYopZsdUsYuZ5NgK/s320/IMG_8263.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482678612519611938" /></a><br /><a rel="lightbox[Lady Slipper - Frauenschuh - cypripedium calceolus]" title="Lady Slipper - Frauenschuh - cypripedium calceolus" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSLnZJCs2g7pPXj6eqaXK3KzEjuUzfBeTQhjV-igy35ECvdG7xIh64MwJwqKF-Zf3sIt18skWAQcbWbXxvzjjk49XRPXMsH7kqUgQHt5mHkQY4d30-cZwKExS0TVFpF0LB_7Ysu_Rto_Qp/s1600/IMG_8231.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSLnZJCs2g7pPXj6eqaXK3KzEjuUzfBeTQhjV-igy35ECvdG7xIh64MwJwqKF-Zf3sIt18skWAQcbWbXxvzjjk49XRPXMsH7kqUgQHt5mHkQY4d30-cZwKExS0TVFpF0LB_7Ysu_Rto_Qp/s320/IMG_8231.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482678598467228210" /></a><br /><a rel="lightbox[Lady Slipper - Frauenschuh - cypripedium calceolus]" title="Lady Slipper - Frauenschuh - cypripedium calceolus" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnzUZ9kNt_dBlYSlh_B5_haGAKilpF64P84b6pUb5mR8z7obhL0F4inKgltR7NvD2-JkrTPAj3YFQhfcVjYqIq6PMrAzBTk0Q34d-gGQmdbf5TLnsQCHx7HU_SSzPkyAC5utgrNTdlAA3O/s1600/IMG_8221.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnzUZ9kNt_dBlYSlh_B5_haGAKilpF64P84b6pUb5mR8z7obhL0F4inKgltR7NvD2-JkrTPAj3YFQhfcVjYqIq6PMrAzBTk0Q34d-gGQmdbf5TLnsQCHx7HU_SSzPkyAC5utgrNTdlAA3O/s320/IMG_8221.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482678596031297634" /></a><br /><a rel="lightbox[Lady Slipper - Frauenschuh - cypripedium calceolus]" title="Lady Slipper - Frauenschuh - cypripedium calceolus" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3YPucxDyFn-3JAuCPksimbPxxvQCkVXnJISHEcdOrGk47clYdcH89o6qoYnYBLbwn89s8RUmpsgEMAfATh-aBe__mUK9vqjEOvRQJSANW_tWECaot0M924XyxHmgk22Em5nintQMOnfa_/s1600/Frauenschuh-Pano1-klein.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 183px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3YPucxDyFn-3JAuCPksimbPxxvQCkVXnJISHEcdOrGk47clYdcH89o6qoYnYBLbwn89s8RUmpsgEMAfATh-aBe__mUK9vqjEOvRQJSANW_tWECaot0M924XyxHmgk22Em5nintQMOnfa_/s320/Frauenschuh-Pano1-klein.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482678593757054434" /></a><br /><a rel="lightbox[Lady Slipper - Frauenschuh - cypripedium calceolus]" title="Lady Slipper - Frauenschuh - cypripedium calceolus" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyerq6XGhB0FencR5o-d3LBXA7KKBjiEbiDab-bJN4V0HluauOEC_QCeMHR3vYFLh7mOD1zNvCnAMjnCHTgPSPKBYyqrHRZ4Y8lLxGfi83a8f7ILHLSX7PrBRZQTrWJ-6QBizqI_TSSWd6/s1600/IMG_8523.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyerq6XGhB0FencR5o-d3LBXA7KKBjiEbiDab-bJN4V0HluauOEC_QCeMHR3vYFLh7mOD1zNvCnAMjnCHTgPSPKBYyqrHRZ4Y8lLxGfi83a8f7ILHLSX7PrBRZQTrWJ-6QBizqI_TSSWd6/s320/IMG_8523.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482679430180741058" /></a><br /><a rel="lightbox[Lady Slipper - Frauenschuh - cypripedium calceolus]" title="Lady Slipper - Frauenschuh - cypripedium calceolus" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhscmRW4c-zXRAdWm8Qxdwz8ijbd59FzVxSfc9G8yF08OUmbybtq65Hb9RgoHGtQHTWvmHrDwM979AISDNVJi7PFbWOYypae9ZQBu9nm7EY-NxaGaAJGrf7LTPrQQHWXmE0tTYYf3e3dyH4/s1600/IMG_8507.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhscmRW4c-zXRAdWm8Qxdwz8ijbd59FzVxSfc9G8yF08OUmbybtq65Hb9RgoHGtQHTWvmHrDwM979AISDNVJi7PFbWOYypae9ZQBu9nm7EY-NxaGaAJGrf7LTPrQQHWXmE0tTYYf3e3dyH4/s320/IMG_8507.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482679426414005730" /></a><br /><a rel="lightbox[Lady Slipper - Frauenschuh - cypripedium calceolus]" title="Lady Slipper - Frauenschuh - cypripedium calceolus" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhIn9YRDmO_SfYe7Q4cv-6Wr-sg8g-jqpKDcq2ZgvYpLAGbV_E25DGK08UJZXWG8c809uj5_7324qkj-6d9P0Z1I0CGLEjq3bw1GO6yHo7vd4wOXelPx7-_zogiLDfxTval6NByxEaonQb/s1600/IMG_8482.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhIn9YRDmO_SfYe7Q4cv-6Wr-sg8g-jqpKDcq2ZgvYpLAGbV_E25DGK08UJZXWG8c809uj5_7324qkj-6d9P0Z1I0CGLEjq3bw1GO6yHo7vd4wOXelPx7-_zogiLDfxTval6NByxEaonQb/s320/IMG_8482.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482679414413991058" /></a><br /><a rel="lightbox[Lady Slipper - Frauenschuh - cypripedium calceolus]" title="Lady Slipper - Frauenschuh - cypripedium calceolus" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqBqCdn7GFxsoezvfD7oQ75tyBjwWpDCfH8vMdLE46aaLsL6ihVVQPUIkOrMdAxX1v7bYFDHWQI3EtxGLhJI9-z5vkXuKqPTvc2H2XS4_Caw0hOCQHwpBQIAbI4uyNUuMfDBcTGXNMxYEb/s1600/IMG_8462.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqBqCdn7GFxsoezvfD7oQ75tyBjwWpDCfH8vMdLE46aaLsL6ihVVQPUIkOrMdAxX1v7bYFDHWQI3EtxGLhJI9-z5vkXuKqPTvc2H2XS4_Caw0hOCQHwpBQIAbI4uyNUuMfDBcTGXNMxYEb/s320/IMG_8462.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482679402962189906" /></a><br /><a rel="lightbox[Lady Slipper - Frauenschuh - cypripedium calceolus]" title="Lady Slipper - Frauenschuh - cypripedium calceolus" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUciX9bX4r54LPfVPZlu3Iu-d7lBhyRSA5GmQsuHzspc0GvIDvQX-Uk63IKFBOQ_SUz8KrclQ67Bbu7_hShkwB-xOV5q9fZM6aZ2vPW5Tn5-VoHBXUq3_wNxz_XY-QFsuL2aFH2BR6YNvG/s1600/IMG_8405.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUciX9bX4r54LPfVPZlu3Iu-d7lBhyRSA5GmQsuHzspc0GvIDvQX-Uk63IKFBOQ_SUz8KrclQ67Bbu7_hShkwB-xOV5q9fZM6aZ2vPW5Tn5-VoHBXUq3_wNxz_XY-QFsuL2aFH2BR6YNvG/s320/IMG_8405.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482679401095540946" /></a><br /><a rel="lightbox[Lady Slipper - Frauenschuh - cypripedium calceolus]" title="Lady Slipper - Frauenschuh - cypripedium calceolus" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCgWx7UWw2ew1TsgOhei3Fk1_fDNk3e4gnBbyQHwG9QhP33AQbOQEOz7qFrYiy8Ir8jq1c9mkZ9Zv7qG_op5DVpuUzzDMzOLPblAIIrmxv5klhx9kPSUNdisqftNiBp9BlQ2GJbL1XVkvd/s1600/IMG_8790.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCgWx7UWw2ew1TsgOhei3Fk1_fDNk3e4gnBbyQHwG9QhP33AQbOQEOz7qFrYiy8Ir8jq1c9mkZ9Zv7qG_op5DVpuUzzDMzOLPblAIIrmxv5klhx9kPSUNdisqftNiBp9BlQ2GJbL1XVkvd/s320/IMG_8790.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482679662284255250" /></a><br /><br />For all images I used my Canon 7D and 12-24/4 , 24/1.8, 50/1.8 , 150/2.8, beanbag or a tripod.<br /><br />I am pretty happy with the results and I hope that it won't be my last time to photograph these beautiful flowers.<br />I also photographed a few more orchids and I will post some images of them later.<br /><br />Sebastian Erras<br /></span>Sebastian Errashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00675962504539865023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686415133400045642.post-30898587351799311532010-06-04T22:17:00.006+02:002010-06-04T22:51:06.264+02:00Frog Orchid and some bad luckThis time I want to show another rarer orchid in Germany - the frog orchid (Coeloglossum viride). In the past this orchid has seen a big decline, but luckily the situation in Bavaria is not that worse yet. It was very rainy day and I still went in the afternoon to a location where I suspected to find this orchid. It took quite some time to actually find it, as I expected it to be bigger. The frog orchid can be about 10-40cm high and the orchids at this location were rather small than tall. After I found the first one I quickly found the rest of them and there were actually a lot. After 10 Minutes it stopped raining and it got more comfortable to photograph in the field. At this location I was also surprised to find another orchid, which I wouldn't have expected there - the early purple orchid (orchis mascula), but I only found 2 individuals.<br /><br /><a rel="lightbox[Frog Orchid - Grüne Hohlzunge]" title="Frog Orchid - Coeloglossum viride - Grüne Hohlzunge" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihhcGaUCWKJ7_xigq24l8AXa2gH-ct0IAhPm827vEOf0_6wbtJf8zcCUNNOnwf3SRigphn3rs4sJwFHVCZMd_ZqW6uYyB0bOgtefywCs81xX0lw9vDhYWujRzpcY1KOdJUTfr1i0JhEsaQ/s1600/IMG_8190.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihhcGaUCWKJ7_xigq24l8AXa2gH-ct0IAhPm827vEOf0_6wbtJf8zcCUNNOnwf3SRigphn3rs4sJwFHVCZMd_ZqW6uYyB0bOgtefywCs81xX0lw9vDhYWujRzpcY1KOdJUTfr1i0JhEsaQ/s320/IMG_8190.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479019133456753394" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /></a><br /><br /><span class="fullpost"><br /><br /><a rel="lightbox[Frog Orchid - Grüne Hohlzunge]" title="Frog Orchid - Coeloglossum viride - Grüne Hohlzunge" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsfoWgthMFL-MQo62XWRmfTIh8-vN5iq26bK4xObtTHdku8NRXMbUkwfbedUCfUJPgl6hZnYN8fkkh4Sldakt5yzCGPUGm_NYpf24k9nHCuKMVQwZHCuFfinHfSMGhSMOpNR8OkDurXJJL/s1600/IMG_8183.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsfoWgthMFL-MQo62XWRmfTIh8-vN5iq26bK4xObtTHdku8NRXMbUkwfbedUCfUJPgl6hZnYN8fkkh4Sldakt5yzCGPUGm_NYpf24k9nHCuKMVQwZHCuFfinHfSMGhSMOpNR8OkDurXJJL/s320/IMG_8183.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479019127935956834" style="display: block; 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margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /></a><br /><br />Images were taken with a 7D - Sigma 150/2.8 - Bean Bag<br /><br />This morning the sun finally came back to Bavaria and I met with a friend to shoot Lady Slippers in my area. We had a great morning with some great images and fun. After a few hours I went back home, cause I had to leave to Switzerland in the afternoon. I also planned to take my camera and try to shot some orchids there. When I arrived in the evening in Switzerland I unloaded my car and checked my camera bag, when I noticed that it was a little lighter than usual. So I opened the bag and saw that there was no camera :-(. I forgot my 7D at home when I took it out of the bag to review some images from this morning and forgot to put it back in my bag. As if this wouldn't already be worse enough, I found a field full of orchids just 100m in front of our apartment and I will have no time to come back in the next weeks. So here I am with no camera, all my lenses, tripods and all the rest and a beautiful field of of orchids just in front of me and I can' t take pictures.<br />At least I have my iPhone with me so I can try to use that to take some pictures.<br />More pics of orchis will come next weekend when I have my camera back.<br />Sebastian Erras<br /></span>Sebastian Errashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00675962504539865023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686415133400045642.post-8252258568905279862010-06-03T08:36:00.006+02:002010-06-03T09:29:47.923+02:00Military Orchid - HelmknabenkrautLast week I visited a location in the city of Ratisbona with a great amount of military orchids (orchis militaris). The location is on a industrial terrain and I had to ask permission first to enter the terrain. The owner was really friendly and helpful and showed me the location.<br />The first day I went the was during midday and it was pretty windy. Unfortunately I forgot my lensplate and I don't have a spare one so I couldn't use my tripod that day.<br />I was really impressed by the amount of military orchids. I guess there were about 200-300 orchids there. I was just right on time as the first orchids started to wither. I was also surprised to find about 6 albino version of the military orchid.<br />At the moment I am trying more and more to get habitat pictures, but I am still not satisfied with the results. So I have to keep practising.<br /><br /><a rel="lightbox[Military Orchid]" title="Military Orchid - orchis militaris - Helmknabenkraut" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbgOJOCIF7aN6iP1YCDdhI8-CJoFbgu3HzjmF9FT_LIZdb52sLmxXzZg064RWtXG2oyUq3c-oIMD2eCOSmSTgYvXi1KqEQRR-EMWpGG_fjfWoXWIEzvgrdk-CG3nPj_gmVySEoaP7kWFXS/s1600/IMG_7913.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbgOJOCIF7aN6iP1YCDdhI8-CJoFbgu3HzjmF9FT_LIZdb52sLmxXzZg064RWtXG2oyUq3c-oIMD2eCOSmSTgYvXi1KqEQRR-EMWpGG_fjfWoXWIEzvgrdk-CG3nPj_gmVySEoaP7kWFXS/s320/IMG_7913.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478434845189789746" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span class="fullpost"><br /><a rel="lightbox[Military Orchid]" title="Military Orchid - orchis militaris - Helmknabenkraut" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj14YJjJQfJzRSRACcidKVJe8IGdbcTLM31VhrD2eIUAvqCv6O7IZwiEmSGszmbotEIDr0iXvblsb54SZeUzqoyQfgIyaQj1iqGktLa9_P09t1cUpdJQb52WX5tBuD8yo36zQzJHrDCGnkh/s1600/IMG_7843.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbZAkb5QSc1pLX3UNENSCNTy5HunT_GuWCoNztc0AONNfAuw__t67rtAr2EQiSuEFAfdIEGu5VYWTjf67dDMyIrpaqHXP1bdbWyksZWY6KkoymCZjxYn4JvmAkmRwrUMW8XtnoflPjvWUT/s320/IMG_7761.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478434829810710706" border="0" /></a><br /><a rel="lightbox[Military Orchid]" title="Military Orchid - orchis militaris - Helmknabenkraut" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPSfufudD_L4q0i6s4I5jMwduLQhRA5kMYBnkqjBucj77h7OPwjtfFJvktDiiKpq2AnqY7cc84flo2mkfwFxJmPMh0jtmy4lTm6Wc976FyP52L4cBs_dueSnd8c1df4C85vWz5e5W-HBa-/s1600/IMG_7742.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPSfufudD_L4q0i6s4I5jMwduLQhRA5kMYBnkqjBucj77h7OPwjtfFJvktDiiKpq2AnqY7cc84flo2mkfwFxJmPMh0jtmy4lTm6Wc976FyP52L4cBs_dueSnd8c1df4C85vWz5e5W-HBa-/s320/IMG_7742.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478434821793484978" border="0" /></a><br /><a rel="lightbox[Military Orchid]" title="Military Orchid - orchis militaris - Helmknabenkraut" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6E4y5GxqmDH1lyNm0WM-lNaYnjdqyp8om8TxpnFaAPmyaeoFs6Lpbw_5BhTzXDfx5YDc-j9Atvg5FpKxtOvlILZtd_uXjTWoNu9qyAlLseP8orUXO9hHUGGucdpzfSkwrx4X0rzj8gZIt/s1600/IMG_8015.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6E4y5GxqmDH1lyNm0WM-lNaYnjdqyp8om8TxpnFaAPmyaeoFs6Lpbw_5BhTzXDfx5YDc-j9Atvg5FpKxtOvlILZtd_uXjTWoNu9qyAlLseP8orUXO9hHUGGucdpzfSkwrx4X0rzj8gZIt/s320/IMG_8015.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478435408883342594" border="0" /></a><br /><a rel="lightbox[Military Orchid]" title="Military Orchid - orchis militaris - Helmknabenkraut" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlVx6dv3EbMYtu1FWgTiqg4Z_jNcfBfvfX0J_7BuGvAKMIJnVPAUrUM1NaQJsCB2sQZZALv0_DHRrt_D360Y6i5k2tAe5BnSTRQgOfK_gTkvWzoRQQtCSCqveINruEy9hscmuY5IXoCDcR/s1600/IMG_8007.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlVx6dv3EbMYtu1FWgTiqg4Z_jNcfBfvfX0J_7BuGvAKMIJnVPAUrUM1NaQJsCB2sQZZALv0_DHRrt_D360Y6i5k2tAe5BnSTRQgOfK_gTkvWzoRQQtCSCqveINruEy9hscmuY5IXoCDcR/s320/IMG_8007.