News, blog posts from www.haarbergphoto.com http://www.haarbergphoto.com en Copyright Orsolya and Erlend Haarberg RSS 5 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:53:09 GMT Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:53:09 GMT Images from February 3rd, the last day before snow arrived after a long, cold period in the middle of Norway. The pictures were taken on the Nidelva river, covered by 20 cm thick transparent ice. Orsolya Haarberg Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:31:19 GMT mail@haarbergphoto.com (Haarberg Nature Photography) http://www.haarbergphoto.com/blog/archive/ice_covered_nidelva-42 http://www.haarbergphoto.com/blog/archive/ice_covered_nidelva-42 Forrás In the last week of January we went to South-Norway to explore the fjord landscape. Passing by the Trollveggen mountains we felt like we arrived to another country. The rounded fjells of Trøndelag and Oppdal turned into a landscape of steep cliff walls and ragged peaks, where mountain sides were regularly intersected by avalanches – something that did not make them very attractive to climb… We did a lot of photography, but most importantly, we found great spots that will be worth visiting when conditions are perfect (this time weather was a little too nice and snow was a little too old for the best results…).We also made a short visit to the outer coast, where I found a great spot to photograph one of my favourite topics – coastal rocks:-) These tidal pools were filled with red algaes, and some of them reflected the surrounded landscape lit up by the low winter Sun. Although this image does not reveal the dramatic fjords of South-Norway, it will fit very well to my slowly expanding collection of stone images:-)Orsolya Haarberg Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:11:44 GMT mail@haarbergphoto.com (Haarberg Nature Photography) http://www.haarbergphoto.com/blog/archive/tide_pools-41 http://www.haarbergphoto.com/blog/archive/tide_pools-41 Forrás We feel honoured to be commissioned  by Norwegian Friluftsliv (“Outdoor life”) magazine to write an article about nature in every issue of the magazine in 2012! In the January issue you can see some of our muskox images with accompanying text on 2 spreads.Link to the magazine: www.friluftsliv.no Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:37:55 GMT mail@haarbergphoto.com (Haarberg Nature Photography) http://www.haarbergphoto.com/blog/archive/commission_for_friluftsliv_-40 http://www.haarbergphoto.com/blog/archive/commission_for_friluftsliv_-40 Forrás We are happy to share that our story about arctic foxes in Iceland has been published in the January issue of BBC Wildlife Magazine!http://www.discoverwildlife.com/issue/january-2012Later on we will place a pdf of the whole article here: http://www.haarbergphoto.com/projects/articles_and_book/1 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:23:52 GMT mail@haarbergphoto.com (Haarberg Nature Photography) http://www.haarbergphoto.com/blog/archive/article_in_the_bbc_wildlife_magazine_-39 http://www.haarbergphoto.com/blog/archive/article_in_the_bbc_wildlife_magazine_-39 Forrás First of all, we wish you a happy 2012!We wanted to make a memorable start to the New Year, so we packed our sledges on 28 December, walked up on skis to the Dovrefjell mountains, and stayed in our tent until 1 January. Of course we were in the tent only during the nights (which happened to be quite long – 14-15 hours daily), and we spent the days photographing muskoxen or just shiver in the chilly wind sweeping over the mountain tops. We were freezing specially this time, because I packed in a hurry, and our warm bubble jackets were left home in the wardrobe… Huge mistake!I usually do not catch cold in the field, but this time I got a tickle in my throat already during the first night. Anyway, I had to hold out, because I did not want to let Erlend down, who was really looking forward to this trip. My cold got worse with the days, and by the fourth night, it was difficult to take a breath (what an unforgettable New Year's Eve in the tent, with an outside temperature of -16-18 degrees...)However, the muskoxen did not disappoint us. A large herd of approx. 40 individuals were grazing just a few hundred meters from our tent, so we did not have to climb much to approach them during the first days. Later they moved to higher elevation, which was just as great, because we warmed up a little while following them. The wind became strong for periods, carrying snow and thus creating a tough wintry atmosphere.The last day started with snowing and sudden squalls, which soon turned into a quiet day, with low-lying clouds rolling over the majestic mountains. We walked around, but could not spot the animals in the thick fog, so we took down the tent, and came home to “recover” before we would set out for a long trip in the unique winter Norway! Mon, 02 Jan 2012 20:54:55 GMT mail@haarbergphoto.com (Haarberg Nature Photography) http://www.haarbergphoto.com/blog/archive/brrr…_cold_start_to_2012_-38 http://www.haarbergphoto.com/blog/archive/brrr…_cold_start_to_2012_-38 Forrás Nature’s Best Photography Awards is one of the largest international nature photography competitions in the world, and this year three of my photographs were selected as Highly Honoured images in this contest (more than 21.000 pictures were sent in, of which 126 were awarded). From Scandinavia, our friend Lars Andreas Dybvik, and fellow photographers Arnfinn Johansen, Kjetil Schjoelberg and Hans Strand won Highly Honoured awards in the same competition. Congratulations to all three of them! :-)))Orsolya HaarbergA handful of grapes (air-bubbles frozen under ice) - Highly Honoured in the category "Art in nature"Fighting arctic foxes - Highly Honoured in the category "Wildlife"Hverfjall, Iceland - Highly Honoured in the category "Landscapes" Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:21:07 GMT mail@haarbergphoto.com (Haarberg Nature Photography) http://www.haarbergphoto.com/blog/archive/3_awarded_images_in_"nature's_best"_-37 http://www.haarbergphoto.com/blog/archive/3_awarded_images_in_"nature's_best"_-37 Forrás After our book launch in Budapest (11 November), we stayed one more week in Hungary, and some afternoons I tricked my way into a hiding tent in Gemenc (a floodplain forest by the Danube, close to Baja town). For a start, my plan was to photograph wildboars, but the circumstances did not let it happen – I saw a lot of them, but they did not come near me. However, as soon as other living creatures showed up nearby my “post”, it was easy to abandon my original plan. Grey herons started to fight in front of my eyes, a white tailed eagle was sailing in the air in magic evening lights, and one evening a “horny” red deer was mirroring in the muddy water just a few metres from me. I could not complain:)Erlend Haarberg Sat, 26 Nov 2011 16:25:31 GMT mail@haarbergphoto.com (Haarberg Nature Photography) http://www.haarbergphoto.com/blog/archive/gemenc_in_november-36 http://www.haarbergphoto.com/blog/archive/gemenc_in_november-36 Forrás