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I have successfully returned from an unsuccessful trip to Šumava. Apparently, the national park had a goal to knock the cameraman off his perch after an otherwise very successful season, and it did so very responsibly during the 14 days of my filming.
List of primary target species and results of their filming:
◾️ Eurasian pygmy owl - nonexistent.
◾️Spotted nutcracker - rarely exists, invisible.
◾️Hazel grouse - occasionally exists, uncooperative.
◾️Eurasian three-toed woodpecker - exists, fundamentally refuses to descend below 10 metres above ground level.
◾️Red deer - exists, in unusually hot temperatures almost exclusively in the dark, allergic to cameras.
The chances of getting good shots would be greatly increased if I were not so constrained by the constant carrying of bulky equipment over long distances. Not that walking through the national park was not a pleasant experience in itself, but I "lost" about three hours of precious time each day moving between locations, which logically affected the results of my filming. Therefore, I have repeatedly tried to offer the Šumava National Park free use of all my footage in exchange for permission to transport my equipment by vehicle, but unfortunately my request was rejected this year as well. I am therefore sorry to report that I have brought practically nothing worth mentioning from the unique Šumava environment. In the coming years, I will have to carefully consider similar large-scale events, because so much effort without a single result is quite frustrating even for me, however accustomed I am to frequent failures in nature.
One of the few usable shots I captured during the two-week shoot is this raven. He flew in to feed on the remains of a dead roe deer that had been given to the bears for breakfast in an enclosure near Neuschönau, Bavaria. I went there one gloomy morning to compensate for the failures on the Czech side and to warm up the card in the camera at least for a while.
At this point I would traditionally exclaim: "See you next year, Šumava!" At the moment, however, I'm not at all sure about that...
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▷ Species
Common raven (Corvus corax)
▷ Location and date
Tierfreigelände Neuschönau, Germany | September 2023
▷ Equipment
Panasonic GH6
Metabones T Smart
Sigma 60-600
Zoom F3
Sennheiser MKE600
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