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478435401728700178" border="0" /></a><br /><a rel="lightbox[Military Orchid]" title="Military Orchid - orchis militaris - Helmknabenkraut" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl-uQFnoGUXnxdzfQd_0hwKWn_MEyR5K2GQ9BR0VmL9XMfVVV16aTS3PLKeW7AJlVRcJzzjf_09gTeV7A2Z_h1hAe0MLwmdkjhwNA7ys3R1pbwDoFyQlVhbouvL-ZIW3T-AnnjnW9kx92Y/s1600/Helmknabenkraut-Pano2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl-uQFnoGUXnxdzfQd_0hwKWn_MEyR5K2GQ9BR0VmL9XMfVVV16aTS3PLKeW7AJlVRcJzzjf_09gTeV7A2Z_h1hAe0MLwmdkjhwNA7ys3R1pbwDoFyQlVhbouvL-ZIW3T-AnnjnW9kx92Y/s320/Helmknabenkraut-Pano2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478435394246523506" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtqjnoYQ3rwy-jWL9H5MIhVbO_NucNNI1Rtm2rZ9YSrVTMi4A4Ch5y3Xfjn_H420Rs7LyBA1363SnFo5hrMasPBj4q2T_r8D_S-1d4bFInh7_Cq_qKW_vc3ftbNHXDexSbdxPLyL7O91j6/s1600/IMG_7656.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtqjnoYQ3rwy-jWL9H5MIhVbO_NucNNI1Rtm2rZ9YSrVTMi4A4Ch5y3Xfjn_H420Rs7LyBA1363SnFo5hrMasPBj4q2T_r8D_S-1d4bFInh7_Cq_qKW_vc3ftbNHXDexSbdxPLyL7O91j6/s320/IMG_7656.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478435387218403906" border="0" /></a><br />Military Orchid - <span style="font-style: italic;">orchis militaris</span> - Helmknabenkraut<br /></div><br />I used a Canon 7D - Sigma 150/2.8 - Sigma 20/1.8 - Tokina 12-24/4 - Canon 70-200/4 IS - Tripod<br /><br />Actually this morning I planned to go to the Lady Slippers, but it is raining Cats and Dogs here at the moment and I planned to look for some other orchids in my area today. I hope it will stop raining his afternoon so that I can go on with my planning.<br /><br />Sebastian Erras<br /></span>Sebastian Errashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00675962504539865023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686415133400045642.post-67914709391272212982010-05-18T17:41:00.011+02:002010-05-19T19:08:20.227+02:00Orchis pallens & Burnt OrchidOne of the rarer species in my area with only a few locations in Eastern Bavaria. I went there in the morning and it was raining straight for 2 days. It took me a while to find the exact location,but i was happy that they were still there.So far I photographed 3 new orchid species for me and I hope to get some more the next weeks.<br /><br /><br /><a rel="lightbox[orchis pallens - orchis ustulata]" title="Orchis pallens - Blasses Knabenkraut" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK_i64q_GYc0o_F8CkD9aCSMw9TLxnuRn22tbr7QlEFKc5dAyQCwdpueb68JmQmYm1Lmsj6t2HSv0yT25U10fjKTWX3wqGeFPJNh-DUTw4oPZoItLU5Q1Y_ibKfgZeJPwklXDSY1sVs1wo/s1600/IMG_6677.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK_i64q_GYc0o_F8CkD9aCSMw9TLxnuRn22tbr7QlEFKc5dAyQCwdpueb68JmQmYm1Lmsj6t2HSv0yT25U10fjKTWX3wqGeFPJNh-DUTw4oPZoItLU5Q1Y_ibKfgZeJPwklXDSY1sVs1wo/s320/IMG_6677.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473021284922438178" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /></a><br /><span class="fullpost"><br /><a rel="lightbox[orchis pallens - orchis ustulata]" title="Orchis pallens - Blasses Knabenkraut" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjo3SV4Ybqt-XPF0udXmqSHeYyzVPWbUeHtS9aEk7kjj0pFdgdRC8cRLYsI2Y28ztCpj8WLNuO4ZOP0kyI_quGvdD4zrCUmBhmt1UuMN0seCyvFqnmFj0MIRjB3KShtCyEOoTr3SZNONAw/s1600/IMG_6684.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjo3SV4Ybqt-XPF0udXmqSHeYyzVPWbUeHtS9aEk7kjj0pFdgdRC8cRLYsI2Y28ztCpj8WLNuO4ZOP0kyI_quGvdD4zrCUmBhmt1UuMN0seCyvFqnmFj0MIRjB3KShtCyEOoTr3SZNONAw/s320/IMG_6684.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473021280452566066" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /></a><br /><a rel="lightbox[orchis pallens - orchis ustulata]" title="Orchis pallens - Blasses Knabenkraut" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQPHFVQMRHQVUUaKVaQv6xE3r8QyuAUmQ4ZcVRWPGOXwWgR8rsLzjN5c-6-TTNyzNvnE0ZPKsmiGOOOBVU6Jl9oqGrZGO1xETGZ-ikhNOqHUpxghXTPPVD7DNq2SZQrfDRzk1G3QDD4C5J/s1600/IMG_6712.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQPHFVQMRHQVUUaKVaQv6xE3r8QyuAUmQ4ZcVRWPGOXwWgR8rsLzjN5c-6-TTNyzNvnE0ZPKsmiGOOOBVU6Jl9oqGrZGO1xETGZ-ikhNOqHUpxghXTPPVD7DNq2SZQrfDRzk1G3QDD4C5J/s320/IMG_6712.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473021277581122690" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /></a><br /><a rel="lightbox[orchis pallens - orchis ustulata]" title="Orchis pallens - Blasses Knabenkraut" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVK9HqD3vjjZ_LG7zYFFlYtnsPqHsrWMqYoB9i0-iWEKm3xGR-J5sOqR_eJrceHRVxO_1FVCK1QvW47mk4Mr6tXTksd6-zDybB5IfI_emfiHiHodEReO-oMGiGfbxGsEAXqS46am9417YD/s1600/IMG_6687.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVK9HqD3vjjZ_LG7zYFFlYtnsPqHsrWMqYoB9i0-iWEKm3xGR-J5sOqR_eJrceHRVxO_1FVCK1QvW47mk4Mr6tXTksd6-zDybB5IfI_emfiHiHodEReO-oMGiGfbxGsEAXqS46am9417YD/s320/IMG_6687.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473021272285509202" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /></a><br /><a rel="lightbox[orchis pallens - orchis ustulata]" title="Orchis pallens - Blasses Knabenkraut" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiezfqbfYmPM2rOKRqRQbcUvfjMxihjxw_sPrPg2Oa6Bd8iNnzQCuCJq46R1JT_Mjc5I0qR9fA_qt5uNPHdO9J6u2lfVnh-VAb8XVyk5Kml_K7PXakdpwMY_QY0XLhHC3KqSSlcmETL2OQd/s1600/IMG_6725.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiezfqbfYmPM2rOKRqRQbcUvfjMxihjxw_sPrPg2Oa6Bd8iNnzQCuCJq46R1JT_Mjc5I0qR9fA_qt5uNPHdO9J6u2lfVnh-VAb8XVyk5Kml_K7PXakdpwMY_QY0XLhHC3KqSSlcmETL2OQd/s320/IMG_6725.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473021268498080962" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a><br /><br />I also went for a third time to the location of the burnt orchid and there even more orchids there than the week before. I was really unlucky with light. I had sun for a few hours and when I waited for the perfect late evening light clouds appeared.<br />So that was probably it for this year with the Burnt orchid and I am happy that I got the beautiful backlight images last week.<br />So here a few images from this week.<br /><br /><a rel="lightbox[Burnt Orchid]" title="Burnt Orchid - Brandknabenkraut - orchis ustulata" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG9QBu9LHmauiWual5VTG0XWzzxqnYeGxR67CwXbti_xdtjTxWuJ9Yxi4Xq8NZtyDvwfHQD_Ny4OPma8ehdfv0tCq4fwz_83TxHED7yTVOcgpZ_p6YhHY_CLA4D3UVnL2abWymPPZ4PSxS/s1600/IMG_6915.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG9QBu9LHmauiWual5VTG0XWzzxqnYeGxR67CwXbti_xdtjTxWuJ9Yxi4Xq8NZtyDvwfHQD_Ny4OPma8ehdfv0tCq4fwz_83TxHED7yTVOcgpZ_p6YhHY_CLA4D3UVnL2abWymPPZ4PSxS/s320/IMG_6915.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473028408387860338" /></a><br /><a rel="lightbox[Burnt Orchid]" title="Burnt Orchid - Brandknabenkraut - orchis ustulata" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUtshC2oX0ltgKeFmPfhwQrD3j9syThG091G3WIUmUolZsoel2_rTaPvGPpOGne33Ymv6NQ0LxaUJd9-R0W_OnjWXBinD4CaGwMmxxWEleYtfHWE-_TslmT3S4FLlB-3rNHuKmJDrtF18j/s1600/IMG_6905.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUtshC2oX0ltgKeFmPfhwQrD3j9syThG091G3WIUmUolZsoel2_rTaPvGPpOGne33Ymv6NQ0LxaUJd9-R0W_OnjWXBinD4CaGwMmxxWEleYtfHWE-_TslmT3S4FLlB-3rNHuKmJDrtF18j/s320/IMG_6905.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473028404695856402" /></a><br /><a rel="lightbox[Burnt Orchid]" title="Burnt Orchid - Brandknabenkraut - orchis ustulata" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgctK9O9O5jzU8qZYhEHCbX7kj9lTzNSSG0VqgCxAmOfjYhJRsRezCTR0cplnR-Nz-tWVZGLHpFXtCOFG2TYVN_YKf2aVJsLjlmXjDTmBotv3FEXGTCHdDzW4uycaqf-cDRdKHFZO45y-Lr/s1600/IMG_6859.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgctK9O9O5jzU8qZYhEHCbX7kj9lTzNSSG0VqgCxAmOfjYhJRsRezCTR0cplnR-Nz-tWVZGLHpFXtCOFG2TYVN_YKf2aVJsLjlmXjDTmBotv3FEXGTCHdDzW4uycaqf-cDRdKHFZO45y-Lr/s320/IMG_6859.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473028400385201138" /></a><br /><a rel="lightbox[Burnt Orchid]" title="Burnt Orchid - Brandknabenkraut - orchis ustulata" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKErFJuunsDzwL8I51ll3yDcrRN8X5tzn5aIJkcdDmSAL0gF8XfQkj51-FkwKm1tK5xgeZrmBzWcpicFnhW8xUT9fbL6NvW2GEXDW4-c3dhl5yXv349UO0mgvz4eqTpQmogO0iNNtAaHBh/s1600/IMG_6800.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKErFJuunsDzwL8I51ll3yDcrRN8X5tzn5aIJkcdDmSAL0gF8XfQkj51-FkwKm1tK5xgeZrmBzWcpicFnhW8xUT9fbL6NvW2GEXDW4-c3dhl5yXv349UO0mgvz4eqTpQmogO0iNNtAaHBh/s320/IMG_6800.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473028392005848066" /></a><br /><a rel="lightbox[Burnt Orchid]" title="Burnt Orchid - Brandknabenkraut - orchis ustulata" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggSJ9B94wtQEI5go3pajyuniJfGFRWT6kg8O20x3Wp7GyP5bmV8wzFivcaSwKLmY2CrWgyRW0nQa0sLWyjKlA1dUU1MxTQpyzT4NzAZHG8o_QF_cOsKbjpvN4W_xgFysPmakZmCpwjciYN/s1600/IMG_6793.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggSJ9B94wtQEI5go3pajyuniJfGFRWT6kg8O20x3Wp7GyP5bmV8wzFivcaSwKLmY2CrWgyRW0nQa0sLWyjKlA1dUU1MxTQpyzT4NzAZHG8o_QF_cOsKbjpvN4W_xgFysPmakZmCpwjciYN/s320/IMG_6793.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473028390518846642" /></a><br /><br />Images were taken with a Canon 7D - 70-200/4 IS - Sigma 150/2.8 - Tokina 12-24/4<br /><br />Sebastian Erras<br /></span>Sebastian Errashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00675962504539865023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686415133400045642.post-67388697741583269212010-05-13T12:53:00.006+02:002010-05-13T13:09:23.695+02:00Green winged orchidHere is another orchid species I photographed this week - the green winged orchid (orchis morio). Another photographer told me the location for this orchid and joined me on Tuesday to photograph them. It was my first time to see and photograph this species.<br />I was really happy that there was a spot pretty close by to my place. We went there in the late afternoon and had great weather and it was pretty hot, too. Unfortunately the sun moved behind clouds the last hour just before sundown, so we didn't get the great evening light I had the weekend before with the burnt orchids.<br /><br /><a rel="lightbox[Green winged orchid]" title="Green winged orchid - Kleines Knabenkraut - orchis morio"href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmtp-7Dc6H_a2kLyuizDR3hq6GE4S9LGrOt6_bzrPn13447EnxTsVdoOh89ubwoIQd_aiknCUpAYwHqu7Fz_saWiZWMOISS8TBRXnIajLzVDbkPfMq38hySBfmrq9gsnCAz_W-iljI6Y9C/s1600/IMG_6584.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmtp-7Dc6H_a2kLyuizDR3hq6GE4S9LGrOt6_bzrPn13447EnxTsVdoOh89ubwoIQd_aiknCUpAYwHqu7Fz_saWiZWMOISS8TBRXnIajLzVDbkPfMq38hySBfmrq9gsnCAz_W-iljI6Y9C/s320/IMG_6584.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470707404755933762" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="fullpost"><br /><a rel="lightbox[Green winged orchid]" title="Green winged orchid - Kleines Knabenkraut - orchis morio"href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEingZvDqCuhDyywcFGOwJPs7WFS4gZNjfYP90NNCK3kW0zCQPqFMeX0m8Zi2Dc2KKSqiHtJW5JBn_MjlMkJJkfRnRYKVIGsyMsHnq3pfbTWeeN137Qk-5dyVaiJAZpN5u8ijq2al0ORHWm8/s1600/IMG_6594.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEingZvDqCuhDyywcFGOwJPs7WFS4gZNjfYP90NNCK3kW0zCQPqFMeX0m8Zi2Dc2KKSqiHtJW5JBn_MjlMkJJkfRnRYKVIGsyMsHnq3pfbTWeeN137Qk-5dyVaiJAZpN5u8ijq2al0ORHWm8/s320/IMG_6594.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470707418710063618" border="0" /></a><br /><a rel="lightbox[Green winged orchid]" title="Green winged orchid - Kleines Knabenkraut - orchis morio"href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTy5AD2GNWmZhW-16Hez77EPKbb0Hj6-QIt08LSBSIQror1g4xPfe2YmVbr_rUrY1qWy-x5UafOtFbjmYGrS_AP2aBDV5H-nLIoWnP0GgVQGlzoE7INm1_oKGS8rOUEy8CZNPeVkJbw92l/s1600/IMG_6598.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTy5AD2GNWmZhW-16Hez77EPKbb0Hj6-QIt08LSBSIQror1g4xPfe2YmVbr_rUrY1qWy-x5UafOtFbjmYGrS_AP2aBDV5H-nLIoWnP0GgVQGlzoE7INm1_oKGS8rOUEy8CZNPeVkJbw92l/s320/IMG_6598.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470707409786361826" border="0" /></a><br /><a rel="lightbox[Green winged orchid]" title="Green winged orchid - Kleines Knabenkraut - orchis morio"href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmtp-7Dc6H_a2kLyuizDR3hq6GE4S9LGrOt6_bzrPn13447EnxTsVdoOh89ubwoIQd_aiknCUpAYwHqu7Fz_saWiZWMOISS8TBRXnIajLzVDbkPfMq38hySBfmrq9gsnCAz_W-iljI6Y9C/s1600/IMG_6584.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmtp-7Dc6H_a2kLyuizDR3hq6GE4S9LGrOt6_bzrPn13447EnxTsVdoOh89ubwoIQd_aiknCUpAYwHqu7Fz_saWiZWMOISS8TBRXnIajLzVDbkPfMq38hySBfmrq9gsnCAz_W-iljI6Y9C/s320/IMG_6584.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470707404755933762" border="0" /></a><br /><a rel="lightbox[Green winged orchid]" title="Green winged orchid - Kleines Knabenkraut - orchis morio"href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwhHgCFqqrnfpLr2c9BbfZuuIwy0SiH-32FexmFEkXjAL6dcFywwfvwnNlUqJ1ISDSJiKpzYovu9kkyms0dUzgurQTT0ZDgQqTKUpWHtPCpSelMtpPkhovjFUufkQU2gK1WFL6Q5MBh80s/s1600/IMG_6557.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwhHgCFqqrnfpLr2c9BbfZuuIwy0SiH-32FexmFEkXjAL6dcFywwfvwnNlUqJ1ISDSJiKpzYovu9kkyms0dUzgurQTT0ZDgQqTKUpWHtPCpSelMtpPkhovjFUufkQU2gK1WFL6Q5MBh80s/s320/IMG_6557.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470707432131460130" border="0" /></a><br /><a rel="lightbox[Green winged orchid]" title="Green winged orchid - Kleines Knabenkraut - orchis morio"href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnH5FssMtZPbQIvTmzWNo5NBn-lCOBX_g_mGbedhWBGzNq-DwGxmihF6vopP1yXIN6kPKNvRIJb0mxZqbsvbFIm644G1EGVWl9F84UIXxZkSaN74oRBBqraCrds-YeJ7CvpOvBnMjqbd3c/s1600/IMG_6575.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnH5FssMtZPbQIvTmzWNo5NBn-lCOBX_g_mGbedhWBGzNq-DwGxmihF6vopP1yXIN6kPKNvRIJb0mxZqbsvbFIm644G1EGVWl9F84UIXxZkSaN74oRBBqraCrds-YeJ7CvpOvBnMjqbd3c/s320/IMG_6575.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470707423056048434" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I went there again the next day with the hope to photograph them again in perfect evening light.<br />First I was not lucky with the light as it was cloudy and secondly there were no orchids left.<br />So what happened. A Shepard moved with his sheep over the fields and they ate all the orchids. There was literally no single orchid left on that location. I was really disappointed and can still not understand why they are allowed the let their sheep grass on known locations of orchids.