WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY IN WINTER | a great photo adventure in the island of Hrisey

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Heavy snowfall and a complete white-out give a rare and a special opportunity for wildlife photography. Our mission was to find and photograph the shy and in general difficult bird to find - the ptarmigan. We went to the small island of Hrisey in north-Iceland in heavy snow to photograph this heavily hunted bird.
We had high-expectations since Hrisey is known for it´s ptarmigan population, but we also knew the heavy snowfall this winter would make things difficult. We had no idea this would be such an adventure.
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Einar Gudmann: www.gudmann.is
Gyda Henningsdottir: www.gyda.is
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GEAR FOR FILMING
We filmed this with two Nikon D850 cameras and one GoPro.
The Nikon D850´s were also used to take photos along with a Nikon D4s.
LIST OF OUR GEAR
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We are not sponsored by any brand. This video is sponsored by Uppbyggingarsjóður Norðurlands Eystra (Business Development Fund of Northeast-Iceland).

Пікірлер: 32

@VABrowneMDPhD 9 ай бұрын

The landscape is so serene and calm. These are beautiful birds and very challenging to photograph! Thank you for sharing your adventures!

@evgenygorshkov9893 Жыл бұрын

Hi Gyda & Gudmann !!! Interesting video !!!

@gladysklip6984 4 жыл бұрын

I love this video! My bucket list only gets bigger when I watch your video (more than once).

@willparsons32 2 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't the chances of finding the timid little bird be better if one (or two..) were to wear all white? Something as simple like a painters (paper) jumpsuit. Inexpensive and disposable. I believe they're made to go over your existing attire.

@PatrickZPaine 3 жыл бұрын

MUCH enjoying your photos, video, and commentary. Your English is 10,000 times better than my Icelandic. But I could tell you, most don't pronounce the P in Ptarmigan. It's as silent as Fagradalsfjall was BEFORE the eruption, unless you kind of "spit" out the PT as one syllable. Not even sure I can do it right. (Crazy Greeks!) I encountered ptarmigan once, many years ago, in the Rocky Mountains. I was able to get close enough to use a normal lens. But ALWAYS the problem of winter photography: keeping the fingers warm. (Unless there is fresh lava nearby!) Plus snow and frost in our equipment! I was once changing a lens on a Nikon, and a chunk of rime frost dropped from a tree right inside the camera!

@GudmannAndGyda 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Ptarmigans will be pronounced tarmigans from now on... ;-)

@ThomasWeiskirch 2 жыл бұрын

Nice, very impressive footage! Thumb up! Greetings Thomas

@nickreid5939 Жыл бұрын

Good photography...great to see a couple sharing the same joy... i am from Barbados....we have pure sunshine🙂.....it good to see the snow and the birds......

@briandeville6546 4 жыл бұрын

What a nice peaceful place in winter! Seeing the ptarmigan against the snowy backdrops must be a rewarding experience. Thanks for sharing your adventure!

@martinbyrne6643 2 жыл бұрын

Being to the land of fire and ice some years ago , what do they do with the fish hanging out to dry , I was there in October and the smell from the fish heads was overwhelming, no disrespect just curious to know . Great video keep it up .

@GudmannAndGyda 2 жыл бұрын

Good question! There is a long tradition for drying fish heads in Iceland. Mostly we use cod and haddock. By drying they can be stored for months. Fish is a healthy food source as you know. The nutritional value of one kilo of dried fish heads is similar to five kilos of fresh fish. Us Icelanders eat a lot of dried fish, but not the heads we eat the fillet. Importation of dried fish into Nigeria from Iceland has been placed at about eighteen thousand metric tons (18MT) annually. The market for dried fish heads is mostly tied to Nigeria. I have never seen an Icelander eat a dried fish head. However - if you go to Iceland, you can buy and should try the dried fillets. They are a delicious health food - not something you can say about most of the healthy foods out there.

@peterb.7437 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing

@이옥순-f5b 3 жыл бұрын

ice wow me future ice tarve

@bolleolympus Жыл бұрын

❤❤👍👍

@huseyinokyar6251 Жыл бұрын

Nice

@ncaan 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@tomvana4270 3 жыл бұрын

What are winters there 11 months out of a year? Looks miserable.

@GudmannAndGyda 2 жыл бұрын

The summer is about 3 to 4 months. The rest depends on the mood of the weather-gods.

@CamillaI 3 жыл бұрын

Well at least exposure should be easy white on white . Great adventure nice feather detail. Dog sleigh required for “Camilla & I”

@mrgodbeer8463 4 жыл бұрын

Nice work, looking forward to the next one

@thomastuorto9929 3 жыл бұрын

Another great vid. European Starlings up that far also, wow! The auto focus on those cameras lock on the birds in the while it is snowing?

@GudmannAndGyda 3 жыл бұрын

As long as there is some contrast to focus on the camera has no problem focusing in the snow. Yes, the Starlings are quite common here now. About 10 years ago there were none in North-Iceland.