<br /><br />The images were taken with a 7D - Sigma 150/2.8 and a beanbag<br /><br />I hope that I will be able to photograph another new orchid species for me this afternoon. Weather doesn't look too promising as it is raining the whole day already, but we will see.<br /><br />Sebastian Erras</span>Sebastian Errashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00675962504539865023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686415133400045642.post-65080209017775782212010-05-13T12:30:00.007+02:002010-05-13T12:49:58.692+02:00Orchid Season has started !So finally the orchid season has started here in the south of Germany.<br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The last weeks I visited some locations to photograph the burnt orchid (orchis ustulata) and the green winged orchid. I found a great spot for burnt orchids with over a hundred orchids. I went there 2 days in a row and I got pretty lucky with the weather. After a storm the sky cleared up and the sun appeared and gave 40 Minutes of beautiful evening light.<br /><br /><a rel="lightbox[Burnt Orchid]" title="Burnt Orchid - Brandknabenkraut - orchis ustulata"href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKA9QyMO5FQwmXonA1ijpjgTm1v8J-FDgKW2P9hv81T-VdKHP55NAVTKwYnoMGdq6_0aZSrC-nekD_C6eAOsAxxGyLI-IElJ8JQVH75ec_IupAOSAMCvv3kZRtbYE9oq5ccTPvo8WCsnBE/s1600/IMG_6361.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKA9QyMO5FQwmXonA1ijpjgTm1v8J-FDgKW2P9hv81T-VdKHP55NAVTKwYnoMGdq6_0aZSrC-nekD_C6eAOsAxxGyLI-IElJ8JQVH75ec_IupAOSAMCvv3kZRtbYE9oq5ccTPvo8WCsnBE/s320/IMG_6361.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470701488414493298" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="fullpost"><br /><a rel="lightbox[Burnt Orchid]" title="Burnt Orchid - Brandknabenkraut - orchis ustulata"href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyCdUQbK_3ffJ1AQ6rvHeMzlS91Z3_LHzkfamP12b9W2ZLIaKwVawAqX6TUX84dENUEPer5dc0-uyUQF8_7ClYMCkdE55imJyiEsZfhQvOiE_JSOQAz7OT-tgg74b92CBdyjWgsDHLsr3R/s1600/IMG_6320.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyCdUQbK_3ffJ1AQ6rvHeMzlS91Z3_LHzkfamP12b9W2ZLIaKwVawAqX6TUX84dENUEPer5dc0-uyUQF8_7ClYMCkdE55imJyiEsZfhQvOiE_JSOQAz7OT-tgg74b92CBdyjWgsDHLsr3R/s320/IMG_6320.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470701484398020914" border="0" /></a><br /><a rel="lightbox[Burnt Orchid]" title="Burnt Orchid - Brandknabenkraut - orchis ustulata"href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7lMBw9k6qIiLTHSMStGi0gvCmR-D2euR06djyNBFHkA7TltaUxVd3B-GyGEljn-hxNQ5uNwL68YpKKo0Wf9evWpnASEHIu87xbyVVW7ISIpa_B92_DFs4YqI5siOJ5N6mlK_pK1HeMo_z/s1600/IMG_6144.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7lMBw9k6qIiLTHSMStGi0gvCmR-D2euR06djyNBFHkA7TltaUxVd3B-GyGEljn-hxNQ5uNwL68YpKKo0Wf9evWpnASEHIu87xbyVVW7ISIpa_B92_DFs4YqI5siOJ5N6mlK_pK1HeMo_z/s320/IMG_6144.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470701477619862674" border="0" /></a><br /><a rel="lightbox[Burnt Orchid]" title="Burnt Orchid - Brandknabenkraut - orchis ustulata"href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9_p-EaIr38RkDEN3N-AUTGZY-OQ8z1keSZ4I7SMg4k3FWhoS83wnQXauJ224SuXOqp0KRYFEBwNs09E-7f4j-clDlzuKEvU6qMYOL-U4UMDjeBL_qjss5m1pYdMIMWLgtEwPiMZLTYEl6/s1600/IMG_6074.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9_p-EaIr38RkDEN3N-AUTGZY-OQ8z1keSZ4I7SMg4k3FWhoS83wnQXauJ224SuXOqp0KRYFEBwNs09E-7f4j-clDlzuKEvU6qMYOL-U4UMDjeBL_qjss5m1pYdMIMWLgtEwPiMZLTYEl6/s320/IMG_6074.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470701473466762402" border="0" /></a><br /><a rel="lightbox[Burnt Orchid]" title="Burnt Orchid - Brandknabenkraut - orchis ustulata"href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZNfWk0c7ZU9498iyN1PFzYMQ3CIuelb96q7VywlocyACz52gjMh6vwqBp9OkN-23zINs71oiVkWzq9QhHzmgqfHKW_NxfeTlhFN_msqYtAaLHuwgaVFNxgtYLr2-IQ990Af0C-josF0Ep/s1600/IMG_6019.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZNfWk0c7ZU9498iyN1PFzYMQ3CIuelb96q7VywlocyACz52gjMh6vwqBp9OkN-23zINs71oiVkWzq9QhHzmgqfHKW_NxfeTlhFN_msqYtAaLHuwgaVFNxgtYLr2-IQ990Af0C-josF0Ep/s320/IMG_6019.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470701469286934226" border="0" /></a><br />I had a so great time with these orchids, that I can't wait to visit all the other orchids in my area in the next weeks.<br /><br />The images were taken with a Canon 7D - EF 70-200/4 L IS - Sigma 150/2.8 HSM - Sigma 24/1.8 and a beanbag.<br /><br />So stay tuned for more orchids in the next days / weeks :-)<br /><br />Sebastian Erras<br /></div></span>Sebastian Errashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00675962504539865023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686415133400045642.post-74240523803833731282010-04-14T22:02:00.008+02:002010-04-14T22:23:11.979+02:00Anemone hepatica - Leberblümchen<div style="text-align: justify;">Last weekend I have been able to spend some time in nature again. For the moment I don't really have the time for serious bird photography so I am trying my luck with some flowers. I went to a spot for Anemone hepatica (<span style="font-style: italic;">hepatica nobilis</span>) and I found big purple fields in a forest near my old home. There were actually so many flowers that I didn't really know where to start and I had quite some difficulities to get started and be creative.<br /></div><br /><a rel="lightbox[albumname]" title="Your Image Caption" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMhcsEilghcYdcukgpBmIXpAT-NBPVjiMR-IlBk_NbERxS7_xuAdgVXCkF6nQAkv8RQFzvX-lGwYoQ9-p-zVEIUo6TvzorkTKI7mKuF4wt_RfQ-GRKE_RquinDBpBtyf-cMjMPGdC5281k/s1600/IMG_4727.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMhcsEilghcYdcukgpBmIXpAT-NBPVjiMR-IlBk_NbERxS7_xuAdgVXCkF6nQAkv8RQFzvX-lGwYoQ9-p-zVEIUo6TvzorkTKI7mKuF4wt_RfQ-GRKE_RquinDBpBtyf-cMjMPGdC5281k/s320/IMG_4727.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460087459895478754" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span class="fullpost"><br /><a rel="lightbox[albumname]" title="Your Image Caption" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbXhSb2OWfLnVrNDA-e3d9k3s6Dkz0HLAH4mvrP9kZ7XRdfpSqu515U8QZtCgxdzJW6xM4zXgkpiroxAr_Bf_atcX-IqMkpK9XFbF6zgkTPIw_KNiz8E7hQrztMsKR2XFUpUb9edQuw4Rl/s1600/IMG_4697.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ZPFas3vKcZ5x1FtXmMPTTQfWpjN4SlxqQmA0-7AWuR9Ln-Fi4hrMpNTEkhCkhdAwPtj02-OkWllOQ230gkC3__dtTdiXQojWpKhLqrtV1uToERBh5gm5WT2wfGM42rwUHEryDnVAuckj/s320/IMG_4741.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460088112528141906" border="0" /></a><br /><a rel="lightbox[albumname]" title="Your Image Caption" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBdJRwUyxo1I56rZ_A2oCwBVVgACy0FaJhuqmHBuzn8H7sBzqW4SV9XfLhDuDQJ_eHlfqWEIHC_WOMQSO1KtVz6PQqH1kPe93FEQx86o9TPHJHAOiSwW4i1Bv4zWkF-c4_yUux9-1QhXK0/s1600/IMG_4730.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBdJRwUyxo1I56rZ_A2oCwBVVgACy0FaJhuqmHBuzn8H7sBzqW4SV9XfLhDuDQJ_eHlfqWEIHC_WOMQSO1KtVz6PQqH1kPe93FEQx86o9TPHJHAOiSwW4i1Bv4zWkF-c4_yUux9-1QhXK0/s320/IMG_4730.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460088109659147714" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I haven't used my Sigma 150/2.8 HSM for quite a while now , but this time it served its purpose again and it performed perfectly. I also used my Sigma 24/1.8 EX for more wide angle makro shots and I have to say that I am still in love with that lens. For nearly most of the time I used a beanbag to shoot at low angle. I also brought my Gitzo Tripod but I didn't really used it, as it doesn't give me the flexibility I get with a beanbag.<br /><br />Sebastian Erras<br />Wildlife Photography - Sebastian Erras<br /></div></span>Sebastian Errashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00675962504539865023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686415133400045642.post-66337915630786022102010-03-27T12:17:00.017+01:002010-05-19T19:22:01.499+02:00Hell and Pasque FlowersThis weekend I managed to finally go photographing a bit.<br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Since a week snow is gone and with the warm temperatures here in the south of Germany things are getting green and colourful again.<br />So on Thursday I went to a valley near Regensburg called "Höllbachtal" and I was received by an old sign showing me the direction "To hell" :-). It was the first time I visited this place and I am sure it will not be the last one. I arrived a little late and had backlight in the morning. I tried different shots and also made some panoramas.<br /></div><br />Here are some images:<br /><br /><br /><a rel="lightbox[albumname]" title="Your Image Caption" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWSfSyICs9fTxKPhuys_Byg7zeZO-JSMTkqtEETN68BmBZPqL9hsyjDxb4vZQeL3_cW7QE11j0mJS-w0a7rRp2lNc-MX_ezkekMoeHs7uvG903E7XlhCQDhdYkg2aCW7q9DqPc_jXFQeuQ/s1600/IMG_4029.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWSfSyICs9fTxKPhuys_Byg7zeZO-JSMTkqtEETN68BmBZPqL9hsyjDxb4vZQeL3_cW7QE11j0mJS-w0a7rRp2lNc-MX_ezkekMoeHs7uvG903E7XlhCQDhdYkg2aCW7q9DqPc_jXFQeuQ/s400/IMG_4029.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453297883948830162" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="fullpost"><br /><a rel="lightbox[albumname]" title="Your Image Caption" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkDAz7Wyy1rV884NrztvN8AwcizF-hEnYR362zM-pPO_h8AM_kx-6KF4MqtK2WHE-ycBaRQN6cZkvCFnOQ8UiNVjgI0wmUm2yV4jKT9xDosGWSwTx3Ij1aOH3KDxfMXMqFkFjjk394dR9C/s1600/IMG_3996.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkDAz7Wyy1rV884NrztvN8AwcizF-hEnYR362zM-pPO_h8AM_kx-6KF4MqtK2WHE-ycBaRQN6cZkvCFnOQ8UiNVjgI0wmUm2yV4jKT9xDosGWSwTx3Ij1aOH3KDxfMXMqFkFjjk394dR9C/s400/IMG_3996.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453297877622750354" border="0" /></a><br /><a rel="lightbox[albumname]" title="Your Image Caption" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsk4B2EB4GJfVTm5PDpPmYFh6gsG4RLxz_9o_Pb55uMDPpUmuMndguPUW9nCKlCsS-mJi0UGyI-ucCPnK5OwGax-Bkk5JPVFiATD1uBF0Tpr5xuvO301TQFNDalfkhA9Fw88kaeAVsqvZi/s1600/IMG_3962.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsk4B2EB4GJfVTm5PDpPmYFh6gsG4RLxz_9o_Pb55uMDPpUmuMndguPUW9nCKlCsS-mJi0UGyI-ucCPnK5OwGax-Bkk5JPVFiATD1uBF0Tpr5xuvO301TQFNDalfkhA9Fw88kaeAVsqvZi/s400/IMG_3962.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453297869886221522" border="0" /></a><br /><a rel="lightbox[albumname]" title="Your Image Caption" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4GE-d1ER4WvImMuq8Lc-psH8pNjD4ae47UnoCjSW4N3DcdZVzvAqqqcC9g2QXlkznry-MIqHPRX714PnjxMSJ9FI0xMENhhxWOxdDUtTaGcATVo1iQ6yEAQVJtz2kNm431nb5FjUvnFTR/s1600/hoellbachtal1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4GE-d1ER4WvImMuq8Lc-psH8pNjD4ae47UnoCjSW4N3DcdZVzvAqqqcC9g2QXlkznry-MIqHPRX714PnjxMSJ9FI0xMENhhxWOxdDUtTaGcATVo1iQ6yEAQVJtz2kNm431nb5FjUvnFTR/s400/hoellbachtal1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453297858230587730" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a rel="lightbox[albumname]" title="Your Image Caption" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMWGQXvWjED8GznKtJxqNnXdMt7s3q-VXThN1-xli4RtYafznZVenw_Ex_hwpxQJUIe5Gzh6DDDZD2U3Yfg0rNgHHcIUmPlgUKI-bXEUT6BCVa2M2ypE-2UzKzPAKmn5uhB6FnWTC97zES/s1600/hoellbachtal-klein.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 217px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMWGQXvWjED8GznKtJxqNnXdMt7s3q-VXThN1-xli4RtYafznZVenw_Ex_hwpxQJUIe5Gzh6DDDZD2U3Yfg0rNgHHcIUmPlgUKI-bXEUT6BCVa2M2ypE-2UzKzPAKmn5uhB6FnWTC97zES/s400/hoellbachtal-klein.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453297849127630754" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Canon 7D - Sigma 24/1.8 - Tokina 12-24/4 - Tamron 28-75 - Tripod<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;">I tried my Tokina 12-24/4 for panoramas, but I found the distortion at 12mm very heavy and difficult to use for panoramas. I prefer much more my Sigma 24/1.8 , which has delievered perfect results so far.<br /><br />Yesterday morning I was looking for some flowers and only found a few ones. It is still a little early here for them. In 1-2 weeks it should be a lot better and i hope to get some more results.<br />I was looking for some Pasque Flowers and I was lucky enough to find a few of them.<br /><br /><a rel="lightbox[albumname]" title="Your Image Caption" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRONl23APpA3ydm9EyN-sQutVTeAX3xk0djHcCwpcIhLPlVz3TsXWrrRRCUtFmZddkwyz_FS6Ta5zHvziuxFgv1kPvZV2VWHs7YU0aIL2xSIjlOfGkmEOFCrS8RGi2qXVJuzQudqqLmduG/s1600/IMG_4135.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRONl23APpA3ydm9EyN-sQutVTeAX3xk0djHcCwpcIhLPlVz3TsXWrrRRCUtFmZddkwyz_FS6Ta5zHvziuxFgv1kPvZV2VWHs7YU0aIL2xSIjlOfGkmEOFCrS8RGi2qXVJuzQudqqLmduG/s400/IMG_4135.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453300916921286962" border="0" /></a><br /><a rel="lightbox[albumname]" title="Your Image Caption" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbULaDIXWF68bI0gX2hCVwAR-D-Xp7DfRUDFE9qXzYxJI_2CORkTmUXwwv6Tvz3_bFJk0icOlAXkX7wEdmRu4Hp_Izaxq8fkhl_UN_dLd5MOiWw-ALSrG_wfediNj36F1Hbl4-zBkQYvJW/s1600/IMG_4118.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 382px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbULaDIXWF68bI0gX2hCVwAR-D-Xp7DfRUDFE9qXzYxJI_2CORkTmUXwwv6Tvz3_bFJk0icOlAXkX7wEdmRu4Hp_Izaxq8fkhl_UN_dLd5MOiWw-ALSrG_wfediNj36F1Hbl4-zBkQYvJW/s400/IMG_4118.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453300912086022258" border="0" /></a><br /><a rel="lightbox[albumname]" title="Your Image Caption" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigAuqo28dqyzwcLmAnOz2oByl3i1mcOxYqzV_RVtTsJfg1jIm_hfoGZQRlSqTYxpvrN8stKO7i5l9dWs802S8-SNKeyY2MwDYgndQG78qvfveiMzCjNei_5aDYQzjvwISRQ3ODhybIVAai/s1600/IMG_4094.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigAuqo28dqyzwcLmAnOz2oByl3i1mcOxYqzV_RVtTsJfg1jIm_hfoGZQRlSqTYxpvrN8stKO7i5l9dWs802S8-SNKeyY2MwDYgndQG78qvfveiMzCjNei_5aDYQzjvwISRQ3ODhybIVAai/s400/IMG_4094.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453300903405991778" border="0" /></a><br /><a rel="lightbox[albumname]" title="Your Image Caption" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0yWm7j6Lw6dtCLEHw-TbGlJo3vAW3c0b-rW0U7Y1gNX2jX2U7Hq6R0f-3nkfgZd4F0jOViUMRiv2gfVctFcKGE7MIkGl3ysuTXqm0NdVPigFuBwswtkFc-e8rzH5ztX8uIcXN7Jzvh9g_/s1600/IMG_4083.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0yWm7j6Lw6dtCLEHw-TbGlJo3vAW3c0b-rW0U7Y1gNX2jX2U7Hq6R0f-3nkfgZd4F0jOViUMRiv2gfVctFcKGE7MIkGl3ysuTXqm0NdVPigFuBwswtkFc-e8rzH5ztX8uIcXN7Jzvh9g_/s400/IMG_4083.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453300895917067138" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqLJ9c8IFlTq2ZEGAzkKIFkpo5suk39WbEfT9a6c3WbBT3zwtAJAwj_JdUSId2f-btEpL1MKEOxUme-xzTBV7z2s12t2_SXS4d831lh5uoYmO1cqR71-wRhnKbvbu6oOcml2cmnLIkrKiA/s1600/IMG_4042.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqLJ9c8IFlTq2ZEGAzkKIFkpo5suk39WbEfT9a6c3WbBT3zwtAJAwj_JdUSId2f-btEpL1MKEOxUme-xzTBV7z2s12t2_SXS4d831lh5uoYmO1cqR71-wRhnKbvbu6oOcml2cmnLIkrKiA/s400/IMG_4042.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453300892765394578" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Canon 7D -Sigma 150/28 - Sigma 24/1.8 - Tokina 12-24/4 - Beanbag</span><br /></div></div><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;">Sebastian Erras<br />Wildlife Photography - Sebastian Erras<br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.naturfoto-erras.de">www.naturfoto-erras.de</a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></span>Sebastian Errashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00675962504539865023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686415133400045642.post-10173497176746922192010-03-07T17:00:00.007+01:002010-05-19T19:22:49.322+02:00First Impression of the Canon 7DLast year in November I bought a Canon 7D. The 7D fullfilled nearly all my expectations to a camera for wildlife photographers. It has a fast frame rate, a newly improved AF, enough MP, lightweight, Live View and Video.<br />Unfortunately I didn't had time to test my 7D for wildlife photography yet. So last week I went for a week to Belgium to give it a try with the short-eared Owls. Last year I shot hundreds of images with my Canon 1DIIn the Sigma 500/4.5 EX HSM and the 1.4x or 1.7x konverter. I was curious to see if the 7D could hold up to my beloved 1DIIn.<br /><br />So here are my first impressions.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Resolution and Noise</span><br /><br />The one point I was most curious about was, if the Sigma 500/4.5 EX HSM (with konverters) could deliver enough resolution for the 18MP of the 7D.<br />After my first day of shooting Herons and Grey Partridge and viewing the results I was definitely relieved to see that I shouldn't have to worry:<br /><br />Here is an image I shoot at ISO 5000 and a 100% Crop (click on the image to see the full version)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipgJ5pHylWDsdxxL0ouD2Xa7_ECRMHhr1MusMrOA_BVRj6pKphMoPv0Kku76eG4Q1GlypKutcU_VQNEc_l7teXkngkIY8FIOH2cMsd8GsnkYAfsnkLl0jodIUZ-QixGDdBUPba-hTTx4Yj/s1600-h/IMG_3157.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipgJ5pHylWDsdxxL0ouD2Xa7_ECRMHhr1MusMrOA_BVRj6pKphMoPv0Kku76eG4Q1GlypKutcU_VQNEc_l7teXkngkIY8FIOH2cMsd8GsnkYAfsnkLl0jodIUZ-QixGDdBUPba-hTTx4Yj/s400/IMG_3157.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445925008010770738" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="fullpost"><br />100% Crop<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdK16mHUQGUfEDmxj9ZuVqkcsLPrQlBVEljPq9aTAYI-ZDfQ5U4RCdzt5sO4IdyUpYI2bW-14RubQ90PVz037SqgkKATnuhIpAb8muEl1DcrljGqPf04KRmlI6lq4Y8TadlYTBpkGDJSfv/s1600-h/100crop.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdK16mHUQGUfEDmxj9ZuVqkcsLPrQlBVEljPq9aTAYI-ZDfQ5U4RCdzt5sO4IdyUpYI2bW-14RubQ90PVz037SqgkKATnuhIpAb8muEl1DcrljGqPf04KRmlI6lq4Y8TadlYTBpkGDJSfv/s400/100crop.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445925002383087970" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Canon 7D - Sigma 500/4.5 EX HSM + Kenko 1.4x TC - f8 - 1/1000s - ISO5000 - Window Mount<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;">I was quite impressed by the resolution at ISO5000. If I see some of my images which I shoot at ISO1600 with my 1DIIn than the 7D is a good step forwards.<br /><br />I also made some images ath different ISO settings and put the 100% Crops togehter into 1 image:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRAHYAl9_3Lp1cnHoUnmYbKuubwJ3Ya96lhRGCRdTdP4GPcnqcyPvwtLEg2s3ic1LAIzyw78ma5BiM1gO6sOQ0Q85WgZuKrVwM5tK6oZh2iFNkrD3letqroXR0_bKxr37Kv_7o5LdQWK5a/s1600-h/7D-ISO-Test.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRAHYAl9_3Lp1cnHoUnmYbKuubwJ3Ya96lhRGCRdTdP4GPcnqcyPvwtLEg2s3ic1LAIzyw78ma5BiM1gO6sOQ0Q85WgZuKrVwM5tK6oZh2iFNkrD3letqroXR0_bKxr37Kv_7o5LdQWK5a/s400/7D-ISO-Test.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445926323573054226" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" >The images were processed with Aperture 3 and no Noise Reduction was applied.</span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">AF Performance:<br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Light conditions were not the best during the week I was in Belgium. It was grey the whole day with no sun. So it was a difficult situation for the AF and a good one to test the AF performance under difficult light situations for me.<br />With the modified Kenko 1.4x konverter the AF worked very good. Just as I was used to with my 1DIIn. In One Shot Mode the AF locked quickly on my subject. I also tried the Soligor 1.7x Konverter, which used quite often with my 1DIIn. Under this light conditions the 7D had quite some problems to lock focus on the subject and AF was not really a pleasure to use. I will have to test the 1.7x konverter with sunlight to see if performs better then, but under grey conditions it didn't work well for me.<br />I am very happy with the Kenko 1.4x Konverter and the AF performance in One Shot Mode. I didn't really get a chance to make test in AIServo Mode. I hope that I will get some chances in the near future.<br /><br />Here are some more images from that week:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIK9HKudQEAaUhCypfFiu2FkawlHysD_PX7hXRs_6z0cjE3Al4xa1Pw92TTTHrckuQAF3WUhGChM8nkhmz3Smk7ALxW-PApWmRp-AgWmwsbrx1enBRE9cmUuOg_zJ2sHgdenzw3YmzjBv7/s1600-h/IMG_3457.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIK9HKudQEAaUhCypfFiu2FkawlHysD_PX7hXRs_6z0cjE3Al4xa1Pw92TTTHrckuQAF3WUhGChM8nkhmz3Smk7ALxW-PApWmRp-AgWmwsbrx1enBRE9cmUuOg_zJ2sHgdenzw3YmzjBv7/s400/IMG_3457.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445933390612237874" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9juWZjyuLSjMJosGm9oV71rGmnTqQC_qQi1fLiT2gJWShzDnEZxcNRJWy4bRYaaJxmn93VW6q0mE57cUngjORCuq4lu3dZFqWuuoSw0iI7N0hdqIbiDxkM4GOnQc5WGRXftNoRrz_2pHB/s1600-h/IMG_3386.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9juWZjyuLSjMJosGm9oV71rGmnTqQC_qQi1fLiT2gJWShzDnEZxcNRJWy4bRYaaJxmn93VW6q0mE57cUngjORCuq4lu3dZFqWuuoSw0iI7N0hdqIbiDxkM4GOnQc5WGRXftNoRrz_2pHB/s400/IMG_3386.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445933385800000418" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPwXsYc0JwxeYVP6mkiTjHjsPJtvmCbOq38YIEezDrttYAF3sjSBDPvOKYRzQlrSu5ddo70gQFOXIhA8JOY-02QGKaL0XLw9ZPcoQoiUYCFvJYweo5zosXUtO8Eqby8pIaUHLaqRJYSB-O/s1600-h/IMG_3366.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPwXsYc0JwxeYVP6mkiTjHjsPJtvmCbOq38YIEezDrttYAF3sjSBDPvOKYRzQlrSu5ddo70gQFOXIhA8JOY-02QGKaL0XLw9ZPcoQoiUYCFvJYweo5zosXUtO8Eqby8pIaUHLaqRJYSB-O/s400/IMG_3366.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445933375935074834" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcgViGiM6jL5LpsMHuqhZ3nit2R3xAZhR7S_3bx2G7NOv55-fE25aKwgDN_rFBiEZEGV2WX-RHwg7cN2Q-GeDGJyNWRgs2HoxkU3djThCHWS_irMT5I4C5GOZwonuFFLACGZQWFBCJqknf/s1600-h/IMG_3257.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcgViGiM6jL5LpsMHuqhZ3nit2R3xAZhR7S_3bx2G7NOv55-fE25aKwgDN_rFBiEZEGV2WX-RHwg7cN2Q-GeDGJyNWRgs2HoxkU3djThCHWS_irMT5I4C5GOZwonuFFLACGZQWFBCJqknf/s400/IMG_3257.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445933371506703362" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I hope that I will be able to shoot some wildlife images with my 7D in the next months.<br /><br />Sebastian<br /></div></div></div></div></div></span>Sebastian Errashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00675962504539865023noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686415133400045642.post-14603736431736544002010-01-25T11:11:00.006+01:002010-01-25T11:44:48.785+01:00Best of 20092009 was a great year for wildlife photography for me. From January until August I lived in the Netherlands and enjoyed there some great bird photography opportunities. Since I am back in the South of Germany wildlife photography has come to a minimum. A few weeks ago I realized that I haven't used my Sigma 500/4.5 EX HSM for nearly half a year and I haven't had a chance to test it with my new Canon 7D.<br />At the moment I am browsing through some old images and making a selection for the upcoming competitions and I thought it might be nice to make a short "Best of 2009" selection and post it here on my blog so that I at least have some updates here ;-).<br /><br />2009 I focused on 5 specific subjects: - Short-eared Owls - Purple Herons - Bluethroat - Black-tailed Godwits - Marsh Harriers<br /><br />I am very satisfied with the results I achieved last year and i really hope that I get some more nice images this, even though the outlook for 2010 is not looking so good at the moment for me, as it is my last year of my studies.<br /><br />So here are my 10 most favorite images of 2009<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrIJ4o_VH9k_vmIsv47nkl7v3aFvM5IIXFF8hjyzh7cvI5ga89rXKW_wFlGnnILg3pNCeTT-i08v-Kje4kxSlq_7a5tfol9trvtVGu8is-Tlzjoks2QUe60cKWano5vFS09A3i4iLT3ZtW/s1600-h/Best-of-2009-10.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrIJ4o_VH9k_vmIsv47nkl7v3aFvM5IIXFF8hjyzh7cvI5ga89rXKW_wFlGnnILg3pNCeTT-i08v-Kje4kxSlq_7a5tfol9trvtVGu8is-Tlzjoks2QUe60cKWano5vFS09A3i4iLT3ZtW/s400/Best-of-2009-10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430625342125324578" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="fullpost"><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwYttRISH5dr9TrKwEBg5U4JUGgh8vtIfZshbxeS3MkOs2Lu4IxBHeKiC2ftNXbR4N1V9R-G5xexYETOUELh0CsdEj9IXRx97oYxv73eUkx0HPdVE2I9Qd9R35Zclhj7s_LfsfAZ4TaCGD/s1600-h/Best-of-2009-09.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 263px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwYttRISH5dr9TrKwEBg5U4JUGgh8vtIfZshbxeS3MkOs2Lu4IxBHeKiC2ftNXbR4N1V9R-G5xexYETOUELh0CsdEj9IXRx97oYxv73eUkx0HPdVE2I9Qd9R35Zclhj7s_LfsfAZ4TaCGD/s400/Best-of-2009-09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430625342578503106" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYldfo3wRYt19MD6u39PDg7nVWbYYs5_bIREgNi8s_9y7Oml4uAO9XED3j-0wjneppx6wpvJaQ0eb7ReGwJygJjqgxcMH3C1y5jOl4YPD_joiL8Ez8smHBMrbLtk1chJSXzCVIqGeMzAze/s1600-h/Best-of-2009-08.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYldfo3wRYt19MD6u39PDg7nVWbYYs5_bIREgNi8s_9y7Oml4uAO9XED3j-0wjneppx6wpvJaQ0eb7ReGwJygJjqgxcMH3C1y5jOl4YPD_joiL8Ez8smHBMrbLtk1chJSXzCVIqGeMzAze/s400/Best-of-2009-08.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430625331735779986" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZIj-e0omK2Mw6m3Rr68ZL8M9DHI6D5JSD2xxdexNeT3cLuAtof89qFmG2zegYD_3Qo6DvRiCS0Entm2fyVzO3HzGtmgxzk_L0gBDZYaV6QnIyn4xraq4FPPEAL-I3dPt2lXfAEUNreywl/s1600-h/Best-of-2009-07.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZIj-e0omK2Mw6m3Rr68ZL8M9DHI6D5JSD2xxdexNeT3cLuAtof89qFmG2zegYD_3Qo6DvRiCS0Entm2fyVzO3HzGtmgxzk_L0gBDZYaV6QnIyn4xraq4FPPEAL-I3dPt2lXfAEUNreywl/s400/Best-of-2009-07.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430625332559344946" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQvLH1noLsZKGHWjhr7XjDk3RBtA0nopJE8BNrSoTVu6JjBIyiZKP8FIdKCIhmfwo3rMdJwz9HdQfRSPmC1Oll1FHWTTsAC4lEH9JSqXkfNFsBKHvM3_gaJ_9D8mO7E0nqqCq7ZbnJgF-E/s1600-h/Best-of-2009-05.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQvLH1noLsZKGHWjhr7XjDk3RBtA0nopJE8BNrSoTVu6JjBIyiZKP8FIdKCIhmfwo3rMdJwz9HdQfRSPmC1Oll1FHWTTsAC4lEH9JSqXkfNFsBKHvM3_gaJ_9D8mO7E0nqqCq7ZbnJgF-E/s400/Best-of-2009-05.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430624936760421362" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1FpaieUBwCRcYEqsR8O10x9LO-f_y74DyUThfFjy-OKrkqz58OtbUufiyp1fW1GYE89gY3ZOTiMQqyBBrcpF-V_AkMN_sd_5QfZYk3kpBQZvloi2r2USAENaSj_Wf4hA9IYKDDk60Aukh/s1600-h/Best-of-2009-03.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 263px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1FpaieUBwCRcYEqsR8O10x9LO-f_y74DyUThfFjy-OKrkqz58OtbUufiyp1fW1GYE89gY3ZOTiMQqyBBrcpF-V_AkMN_sd_5QfZYk3kpBQZvloi2r2USAENaSj_Wf4hA9IYKDDk60Aukh/s400/Best-of-2009-03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430624934306740274" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFbR-rIAeb4Y-62w5ENqADREs51DRDLKB9z07t96n-S2jW_wy_qFSbBl9YulAXDNTnWleNdHKs8li7COKOHtklAPw1C-070iAZYJAooeMluaxkSRTfL1VmUW95yPy-SMNEJXk38ET1bBhM/s1600-h/Best-of-2009-02.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFbR-rIAeb4Y-62w5ENqADREs51DRDLKB9z07t96n-S2jW_wy_qFSbBl9YulAXDNTnWleNdHKs8li7COKOHtklAPw1C-070iAZYJAooeMluaxkSRTfL1VmUW95yPy-SMNEJXk38ET1bBhM/s400/Best-of-2009-02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430624921905216034" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9hpVwJmU4ruMWl-vpYT1kZqflGWUnGNOu-V28Duc2VKydsUelLNSLKR3bMKiq0yWksVHKAq_u0ed7askVjk7SLekSxIWDyNOuEv_HyqUmGLTynReIDDaUGo9Kd95aItvUo7SvUcUMyBNR/s1600-h/Best-of-2009-04.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9hpVwJmU4ruMWl-vpYT1kZqflGWUnGNOu-V28Duc2VKydsUelLNSLKR3bMKiq0yWksVHKAq_u0ed7askVjk7SLekSxIWDyNOuEv_HyqUmGLTynReIDDaUGo9Kd95aItvUo7SvUcUMyBNR/s400/Best-of-2009-04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430624920125405554" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE-YGFAZLzVK_-Remayq4jhJLJVTzlXa8yjGrxiV1y_W8Dlj7Yd8eFLaYwmwwtTDleoXlyx6xOPUyo3I8VgHKthnUEo7rIu8jEewAdiWtX2XhxmONjt-ty5ez3IMtgXkg3CiXxIMpc4CmD/s1600-h/Best-of-2009-01.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE-YGFAZLzVK_-Remayq4jhJLJVTzlXa8yjGrxiV1y_W8Dlj7Yd8eFLaYwmwwtTDleoXlyx6xOPUyo3I8VgHKthnUEo7rIu8jEewAdiWtX2XhxmONjt-ty5ez3IMtgXkg3CiXxIMpc4CmD/s400/Best-of-2009-01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430624914807105442" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn_XyKr1OKEvhwcWt7hNdz_M00ILXcl170NG9wDtT97WZuFay6XIAEVAMGidY7XGdXdFpQURkcgdnPnzHHF3ONRgXNM-aY0ZZY9MDsvEJVRo4lPsBR2aeWzUemQu5mdHumAvCx1iftVd5X/s1600-h/Best-of-2009-06.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn_XyKr1OKEvhwcWt7hNdz_M00ILXcl170NG9wDtT97WZuFay6XIAEVAMGidY7XGdXdFpQURkcgdnPnzHHF3ONRgXNM-aY0ZZY9MDsvEJVRo4lPsBR2aeWzUemQu5mdHumAvCx1iftVd5X/s400/Best-of-2009-06.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430625323781323698" border="0" /></a><br />All of these images were taken with my favorite combination : Canon 1D IIn and the Sigma 500/4.5 EX HSM in combination with either a Kenko 1.4x or a Soligor 1.7x converter.<br /><br />I hope that I have time in February to go to Belgium again to photograph Short-eared Owls.<br /><br />Sebastian Erras<br /></span>Sebastian Errashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00675962504539865023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686415133400045642.post-23366902412816027942009-11-26T15:14:00.005+01:002009-11-26T15:37:45.574+01:00Panoramas in the forests<span style="font-size:85%;">I haven't had time lately to shoot much wildlife images and there isn't much wildlife to shoot here in the south of Germany at the moment. So I went out and shot some panoramas in the local forests. </span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;">I love the panorama format and I really like the results of my trips to the forests.<br />The Sigma 24mm/1.8 EX DG has become my favourite panorama lens. I made some great panorama images during my trip to China in August. I didn't have a tripod with me so I used it handheld all the time and the results were great. I try to keep it simple so I don't use a big and complicated panorama setup. I use Photoshops Photomerge as a stitching software and it works great for me. The results are great and I hardly have any problems with the overlapping of images nor ghosting effects in the images. Even if I use it handheld.<br />The Panorama images of the forests were made with a tripod and 3-Way Head, because I needed a lot of depth-of-field, which results usually in slow shutter speeds.<br /><br />So here are some panorama images, I shot lately:<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuTsQlexkiQi4GLc1gP6ThnL0eKP30z9xbLYQpdSMmiK-e5tJOBzCLl84Mzt6zPeaGGhgVbtWK5eD6auJRFwpVVlmwFgjdEsSC4MgN47reN-FyiA4u2Ah-eBCrROFAQbsya-z3XaafCYxs/s1600/Wald-Pano-Nebel-6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 161px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuTsQlexkiQi4GLc1gP6ThnL0eKP30z9xbLYQpdSMmiK-e5tJOBzCLl84Mzt6zPeaGGhgVbtWK5eD6auJRFwpVVlmwFgjdEsSC4MgN47reN-FyiA4u2Ah-eBCrROFAQbsya-z3XaafCYxs/s400/Wald-Pano-Nebel-6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408418184545458466" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="fullpost"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtvJBGO_S0dpDJoS7Z2Zp19Y4xxzPF7yOO9pcRy2X21Gor7cpQGwgFTeDc30uQ9kEkymKFJdu2_dw-uuI9TrBE3pb1QJQSARTiMw41fjWZl7B9SwyI8jo5VkUTbYYgrQpzoLWbx1ultyNK/s1600/wald-nebel-pano.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 190px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtvJBGO_S0dpDJoS7Z2Zp19Y4xxzPF7yOO9pcRy2X21Gor7cpQGwgFTeDc30uQ9kEkymKFJdu2_dw-uuI9TrBE3pb1QJQSARTiMw41fjWZl7B9SwyI8jo5VkUTbYYgrQpzoLWbx1ultyNK/s400/wald-nebel-pano.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408418181893286850" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6V0KS1z4zHRWN3BSJJvzBCQXARbyrtwP3FwKfCQWdrV79gsxuy-CyRNHb4thctNa-In2YTqiG0N3pMxjPB6UN-W1rPAuuUJIA29HPC7Y055XrPe5lbGF9cXS5_1I2SNZrC1c8ga8cC6uS/s1600/Wald-Nebel-Pano-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6V0KS1z4zHRWN3BSJJvzBCQXARbyrtwP3FwKfCQWdrV79gsxuy-CyRNHb4thctNa-In2YTqiG0N3pMxjPB6UN-W1rPAuuUJIA29HPC7Y055XrPe5lbGF9cXS5_1I2SNZrC1c8ga8cC6uS/s400/Wald-Nebel-Pano-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408418176359540402" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghfSBlXDFYLv3bi870twkwKegwsym1J2B2UCkHYGm79JPDYkeUqXsfDMiYAUWId9LaPS1AKfAbV4g1msxrzcrfBBLwknpDumkzii0cUsZZ5XjF0fCOt7HNjBHQ9ICEyLQM7CcmmAXCzwhg/s1600/Sebastian-Erras-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 179px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghfSBlXDFYLv3bi870twkwKegwsym1J2B2UCkHYGm79JPDYkeUqXsfDMiYAUWId9LaPS1AKfAbV4g1msxrzcrfBBLwknpDumkzii0cUsZZ5XjF0fCOt7HNjBHQ9ICEyLQM7CcmmAXCzwhg/s400/Sebastian-Erras-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408418171713769970" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheyeG4XhS9dtXK1mo1dGrtYeOoekBXZHUhXoVr9_BzSLoXAF_W1SCSskqM0x2s33-DL_r70muJMIpcRCwKLEubm58ohpCGtTLT7Mp3al74XFiFDJiYU7riP6HR_1_5CqF51QJvejd0pHjk/s1600/wald-pano6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 174px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheyeG4XhS9dtXK1mo1dGrtYeOoekBXZHUhXoVr9_BzSLoXAF_W1SCSskqM0x2s33-DL_r70muJMIpcRCwKLEubm58ohpCGtTLT7Mp3al74XFiFDJiYU7riP6HR_1_5CqF51QJvejd0pHjk/s400/wald-pano6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408419629794845778" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Kda80Xaewd92u_UkjErhnlpqiS8CWH7U2odrCIcMstTZZBVxWEAB6UVzucQEVggKsFKGD7L6TFX4TNX6bhYbylBJniN2i_Grasm3A4XMWkcCDvsME-YCU5siW70PyAatU-YW-A4EidjJ/s1600/Pilz-pano.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Kda80Xaewd92u_UkjErhnlpqiS8CWH7U2odrCIcMstTZZBVxWEAB6UVzucQEVggKsFKGD7L6TFX4TNX6bhYbylBJniN2i_Grasm3A4XMWkcCDvsME-YCU5siW70PyAatU-YW-A4EidjJ/s400/Pilz-pano.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408419624950808850" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">I finally received my new Canon 7D last week and I didn't really have time to fully test it yet. I took it with me last time to photograph mushrooms in the forest. Actually the last 2 panorama images here are made with the Canon 7D and the Sigma 24/1.8. My first impressions are really positive. I love the Live View function for macros and landscapes and the new screen is just amazing compared to the one in my 1D IIn and 400D.<br />I will post a few impressions of the 7D later this week.<br /><br />Sebastian Erras<br />Wildlife Photography<br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.naturfoto-erras.de">www.naturfoto-erras.de</a><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /></span></div>Sebastian Errashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00675962504539865023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686415133400045642.post-74277847897427904762009-11-03T21:00:00.005+01:002009-11-26T15:39:17.183+01:002.Place Fritz Pölking Junior Award<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;">I was really happy when I heared that the GDT decided to award also the 2nd and 3rd Place of the Fritz Pölking Nachwuchspreis and that I got the 2nd place.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">This is my first and International award and this is the Portfolio that got me 2nd place:</span><br /><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;">"Birdphotography - My Passion"<br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmE7WfEwKelv4bOkl0TIhIloYGvNnIuZa-y0npIIwLcbupYpaKG3uuEvqTKkT0t8zv0Z18D9YlBZjirnobeGJC7eVdy8sc_RzjK0UQ_LwuBmEbXrcn7b8NtzUIfGXaHemxcnBtURnCS7jr/s1600-h/Sebastian-FPP-09.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 186px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmE7WfEwKelv4bOkl0TIhIloYGvNnIuZa-y0npIIwLcbupYpaKG3uuEvqTKkT0t8zv0Z18D9YlBZjirnobeGJC7eVdy8sc_RzjK0UQ_LwuBmEbXrcn7b8NtzUIfGXaHemxcnBtURnCS7jr/s400/Sebastian-FPP-09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399971343444065762" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">The winner of the Fritz Pölking Nachwuchspreis was Fergus Gill from Scottland. He won with a portfolio of wildlife images in winter. He is just 17 and already has some amazing images.<br /><br />See his great images here: <a href="http://gdtfoto.de/content.php?siteloc=392">Fergus Gill</a><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">I also entered the Eric Hoskin Award and got into the final round, but unfortunately the Jury decided not to award any winner as they decided that the entered portfolios were not strong enough. This is the second time in a row that they did and I am seriously considering not to enter this category next year anymore.<br /><br />Sebastian Erras<br />Wildlife Photography - Sebastian Erras<br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.naturfoto-erras.de">www.naturfoto-erras.de</a><br /><br /><br /><br /></span>Sebastian Errashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00675962504539865023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686415133400045642.post-23302424865332555322009-10-21T22:07:00.003+02:002009-11-26T15:38:25.829+01:00International Nature Festival in Lünen<span style="font-size:85%;">This weekend I will be travelling to Lünen to the <a href="http://gdtfoto.de/content.php?siteloc=377">International Nature Festival</a> organized by the german GDT.<br />I am looking forward to seeing some old friends there and watching some very impressive presentations by some great nature photographers.<br />I will also have the chance to check out the latest camera equipment and I will try to get my hands on the new Canon 7D. A camera which I finally offers nearly all the things I need as a naturephotographer.<br /><br />I will post some images and some other great news :-) next week, when I will be back.<br /><br />I can only recommend to check out the winning images of the <a href="http://gdtfoto.de/content.php?start=ok&s_res=1280&lang=en">ENJ</a> and the <a href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/temporary-exhibitions/wpy/index.jsp">WPOTY</a> which will be published this weekend.<br /><br />Sebastian Erras<br />Wildlife Photography</span>Sebastian Errashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00675962504539865023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686415133400045642.post-69418905660332709042009-09-27T21:35:00.013+02:002009-11-26T15:56:09.444+01:00Back again<div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;">So finally I am back to good old Germany. I have been 2 wonderful weeks to China to see Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong and it was a pretty amazing trip. I took a lot of picture, but I didn't get the chance to shoot any wildlife there.<br />Then I went for 4 weeks to the South of France to see my Girlfriend. We made a few trips to the local flamingo ponds and to the Camargue. It was pretty hot there and full of mosquitoes.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Unfortunately I didn't bring my Sigma 500 due to the strict weight restrictions with Ryanair. I jsut brought a few lenses and my Sigma 100-300/4. I was able to get some shots of the flamingos, but I would have wished to have my Sigma 500 for the extra reach with me.<br /><br />Here are some shots of the flamingos:</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="fullpost" style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju_8QSTwvnLw5YVaG9Q2dek_Zailt-foAV8Wld66gQUrO8JSosCL4TNhzFSnNBvLB4b1PR8KLsc7_qLAXTKu6jgT6QrU78JRvYgaiKWHqozHrlD3MtkJ0pZDwfqz-d0sc3PsiCYa2Dgf-T/s1600-h/2DN_2300.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju_8QSTwvnLw5YVaG9Q2dek_Zailt-foAV8Wld66gQUrO8JSosCL4TNhzFSnNBvLB4b1PR8KLsc7_qLAXTKu6jgT6QrU78JRvYgaiKWHqozHrlD3MtkJ0pZDwfqz-d0sc3PsiCYa2Dgf-T/s320/2DN_2300.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386234809828352546" border="0" /></a></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-jVZ1-B7Ru8CqM-gJtH_DGvByvSMzRAmmcDzPWd23Ofm0RhppGJSuJxA2CXXTAjE8M9JSCugiAVS5UZhVKq09HYWfrCkE2tqKDe7Zc0RGQ-jCtuzT1LIxRwocb_AiXPAERSNNZ_78sVz/s1600-h/2DN_2242.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-jVZ1-B7Ru8CqM-gJtH_DGvByvSMzRAmmcDzPWd23Ofm0RhppGJSuJxA2CXXTAjE8M9JSCugiAVS5UZhVKq09HYWfrCkE2tqKDe7Zc0RGQ-jCtuzT1LIxRwocb_AiXPAERSNNZ_78sVz/s320/2DN_2242.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386234799958112562" border="0" /> </a><a style="font-weight: bold;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM6cS_lkL9zjOMTU95NzjjLPqQTF295hGEn2o49emPllEfSMOOGPEdaivrfHh0Zwj_4gMFf1rTZ1037ZpKlm1-WVFuBGwSNp3IrPN_shCPUZt7ez7UnuH0iWfAa-1M8YA3acpemrPFoD3q/s1600-h/2DN_1950.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM6cS_lkL9zjOMTU95NzjjLPqQTF295hGEn2o49emPllEfSMOOGPEdaivrfHh0Zwj_4gMFf1rTZ1037ZpKlm1-WVFuBGwSNp3IrPN_shCPUZt7ez7UnuH0iWfAa-1M8YA3acpemrPFoD3q/s320/2DN_1950.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386234645758843218" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEQJdON2quMy_RB5Q4B_CsvOsiBtJF7gMs2jDRN7GeN53F-fp2XXWGdQ_H_cJX-IqazmJbdeeEGqXT9QtHOv8USucGTQSsnyBhhIUVW9GUz63e1zHYOXGIDVRasdDoWu6BUnhBqDweCkys/s1600-h/2DN_1964.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 204px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEQJdON2quMy_RB5Q4B_CsvOsiBtJF7gMs2jDRN7GeN53F-fp2XXWGdQ_H_cJX-IqazmJbdeeEGqXT9QtHOv8USucGTQSsnyBhhIUVW9GUz63e1zHYOXGIDVRasdDoWu6BUnhBqDweCkys/s320/2DN_1964.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386234651091875954" border="0" /></a></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM6cS_lkL9zjOMTU95NzjjLPqQTF295hGEn2o49emPllEfSMOOGPEdaivrfHh0Zwj_4gMFf1rTZ1037ZpKlm1-WVFuBGwSNp3IrPN_shCPUZt7ez7UnuH0iWfAa-1M8YA3acpemrPFoD3q/s1600-h/2DN_1950.jpg"> </a></div></div></span></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="fullpost" style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="fullpost" style="font-size:85%;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="fullpost" style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="fullpost" style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="fullpost" style="font-size:85%;"><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUwheA4TAIaOkIADWi_Sol3GWcLy9Y6GHZWYvluBX-f2Kx_zqI4RYdF1OcSkOYdjFaMegsAkScyfdRo-HvcB5n9noYubPAkOG2VWgkUwq-XIhirwDhAz7ru-36FZABeV3IzOIkGvCe87Rd/s1600-h/2DN_1865.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUwheA4TAIaOkIADWi_Sol3GWcLy9Y6GHZWYvluBX-f2Kx_zqI4RYdF1OcSkOYdjFaMegsAkScyfdRo-HvcB5n9noYubPAkOG2VWgkUwq-XIhirwDhAz7ru-36FZABeV3IzOIkGvCe87Rd/s320/2DN_1865.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386234624994058690" border="0" /></a></div></span></div></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span class="fullpost" style="font-size:85%;">All shots were taken with the Canon 1D IIn and the Sigma 100-300/4 HSM handheld.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div></div></span></div></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span class="fullpost" style="font-size:85%;">Sebastian Erras</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span class="fullpost" style="font-size:85%;">Wildlife Photography Sebastian Erras</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div>Sebastian Errashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00675962504539865023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686415133400045642.post-40203511374272736552009-07-30T21:21:00.004+02:002009-11-26T15:40:15.163+01:00Off to China<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;">It has been pretty busy for me in the last 4 weeks and I haven't managed to go seriously photographing the last weeks.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> Saturday will be my last day in the Netherlands and after 2 years living and photographing in the Netherlands time has come to move on.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">On Sunday I will leave for a 2 week trip to China to visit Shanghai, Beijing and HongKong. Of course I will take my camera with mye, but my Sigma 500/4.5 will stay at home, as I am not planning to do serious wildlife photography. Maybe I will get some changes to photograph urban wildlife.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">After my China trip I will directly go further for 4 weeks to the south of France to see my girlfriend. She lives close to the Camargue and maybe if I find time I will go there again and photograph some birds there.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Sebastian Erras</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Wildlife Photography - Sebastian Erras</span></div>Sebastian Errashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00675962504539865023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686415133400045642.post-31569800169766412692009-06-17T20:05:00.006+02:002009-11-26T15:57:09.531+01:00Pirmasenser Fototage 2009<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;">This I had the chance to show some of my work at the <a href="http://www.pirmasenser-fototage.de/fototage/index.php">Pirmasenser Fototage</a> in Germany togehter with some other wildlife photographers. In the city of Pirmasens images of several photographers from all kind of genres are displayed at different locations throughout the city.<br />The nature images are displayed at the Dynamikum in Pirmasens and can still be seen there until the 20th of June.<br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9x-NDYLnDEtTpVOpQOPbgs0F_EVEhEzxukCdEUkTxsZWwKGfGklqoDN8vao0zv2AXPwRbhEFKzDt9HHQZZGDjkDixJKS1YCrLF7fUjaaMjgpy2uFxZzdWrVBjhEHf7pCVxCA4dtx5LTnX/s1600-h/pirmasens-2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 290px; height: 193px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9x-NDYLnDEtTpVOpQOPbgs0F_EVEhEzxukCdEUkTxsZWwKGfGklqoDN8vao0zv2AXPwRbhEFKzDt9HHQZZGDjkDixJKS1YCrLF7fUjaaMjgpy2uFxZzdWrVBjhEHf7pCVxCA4dtx5LTnX/s320/pirmasens-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348364081692838738" border="0" /> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVkEdBgxRK5-AMhKqcdh3W2q3EkF7dsOm8mqqxIX3jP4k5muAxWgGOeXMPVR7uBXjcK2TwoyK_ZmyTv6nDnhRUtF7LezCoUFXf9IbmR5ToB-IOM5GB1TEY6AmTKASV26Ce6iygfuoHl0Cz/s1600-h/Pirmasens.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 290px; height: 194px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVkEdBgxRK5-AMhKqcdh3W2q3EkF7dsOm8mqqxIX3jP4k5muAxWgGOeXMPVR7uBXjcK2TwoyK_ZmyTv6nDnhRUtF7LezCoUFXf9IbmR5ToB-IOM5GB1TEY6AmTKASV26Ce6iygfuoHl0Cz/s320/Pirmasens.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348364077923315074" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Unfortunately I wasn't able to go to there myself, as it is quite far away from Amsterdam. However I received some images of the exhibiton from friends who visited it and photographers who also showed some of their work there.<br /><br />Here are some impressions of the exhibiton at the Dynamikum:<br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicLXJTMJnQn7nG4IzMHxSXTFOuORn72uXANSu7NEx-v1D8blVGUwFEstn_ycVAEkfgd3Cul7FTUxfbDL1IY8EFq4lDdF7sKN0BhbzmWiwH7oZ4JF99yf4BTbgOsmm_gN2nbsNbXubpQnuk/s1600-h/pirmasens-5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 199px; height: 136px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicLXJTMJnQn7nG4IzMHxSXTFOuORn72uXANSu7NEx-v1D8blVGUwFEstn_ycVAEkfgd3Cul7FTUxfbDL1IY8EFq4lDdF7sKN0BhbzmWiwH7oZ4JF99yf4BTbgOsmm_gN2nbsNbXubpQnuk/s320/pirmasens-5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348364431056610530" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXOUw5g32hRbmawzrnpiPtlxNCrlcXFdseqoxqqF0sCMsblNS4p8JgbPYyl6xhuLP0a_5e_nHVvMNbahQQcMPJA-s7MBPsZVgNip5CXKNNCtBwVbEMcd3MKurvuDtsRZwGeYrRNSs9qK_P/s1600-h/pirmasens-4.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 199px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXOUw5g32hRbmawzrnpiPtlxNCrlcXFdseqoxqqF0sCMsblNS4p8JgbPYyl6xhuLP0a_5e_nHVvMNbahQQcMPJA-s7MBPsZVgNip5CXKNNCtBwVbEMcd3MKurvuDtsRZwGeYrRNSs9qK_P/s320/pirmasens-4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348364426718826642" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV9bs2GPlp9WX8S9KTstzSuqWOuswwvduCJBVDvp-fkvdUNgLV9Zdpgtdu-go-YTMEZwtMX7LkVAUOzeuhUbVxvJCa5xqMjGrinGQQJO2iFRHaUb1DPGDsyuFQFxQjFTk4OiPhyphenhyphenNzH4osV/s1600-h/pirmasens-3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 199px; height: 135px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV9bs2GPlp9WX8S9KTstzSuqWOuswwvduCJBVDvp-fkvdUNgLV9Zdpgtdu-go-YTMEZwtMX7LkVAUOzeuhUbVxvJCa5xqMjGrinGQQJO2iFRHaUb1DPGDsyuFQFxQjFTk4OiPhyphenhyphenNzH4osV/s320/pirmasens-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348364416368418626" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Thanks to <a href="http://www.t-block.de/">Thomas Block</a> for letting me show the images here.</span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;">If you have time thsi weekend and live close to Pirmasens than I would recommend you to see the images. Note that also the images of last year's European Wildlife Photographer of the Year are shown at the Dynamikum. I have seen these images last year in Lünen at the International Naturfotofestival of the GDT and the images are stunning!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Sebastian Erras</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Wildlife Photography - Sebastian Erras</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.naturfoto-erras.de">www.naturfoto-erras.de</a></span></div>Sebastian Errashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00675962504539865023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686415133400045642.post-39123000921944265802009-06-02T18:56:00.019+02:002009-06-02T20:27:53.290+02:00Marsh Harriers<div style="text-align: justify;">Now the second part of my long weekend. At the Arkemheen Polder I was not only able to photograph Black-tailed Godwits, but also a pair of Marsh Harriers. In late April I visited this spot for the first time to photograph the pair of Marsh Harriers. Back then they were busy getting nesting material. This weekend I photographed them with prey and even with nesting material, which I found a little strange. I expected that the chicks already had hatched and the reason why the parents were bringing food their chicks is to feed them. So I'm not really sure why the Marsh Harriers both the female and the male brought small branches to their site.<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiZ_v989LyS2Xd8vSPCX5p_T2YDY6HV6AAdsKvkdYIE3UDFaLSpsE1bLfLF4yiklieCFciAqlWsf89CDFqFwy8PgfIqn2_2X4wCE5D8I6PEkCZuL7GJNkI7dNH4jm30JQtyEwFptm2vAni/s1600-h/1DN_8951.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiZ_v989LyS2Xd8vSPCX5p_T2YDY6HV6AAdsKvkdYIE3UDFaLSpsE1bLfLF4yiklieCFciAqlWsf89CDFqFwy8PgfIqn2_2X4wCE5D8I6PEkCZuL7GJNkI7dNH4jm30JQtyEwFptm2vAni/s200/1DN_8951.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342777896216033282" border="0" /> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4gJlWyJd3E57ETUfhU47M7FDr7ZdgOmDleymfy0Rupf6FWTJQ8qLheSSOheyBIj0Jh-gm7Qavzqx8VdaHYpFSJPQ0PBfxYt4AMbMb7wissmaMBQOTpqClEI1ZTRirKvJha5McuaoWaMrk/s1600-h/1DN_9020.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4gJlWyJd3E57ETUfhU47M7FDr7ZdgOmDleymfy0Rupf6FWTJQ8qLheSSOheyBIj0Jh-gm7Qavzqx8VdaHYpFSJPQ0PBfxYt4AMbMb7wissmaMBQOTpqClEI1ZTRirKvJha5McuaoWaMrk/s200/1DN_9020.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342777906927311970" border="0" /> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPn7bzNYbGQA3Lm3ijoUwYRgaa7FAGyUIgMBQ2p_-Tnhr1g2v00meKfPy2769Bw1FckcAlDMLKnVTB-0R7DRNhDrNgB4SxgFODGcHDG5M19ObRhSMwaJEXgGj1Pr23hSEkY3ZTc2KxGbbS/s1600-h/1DN_8930.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPn7bzNYbGQA3Lm3ijoUwYRgaa7FAGyUIgMBQ2p_-Tnhr1g2v00meKfPy2769Bw1FckcAlDMLKnVTB-0R7DRNhDrNgB4SxgFODGcHDG5M19ObRhSMwaJEXgGj1Pr23hSEkY3ZTc2KxGbbS/s200/1DN_8930.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342777900647148674" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><span class="fullpost"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />In situations like this, where you want to get flight shots and images of landing birds, the direction of the wind is a very important aspect. The key here is, that birds will always land <span><span style="font-weight: bold;">against</span> the wind. So if you wanna photograph landing birds make sure that you position yourself with the wind coming from your back. Then the birds will land towards you and you will get nice flight shots with the birds facing to you. Sidewinds can also be nice. Then the bird will land sidewards. However the worst conditions for flight photography is headwind. With headwind the bird will always land facing away from you and the only thing you will get see is its back and that is propably not your main target.<br />So before I go out to shot birds in flight I always check the wind conditions at the location I want to photograph. On the internet you will find numerous websites where you retrive information about wind conditions.<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLmjwE0aBBa7FXc_VsQ0FIz_pxJMy3bd0Uq8pvbS63pIEY5BpOmxeQLBkE-Boxl-eMvjuN7rGlZfdgBVophwGs37w16uzArgDZAq6GyLJx7jq6qb6aApVrIIrY7YbIm20EYOa73LaJPIll/s1600-h/1DN_8215.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLmjwE0aBBa7FXc_VsQ0FIz_pxJMy3bd0Uq8pvbS63pIEY5BpOmxeQLBkE-Boxl-eMvjuN7rGlZfdgBVophwGs37w16uzArgDZAq6GyLJx7jq6qb6aApVrIIrY7YbIm20EYOa73LaJPIll/s200/1DN_8215.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342780041333593794" border="0" /> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9V9i3g3FZT7JgQJhAF0Jhf4ZJPwdLRZNt85yC6HbtC_GQhZb3cawJITaf6UrNWJRtUZfsyfn5CgQ5r1JuEdgcZccB92IQNXa2L6VSlUeFHRx_3X5E4tQAr1ClnP1zoNhlQ0o9YFp4W6Ww/s1600-h/1DN_9009.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9V9i3g3FZT7JgQJhAF0Jhf4ZJPwdLRZNt85yC6HbtC_GQhZb3cawJITaf6UrNWJRtUZfsyfn5CgQ5r1JuEdgcZccB92IQNXa2L6VSlUeFHRx_3X5E4tQAr1ClnP1zoNhlQ0o9YFp4W6Ww/s200/1DN_9009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342777910263465938" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLmjwE0aBBa7FXc_VsQ0FIz_pxJMy3bd0Uq8pvbS63pIEY5BpOmxeQLBkE-Boxl-eMvjuN7rGlZfdgBVophwGs37w16uzArgDZAq6GyLJx7jq6qb6aApVrIIrY7YbIm20EYOa73LaJPIll/s1600-h/1DN_8215.jpg"> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCSmJQxKl6hcq2sIAiFeBLpMQk9LgK5C_KdoHZ5d7Br2lHZY7YR-kkuj7tOgrJ0qaGzrcRUdy7uHbtoMDbaibsS_JnTNU2oWIpL1KcN96BCx62oUE2ycY-rpkV3-JFztncxGLsgnpePHvS/s1600-h/1DN_8970.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCSmJQxKl6hcq2sIAiFeBLpMQk9LgK5C_KdoHZ5d7Br2lHZY7YR-kkuj7tOgrJ0qaGzrcRUdy7uHbtoMDbaibsS_JnTNU2oWIpL1KcN96BCx62oUE2ycY-rpkV3-JFztncxGLsgnpePHvS/s200/1DN_8970.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342777910321936930" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Then there is the other thing when photographing birds in flight: light. Wind and the light direction might not always be the same. The perfect conditions are when you have the light and the wind coming from your back. If that is not the case then you have to pick one. Either you prefer to have bird in perfect light but with not so good wind conditions or the other way round.<br />This can be a though decisions sometimes. I had this situation the last 2 days when photographing the Marsh Harriers. Wind came from the north-east and evenign late came from north-west. As you can see on the images above I chose the the better wind conditon over the light. My goal was to get the Harriers with fully spread wings right before they landed and that's the reason I chose for the better wind condition.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUiz0qVrYr0BhYHCzSCv6r_MU1l395kLtWeLbyvV6ngIhb0duX9ATbSbqUhpGnq2TLRQOx1ya1WsuSkyj4X1o_iIAgRkcqPINXiNNoL9c-fc-6JhqBvVJFYik2fWZ6wtnzRSvjaEvaFOFH/s1600-h/1DN_8908.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 148px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUiz0qVrYr0BhYHCzSCv6r_MU1l395kLtWeLbyvV6ngIhb0duX9ATbSbqUhpGnq2TLRQOx1ya1WsuSkyj4X1o_iIAgRkcqPINXiNNoL9c-fc-6JhqBvVJFYik2fWZ6wtnzRSvjaEvaFOFH/s200/1DN_8908.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342780046881575682" border="0" /> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKKQj-t_5BWoD6xTy46Moz3IgV9-PPZ4cAEQETc-uZicbaGIOzIicXwQvx56Xkb6AkTyT82dLqwAhQF37QeAsrPeP6V2xPbNe5fukeCP0VRLdsxVbe5-aHGyZ0hx9auSK_ohNNb8-k87pg/s1600-h/1DN_7897.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKKQj-t_5BWoD6xTy46Moz3IgV9-PPZ4cAEQETc-uZicbaGIOzIicXwQvx56Xkb6AkTyT82dLqwAhQF37QeAsrPeP6V2xPbNe5fukeCP0VRLdsxVbe5-aHGyZ0hx9auSK_ohNNb8-k87pg/s200/1DN_7897.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342780044649827410" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs3_5Q3rECKY7mfR-doHtxOnyexTEiHhTqxY2vtQdIRIvP3mpgwHimFwM_C2rly5jjtbooSKjeSFaNCrtjU7bzdR7NK9tu4D0e9rdoIIB6MiWr5VxrU8i9XQ6DGHpCFF6H-xH9bSLM_3BL/s1600-h/1DN_9022.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 98px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs3_5Q3rECKY7mfR-doHtxOnyexTEiHhTqxY2vtQdIRIvP3mpgwHimFwM_C2rly5jjtbooSKjeSFaNCrtjU7bzdR7NK9tu4D0e9rdoIIB6MiWr5VxrU8i9XQ6DGHpCFF6H-xH9bSLM_3BL/s200/1DN_9022.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342780045955086658" border="0" /></a></div><br />Photographing nesting birds can be very critical, as being close to the nesting area can cause disturbance and may abort the offspring. Therefor photographers should be very carefully when considering photographing nesting birds. The location the Marsh Harriers chose to nest is located near a street and very frequented cycling path. This allows photographers to photograh from the car and minimize disturbance.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br />Sebastian Erras<br />Wildlife Photography - Sebastian Erras<br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.naturfoto-erras.de">www.naturfoto-erras.de</a><br /></div></span>Sebastian Errashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00675962504539865023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686415133400045642.post-73485674308540731302009-06-01T13:30:00.009+02:002009-06-01T14:15:57.424+02:00Black-tailed GodwitsThe weather is very nice again here in the Netherlands and with the long weekend I had to go and shot some picture. As it turned out it has been a little more than "some" in the last 2 days I shot about 2000 pictures and a lot of them were taken of Black-tailed Godwits.<br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Photographing Black-tailed Godwits here in the Netherlands is not such a difficult task. The Netherlands are the msot important country in Europe for Black-tailed Godwits. The major european population is located in the Netherlands. They can easily be found all around the polders within the Netherlands. They can be very noisy so it is quite is to find them and they have the habit to rest on poles, which it makes it easy for the photographer to capture an image. So I went to the Arkemheen Polder this weekend to photograph these birds. After arriving at the destination it didn't take more than a minute and the black-tailed Godwits were already ready for the shooting.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzkza4CoQqjo26T6bgypWl0J5grSCtm82lp2IhcG9qDDRVgsrhDFqm1L42CMqhzxLTaqloIv7y6zd5T_8wb98u_YdHW3KIdnblKOsPzoWlGXQFUEu0IfzS17BkzsR4hBg5kWznOCugOuNe/s1600-h/1DN_8236.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzkza4CoQqjo26T6bgypWl0J5grSCtm82lp2IhcG9qDDRVgsrhDFqm1L42CMqhzxLTaqloIv7y6zd5T_8wb98u_YdHW3KIdnblKOsPzoWlGXQFUEu0IfzS17BkzsR4hBg5kWznOCugOuNe/s200/1DN_8236.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342323592957975026" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFB4j-Q-jzjDrclPrpwiNsAkw77LXLb1RsioHnCbRL3DbR6M-U0HjJ01mg3gBm0QZg-fQ94Z-Csy1CCHBUmQveASA-3NYSpsYJ-Fflst3c50y4OdBtT9QmdvvKbfjaAOcFMEIlfpumtbeH/s1600-h/1DN_7953.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFB4j-Q-jzjDrclPrpwiNsAkw77LXLb1RsioHnCbRL3DbR6M-U0HjJ01mg3gBm0QZg-fQ94Z-Csy1CCHBUmQveASA-3NYSpsYJ-Fflst3c50y4OdBtT9QmdvvKbfjaAOcFMEIlfpumtbeH/s200/1DN_7953.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342323585017104242" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRXp-QwL9FIUXTkaQxLUYAeBXAB5X4TIMfdqrK0uDT543ihX9k3n4wByK07_5NJ5ZzgU1AY6HH4wRB4EawQ0GOnj0elyt1H2fo9w66C74m5q_p2KjlvhdXs7CVPHHul3qlNYF3x-IIqQ-s/s1600-h/1DN_7638.jpg"> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbBt5rRk0uX_C6xJVUygF3NYF1qHLMn7JqzYJVnW96Sff2hInRFQb8RVPHAevtg9LG5wtOnjJHaqOWtdVD4V88JWXcT2UZnjwenEzDKufUzg8CfbwPULff6P6EV473RmiQVqlteXQND1U9/s1600-h/1DN_7620.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbBt5rRk0uX_C6xJVUygF3NYF1qHLMn7JqzYJVnW96Sff2hInRFQb8RVPHAevtg9LG5wtOnjJHaqOWtdVD4V88JWXcT2UZnjwenEzDKufUzg8CfbwPULff6P6EV473RmiQVqlteXQND1U9/s200/1DN_7620.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342323579916672274" border="0" /></a><br /></div><span class="fullpost"><br />The birds were very tame and I could approach them easily with my car. This was since a long time that I was able to use nealry my whole euipment available. I used my new 50/1.8 lens to get some more environmental shots and also my 100-300/4 which I haven't really used lately. I even used my Sigma 500/4.5 EX HSM with the 1.4x and the 1.7x converter attached at the same time to get some special portraits. The light was beautiful the last days and I had a lot of fun with the Godwits.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1bjwyF7bN_HK0Z5cWuYBIr6m3AWmioj_XvCS6wcaaCBiaSB4vtVVsC4e4tD_7Gz5Lv4NPKYiuL0bQWdOpPqRmhvbNHUo5o6JtkaP1wiDi0WyGU5HrOK0kWII5HlY5iS5uaE0t9DBDx6My/s1600-h/1DN_8049.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1bjwyF7bN_HK0Z5cWuYBIr6m3AWmioj_XvCS6wcaaCBiaSB4vtVVsC4e4tD_7Gz5Lv4NPKYiuL0bQWdOpPqRmhvbNHUo5o6JtkaP1wiDi0WyGU5HrOK0kWII5HlY5iS5uaE0t9DBDx6My/s200/1DN_8049.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342324761318199794" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfQMa9s1IYjttOn-C-PHs9ucSuMvcNYi-lFiHxgRLtPJ5aK3wXuP-JcJIw8S7-54yebI0A-zgIhzPXqYFjqmCuYRFv82DTDxqdf9FpqWd9O9t1azs_Y7sRRuKtV_CqhHpSuBUkmAXCArDr/s1600-h/1DN_7957.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfQMa9s1IYjttOn-C-PHs9ucSuMvcNYi-lFiHxgRLtPJ5aK3wXuP-JcJIw8S7-54yebI0A-zgIhzPXqYFjqmCuYRFv82DTDxqdf9FpqWd9O9t1azs_Y7sRRuKtV_CqhHpSuBUkmAXCArDr/s200/1DN_7957.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342324760424311042" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJZLGuaQYw9i9qnbohRdeYI9Jrf18tEsyGPP-2XAOc7vKWJKaczEF78X24cX5cu3mT3dhBMe1SfqZYSMQjiKe1icPaE_22W9DwXwubTXXlVingD7nYr8o9rYjD1unAjQiqc87OKRm7-sPY/s1600-h/1DN_8264.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJZLGuaQYw9i9qnbohRdeYI9Jrf18tEsyGPP-2XAOc7vKWJKaczEF78X24cX5cu3mT3dhBMe1SfqZYSMQjiKe1icPaE_22W9DwXwubTXXlVingD7nYr8o9rYjD1unAjQiqc87OKRm7-sPY/s200/1DN_8264.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342324763857485522" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">There was one image which I wanted to take really badly of this bird. I got inspired by Miguel Lasa's backlight shot of a <a href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/temporary-exhibitions/wpy/photo.do?photo=2428&category=50&group=1">polar bear</a> and I wanted to try something similiar with the Godwits, but my first attempt failed. The Godwits where there, the light was perfect for this kind of backlight shot, but the Godwits were sitting all the time on the wronf side of the road, in beautiful evening light. So I tried it again this morning, but this time with the sun rising and hopefully the Godwits sitting on the right side. I got up really early to be there before the sun rises and find a good spot with a Godwit. I found it :-) not the perfect spot but very good one.<br />The Godwit was als overy cooperative and I was able to get some really nice backlight portraits.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPkEMoNBYAPdKCMXI24i62VOrGdNbPkcWh7j_5Znj_8IqwtVLH9MG8V4Fn8Y10xpWJNTBE5EOkAVsjTVsI2VCa6zhmZvsWtqZIuVU6iLbm0z15uhwJhXdlfNpe8GLH1sEOfovIvRWKFVPb/s1600-h/1DN_8455.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 132px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPkEMoNBYAPdKCMXI24i62VOrGdNbPkcWh7j_5Znj_8IqwtVLH9MG8V4Fn8Y10xpWJNTBE5EOkAVsjTVsI2VCa6zhmZvsWtqZIuVU6iLbm0z15uhwJhXdlfNpe8GLH1sEOfovIvRWKFVPb/s200/1DN_8455.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342328091629850130" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9LPkf9F_2WdY-bnJ9TCPI3QN0ZsLL4QeBfi6NHA3zZg3cTHbnGcY-8rH6u6ej7iyQgAvZV5QaFC_pmlj8xzB2a8UJhTTqajn9MbCkyODym7PElxePp0fdaXPOCLoWgXIwbveJ02z3Lm8T/s1600-h/1DN_8733.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9LPkf9F_2WdY-bnJ9TCPI3QN0ZsLL4QeBfi6NHA3zZg3cTHbnGcY-8rH6u6ej7iyQgAvZV5QaFC_pmlj8xzB2a8UJhTTqajn9MbCkyODym7PElxePp0fdaXPOCLoWgXIwbveJ02z3Lm8T/s200/1DN_8733.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342328090131103058" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf3k09Uq4evRLZZMNybUoke_1QkCdtz_dfT2uRZ9M80VGO2xI_7LAIeGWIvKll7iKGMyh2sWTnb9k4-BGPYtXKBAAxPdB9V31xCRQa4feeNsfTwZ2c5RqXC1DyOX4MRGC2yCPdq-brR5yC/s1600-h/1DN_8426.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf3k09Uq4evRLZZMNybUoke_1QkCdtz_dfT2uRZ9M80VGO2xI_7LAIeGWIvKll7iKGMyh2sWTnb9k4-BGPYtXKBAAxPdB9V31xCRQa4feeNsfTwZ2c5RqXC1DyOX4MRGC2yCPdq-brR5yC/s200/1DN_8426.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342328082686450722" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /></div></div>I wasn't able to get the shot I wanted due to a metal pole right next to the Godwits head, but I think I made the best out of this situation. For those shots I used the Simga 500/4.5 EX HSM with a Kenko 1.4x and Soligor 1.7x converter on a beanbag from my car. Autofocus still works with this combination, but in this situtation it was better to manually focus the lens.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMHUBzfYtWtn1p-5BwIyTf0GS1l0zZOy-VX6sXy78ZG6CWTAvZHE3Hf51ZgIwv3Kj0t1SrN0J0azchpHWSXQGwipPqRqd4UWCOL_S_10gIjaSVSFiptVdYGS0VNJTvW8h949iBusv5Rulr/s1600-h/1DN_8771.jpg"> </a><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPgVknUkRnPcBuzzc8NKfauqWsGQZEp0y3nzLlNoO_F6wjqWQuw_8bssew032tohRez7IEryi5OA4VP1VU2v8HlSfO3erli8AwGWn7C9wdkcBxvyPogUV15bhckTg4hY-sa80DZavSgwj1/s1600-h/1DN_7659.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPgVknUkRnPcBuzzc8NKfauqWsGQZEp0y3nzLlNoO_F6wjqWQuw_8bssew032tohRez7IEryi5OA4VP1VU2v8HlSfO3erli8AwGWn7C9wdkcBxvyPogUV15bhckTg4hY-sa80DZavSgwj1/s200/1DN_7659.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342330987019252338" border="0" /> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMHUBzfYtWtn1p-5BwIyTf0GS1l0zZOy-VX6sXy78ZG6CWTAvZHE3Hf51ZgIwv3Kj0t1SrN0J0azchpHWSXQGwipPqRqd4UWCOL_S_10gIjaSVSFiptVdYGS0VNJTvW8h949iBusv5Rulr/s1600-h/1DN_8771.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMHUBzfYtWtn1p-5BwIyTf0GS1l0zZOy-VX6sXy78ZG6CWTAvZHE3Hf51ZgIwv3Kj0t1SrN0J0azchpHWSXQGwipPqRqd4UWCOL_S_10gIjaSVSFiptVdYGS0VNJTvW8h949iBusv5Rulr/s200/1DN_8771.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342329604863563970" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaTw62iXpru8G_C_vYpvFPktgD7XgaPS32Q2pPNCBqbLrDbRhCszIwa2RW-c-CxPOnq6c0KYgjOChsaK3-llC6o8qT7mTwDykmIeVzfjTr83UWAi1r-dGLlEdPVvgFhvY2FTxZVtGWhgmz/s1600-h/1DN_8249.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaTw62iXpru8G_C_vYpvFPktgD7XgaPS32Q2pPNCBqbLrDbRhCszIwa2RW-c-CxPOnq6c0KYgjOChsaK3-llC6o8qT7mTwDykmIeVzfjTr83UWAi1r-dGLlEdPVvgFhvY2FTxZVtGWhgmz/s200/1DN_8249.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342329597905658274" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />I was also able to get some nice shot of Marsh Harriers and I hope to get some more this evening. I will show some of those images later.<br /><br />Sebastian Erras<br />Wildlife Photography - Sebastian Erras<br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.naturfoto-erras.de">www.naturfoto-erras.de</a><br /></span><br /></div>Sebastian Errashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00675962504539865023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686415133400045642.post-58214809946966759912009-05-13T20:20:00.004+02:002009-05-13T20:35:27.815+02:00Purple Herons<div style="text-align: justify;">Last weekend I finally made it to the purple herons early in the morning. I arrived there shortly before 6am and had a great scene there. The sun was just rising and there was fog in between the reeds. In such a sitiuation with backlight you have an amazing golden light, but it only last about 30-40 Min.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqOHZdpafHwuP-UxDPDs1wu46UpBGMIzENUsrpUPE-zzba-m3qMKPCdJfneeXfShwG6zXiRqVEC4-cpPRGTFE2m7eIxuBogdcKzZDzh2EOGPGdptrEL8bD0_kzX_AQ6pTBLt9ru_1RJ27I/s1600-h/1DN_6149.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqOHZdpafHwuP-UxDPDs1wu46UpBGMIzENUsrpUPE-zzba-m3qMKPCdJfneeXfShwG6zXiRqVEC4-cpPRGTFE2m7eIxuBogdcKzZDzh2EOGPGdptrEL8bD0_kzX_AQ6pTBLt9ru_1RJ27I/s400/1DN_6149.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335376169048934402" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span class="fullpost"><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCdErlkUpY8IJqCQupXy_BPNuvmMru-9TPlWpGbUSW9cjRwx62npByelUde6A6SYsY_JGRC4I_D-zCvqBNR_cELHWIZrW7qISyRCApLOUan_yNtpQPMGVCPWhyphenhyphen5DoV1e2vhrPa2EUgejJU/s1600-h/1DN_6212.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCdErlkUpY8IJqCQupXy_BPNuvmMru-9TPlWpGbUSW9cjRwx62npByelUde6A6SYsY_JGRC4I_D-zCvqBNR_cELHWIZrW7qISyRCApLOUan_yNtpQPMGVCPWhyphenhyphen5DoV1e2vhrPa2EUgejJU/s400/1DN_6212.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335376167348968706" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDugu3lk7_yJYzvRb1_8nN0-panPZb8T6IhPuvFzfdWcCC24Ri5uu7r28z1dHnuwgmUDIKdPV9WoHQ64LEQrlFRqDbTUdvhfG-0NBWROv6jg_efzdE_JmfQ_BhcopVagP7AgnptjBdMEOp/s1600-h/1DN_6145.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDugu3lk7_yJYzvRb1_8nN0-panPZb8T6IhPuvFzfdWcCC24Ri5uu7r28z1dHnuwgmUDIKdPV9WoHQ64LEQrlFRqDbTUdvhfG-0NBWROv6jg_efzdE_JmfQ_BhcopVagP7AgnptjBdMEOp/s400/1DN_6145.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335376164468745810" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;">With such light it is important that you find a location where you are directly or withing a range of 10-20 degree facing the sun. Then dial around -1 EV to enhance the golden look of the light and switch to Manual exposure. I strongly recommend manual exposure with flight shots and changing background if you want to have consistent results.<br />My goal was to get a flight image, where the purple heron is landing towards me with open wings in this beautiful light. I think this will need a lot more attempts considering that you only have about an hour to shoot in this condition. Then the wind also plays an important role in this. To create my desired image the wind has to blow from behind me, then the heron will land towards me. Birds always land against the wind, this is very important to know if you want to photograph birds in flight.<br />Later in the afternoon I returned to the purple herons but the wind came from the east. The herons were landing with their back to me, which is the worst condition for flight images.<br /></div><br />I hope the weather will be good the next weeks so that I can try again to get "the image"<br /><br />Sebastian Erras<br />Wildlife-Photography Sebastian Erras<br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.naturfoto-erras.de">www.naturfoto-erras.de</a><br /><br /></span><br /></div></div>Sebastian Errashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00675962504539865023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686415133400045642.post-42044429704817642412009-05-03T21:57:00.010+02:002009-05-03T22:56:17.821+02:00Zouwenboezem<div style="text-align: justify;">Last weekend I went with <a href="http://www.odermatt.nl/">Heike Odermatt</a> and <a href="http://www.foto-schaefer.ch/">Marcel Schäfer</a> to the Zouwenboezem to photograph some warblers and purple herons. The day started with rain but luckily it stopped quite soon. In the morning we decided to go first to the Zouwenboezem to see what we could find there. It was the first time for to go to this spot, even though it is just a few minutes from the purple herons away. We have seen black terns, bluethroat and warblers in that area and I must admit that this area is pretty cool to photograph warblers. There is a small, it was just wide enough to spread my Gitzo tripod safely on it, path leading through reed fields and from a small "dijk" next to some reed fields you can also photograph warblers very good. As the weather was pretty cloudy and grey in the morning I tried my flash set-up with the BetterBeamer Flash Extender. The results get better now, but I still have to learn a lot on how to use the flash properly.<br /><span class="fullpost"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy8XJNr_IXNO0dUdYlECGeY2Ttw9kWCseBOatL51UgvRTr-2eRk68u1faSdeogNTMWMLB4JPDHrSLSg71bJKlMuJsfgcgV3oYTfOHG9nmOk8d2zygxu0oQhJ0hBaAKB8HKc-katRPMJE1D/s1600-h/1DN_5462.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy8XJNr_IXNO0dUdYlECGeY2Ttw9kWCseBOatL51UgvRTr-2eRk68u1faSdeogNTMWMLB4JPDHrSLSg71bJKlMuJsfgcgV3oYTfOHG9nmOk8d2zygxu0oQhJ0hBaAKB8HKc-katRPMJE1D/s400/1DN_5462.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331691545075294578" border="0" /> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggAI7uelOhRvkH65On5mukfa-gxrzBdCR6lg0HyahSk8W6vcshx31xiZEdzxAGYJYa6-Rh9uKC5fns3rgJJRn3l3YO-H43UJSOQUj0PyZp89IZ0HHUumElv8ZsYTub1fAjst0G7zetW-60/s1600-h/1DN_5429.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggAI7uelOhRvkH65On5mukfa-gxrzBdCR6lg0HyahSk8W6vcshx31xiZEdzxAGYJYa6-Rh9uKC5fns3rgJJRn3l3YO-H43UJSOQUj0PyZp89IZ0HHUumElv8ZsYTub1fAjst0G7zetW-60/s400/1DN_5429.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331691540299087106" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Left: </span></span><span><span style="font-size:78%;">Reed Bunting - Rohrammer - </span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" >emberiza schoeniclus</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Right: </span></span><span><span style="font-size:78%;">Sedge Warbler - Schilfrohrsänger</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:78%;"> - </span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" >acrocephalus schoenobaenus<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" ></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgodh1Qa1ZhLbFIdDDF7OeGkGrSNf_ZOf8D1jFlCFQiXgJ8RN1C4q3ScOsTooS3VEkUg2uIoebzZF1DrXjYYndMzowV9jD_k3O4aQCDHfjdWRAxeBMe5w2OJpRmgXCDkQjZ2tENibN4joFT/s1600-h/IMG_2929.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 187px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgodh1Qa1ZhLbFIdDDF7OeGkGrSNf_ZOf8D1jFlCFQiXgJ8RN1C4q3ScOsTooS3VEkUg2uIoebzZF1DrXjYYndMzowV9jD_k3O4aQCDHfjdWRAxeBMe5w2OJpRmgXCDkQjZ2tENibN4joFT/s320/IMG_2929.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331697317229539186" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6He0hxvk6hcHEVmun3XEijmjGpedQHMeEZz0kp1MhvBPB-ZzwQmMNp_7JmM55wM8xfztRslpHzxXDG5PnkZ8nfKtRZ9BAsURX7BXRltOnUvltt3kANqhZL61vP-LhufvWllPwHnB_OJDV/s1600-h/IMG_2923.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 279px; height: 186px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6He0hxvk6hcHEVmun3XEijmjGpedQHMeEZz0kp1MhvBPB-ZzwQmMNp_7JmM55wM8xfztRslpHzxXDG5PnkZ8nfKtRZ9BAsURX7BXRltOnUvltt3kANqhZL61vP-LhufvWllPwHnB_OJDV/s320/IMG_2923.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331697315390238290" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">While exploring the area, we also met some Highland cattles. They look pretty impressive with their big horns and I prefer to keep a safe distance to them :-).<br />Then in the afternoon after a little lunch in a small town close by we went to the Zouwendijk to photograph the purple herons. In the beginning it was cloudy but then right on them it cleared up and we had some nice afternoon light. Wind was nearly too perfect as it came from south west and the herons where flying right towards us, but I the herons look quite strange when they fly right towards you as they are pretty skinny. At this location I prefer when the herons land a little sidewards. This time again the herons were not coming too close and even with the 1.7x teleconverter on my Sigma 500 and the 1DIIn I have to crop about 40% to get them good in the frame. So i stacked the 1.4x and the 1.7x converter together and tested the combination. The focal lenght would be perfect for this location then, but my results where not that good. I had to use high ISO (640-1000) to get a fast enough shutter speed to capture the purple herons in flight. With the stacked converters you will also have a lack of sharpness at far distances. I had some great action and scened, but due to the lack of sharpness and detail, I can't use most of the images from that day for larger prints. For internet presesntation it works fine but everything bigger than 20x30cm will look not that good anymore. I have seen some images from Heike and Marcel, who used a 2x converter with their 500/4 and the results were much better than with the combination of the stacked converters.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9lx8z10ljSjSghPL3Rh8j57PB1usaMqVojt4VxNA0dm6YfoqXqw_slvaFsUt9nlupFLJcWcvFP752dXrGdYYkdPAWjloraQBECHh-V8liRtW-q7NqCTantqwqf4SoAISF2SG6AJN9xcUP/s1600-h/1DN_5720.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 188px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9lx8z10ljSjSghPL3Rh8j57PB1usaMqVojt4VxNA0dm6YfoqXqw_slvaFsUt9nlupFLJcWcvFP752dXrGdYYkdPAWjloraQBECHh-V8liRtW-q7NqCTantqwqf4SoAISF2SG6AJN9xcUP/s320/1DN_5720.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331697311733216274" border="0" /> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvkyY7DzcOFFcAd5Ek_feNJoixZO59qsKGcYENfJVFFvJbzBUxHwhGK1LNZ3GJO-ZnCD-VcTA0XvXXtZiWGv7UlOY8o22EgxwxSOBo23iOMsyaSaxCF5nq-6E8HGJ3A1auow_3fbu-htBN/s1600-h/1DN_5661.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 187px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvkyY7DzcOFFcAd5Ek_feNJoixZO59qsKGcYENfJVFFvJbzBUxHwhGK1LNZ3GJO-ZnCD-VcTA0XvXXtZiWGv7UlOY8o22EgxwxSOBo23iOMsyaSaxCF5nq-6E8HGJ3A1auow_3fbu-htBN/s320/1DN_5661.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331697306438592610" border="0" /></a><br /></div><span style="font-size:78%;">Purple heron - Purpurreiher - <span style="font-style: italic;">ardea purpurea</span> </span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div></div><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIOYEDdWQCbBhLr2AgO0QdCHOjNOKF6GDAKNpkRO7dJ_IUiZUbM2kexTXbeHpp0mu3PIjWSYsYXK0i_2aF46XU_cOv8cYrsAtr9AXFIBqSlMYt1id_8NkG9sF4P9pMaq_mj5WeWUCJlwIn/s1600-h/HCO_20090426_0097.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIOYEDdWQCbBhLr2AgO0QdCHOjNOKF6GDAKNpkRO7dJ_IUiZUbM2kexTXbeHpp0mu3PIjWSYsYXK0i_2aF46XU_cOv8cYrsAtr9AXFIBqSlMYt1id_8NkG9sF4P9pMaq_mj5WeWUCJlwIn/s320/HCO_20090426_0097.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331702237180670674" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjLSneyDXaN7aqXs-0NIOA_v1k3nQSjq_kt6XkahpN-hxGZYJlnMC6hAdKfjqoEraTTqsZcrhVgEM8WWQM-7ehMd4KiSOAl7EwWGGHCA_EAIyLmCfpltXYZxLMR2exr7OxmFCAGmVvbEUg/s1600-h/HCO_20090426_0088.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 143px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjLSneyDXaN7aqXs-0NIOA_v1k3nQSjq_kt6XkahpN-hxGZYJlnMC6hAdKfjqoEraTTqsZcrhVgEM8WWQM-7ehMd4KiSOAl7EwWGGHCA_EAIyLmCfpltXYZxLMR2exr7OxmFCAGmVvbEUg/s320/HCO_20090426_0088.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331702233310489698" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Photoraphing Purple Herons together with Marcel<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">If the weather forecast for next week is nice then I might go to Texel for 2 days and I definetly want to go to the purple herons in the early morning to get some backlight images.<br /></div><br />Sebastian Erras<br />Wildlife Photography - Sebastian Erras<br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.naturfoto-erras.de">www.naturfoto-erras.de</a><br /></span><br /></div></div></div>Sebastian Errashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00675962504539865023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686415133400045642.post-6697738630318832712009-04-22T19:45:00.006+02:002009-04-22T20:03:21.575+02:00Purple Herons<div style="text-align: justify;">Last weekend I went to the Purple Herons for the first time this year. They are back since about 2 weeks and they are starting to build there nest in the next weeks.<br />Compared to last year I found the conditions this year a little more difficult. The trees in front of the reed field have become really big and there are only 2-3 good spots left to photograph them. As it they just arrived and some are still arriving in this area they were not that active, but I'm sure that is gonna change in the next weeks.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpm1TXbWCgZjU3uL8wL8pSXwGXrjeI2ksv528IXsOqB6zNhAO53C61OHhxJCOl8YOEHvX8-AHgPsS1tDudXd9LkCmqoE3u5sQHa_VTG3myh3hyphenhyphent05Qdq-KVFj_Zen5jkgDjNbQG8gOXhxk/s1600-h/1DN_5259.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 302px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpm1TXbWCgZjU3uL8wL8pSXwGXrjeI2ksv528IXsOqB6zNhAO53C61OHhxJCOl8YOEHvX8-AHgPsS1tDudXd9LkCmqoE3u5sQHa_VTG3myh3hyphenhyphent05Qdq-KVFj_Zen5jkgDjNbQG8gOXhxk/s320/1DN_5259.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327574494069211986" border="0" /> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjobDiaLQ2OvGc7JCrzg4n5tCRC8kS1_22zOxVi4vHjXgOL7G-E4C7I5d-RZ0z_duujQ2A4z_My6JHryXGH4Ib_hOKf9KUW7M2P8-SgkER7bjMNUPlG2dTLukHg7fCjA3x5e0B5JtkeYDbp/s1600-h/1DN_5223.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 302px; height: 201px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjobDiaLQ2OvGc7JCrzg4n5tCRC8kS1_22zOxVi4vHjXgOL7G-E4C7I5d-RZ0z_duujQ2A4z_My6JHryXGH4Ib_hOKf9KUW7M2P8-SgkER7bjMNUPlG2dTLukHg7fCjA3x5e0B5JtkeYDbp/s320/1DN_5223.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327574489715118354" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="fullpost"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEe49pszrjq6r1WOxIcIzNBo3NMdbnsvWirocDRLpq6ji00w735v1yxwiVuaxLYR6heeHNvFfkegieD_lVdakpcSqX_6DCOtD3Jt-ujXfEVX6UFzkYub4oYXnykKTJgj5kJAVaEfB0aScX/s1600-h/1DN_5219.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 303px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEe49pszrjq6r1WOxIcIzNBo3NMdbnsvWirocDRLpq6ji00w735v1yxwiVuaxLYR6heeHNvFfkegieD_lVdakpcSqX_6DCOtD3Jt-ujXfEVX6UFzkYub4oYXnykKTJgj5kJAVaEfB0aScX/s320/1DN_5219.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327574487731223138" border="0" /> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlqQFCWXkMSa0ZjaItMy_P1XJzVD2VIXExXvSMHiPeI9zxrz2IPOuJ5zPy1SBuv4e1TYu3hS2oZgEh5p_mJBrvhUP8HFIA85uWjjYY9NTAJaDUDptxKqtwB7yUdtRDldklU_FBCQjteA4B/s1600-h/1DN_5022.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 303px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlqQFCWXkMSa0ZjaItMy_P1XJzVD2VIXExXvSMHiPeI9zxrz2IPOuJ5zPy1SBuv4e1TYu3hS2oZgEh5p_mJBrvhUP8HFIA85uWjjYY9NTAJaDUDptxKqtwB7yUdtRDldklU_FBCQjteA4B/s320/1DN_5022.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327574487153487954" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Even with my 500mm + 1.4x and 1D MarkIIn I was still too far away. I only good 2 or 3 really good chances, where the herons came quite close. I also tried th 1.7x but the Autofocus had some difficulities.<br />In the end, when the light got a little less, I tried the combination of my Sigma 500/4.5 the 1.4x and the 1.7x Converter to great some flight shots with slow shutter speeds. As sharpness doesn't really matter with this kind of shots, i tried to get as close as I could and with the 1.4x and the 1.7x I got the Herons good in the frame. Surprisingly the Autofocus worked really well and I had no big problems following the birds in flight. I will definelty use this combination more often for this kind of shots.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcLmKzu3q5BICa1XWwrkPF62zgK1C4_FP9T-7KKXSMeqsNHQH038X5Z-2wQpgqeCbl9b5WrwybR7Tg_5rdzTkZJL15AQsoP0Tyy9c5CHG7yR0wCJMwFwGZVVMnvbIWv0UuGRYU9P8DIUDn/s1600-h/1DN_5255.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 303px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcLmKzu3q5BICa1XWwrkPF62zgK1C4_FP9T-7KKXSMeqsNHQH038X5Z-2wQpgqeCbl9b5WrwybR7Tg_5rdzTkZJL15AQsoP0Tyy9c5CHG7yR0wCJMwFwGZVVMnvbIWv0UuGRYU9P8DIUDn/s320/1DN_5255.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327576218437752514" border="0" /> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheAElxU6us__c0UvnYVHTB02ifQnevTvpClIDE-zdvjxDT3cobuJH7iTSaA7rgW3UKnWm9m7zRHhe2UPMGuAk7HoiTVeIEoPKhzzukaMb7ws21dMtVIMzzITNvdq4uF2DIsHbMwMS2xw4W/s1600-h/1DN_5260.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 303px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheAElxU6us__c0UvnYVHTB02ifQnevTvpClIDE-zdvjxDT3cobuJH7iTSaA7rgW3UKnWm9m7zRHhe2UPMGuAk7HoiTVeIEoPKhzzukaMb7ws21dMtVIMzzITNvdq4uF2DIsHbMwMS2xw4W/s320/1DN_5260.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327576220375383394" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />I have planned to go there again this weekend I hope that the weather will stay as nice as it has been here in the Netherlands the las 2 weeks. :-)<br /><br />Sebastian Erras<br />Wildlife Photography Sebastian Erras<br /><a href="http://www.naturfoto-erras.de/">www.naturfoto-erras.de</a><br /></div><br /></span>Sebastian Errashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00675962504539865023noreply@blogger.com1