Jari Peltomäki - Texel, The Netherlands II
June 25th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized, Western EuropeOther Languages:
Day 2. Texel
My first morning in Texel started well. I photographed a beautiful sunrise with a traditional windmill, and after that I had a very good session with Avocets. Some pairs have young ones hatched already and I found them surprisingly approachable. I went for low angle shots to get some portraits of adult birds with young ones at eye level.
This morning I noticed that there are quite a few other photographers on the island as well. I counted 15 of them at the same site! Maybe because of that Avocets are quite used to the photographers?
After the early morning session I took a different road back to my accommodation to have a breakfast, and I found Black-tailed Godwits in a meadow with nice flowers! Good photo opportunity there.
I noticed that Black-tailed Godwits here are not quite so colourful compared to those in Finland! Does this mean that our Godwits are race ‘Islandica’ or is there cline between these two distinctive races?
The whole evening I spent close to a reed bed where Marsh Harriers were regularly flying. Apparently they have their nest here. It was possible to photograph birds from the car, which is often a good mobile hide for a photographer. Unfortunately all photographers didn’t realise that - at this site it would have been important to be inside the car. I admit that it is not so easy to take pictures from the car, but it is often better for the birds when a photographer stays in the car! Anyhow, we don’t want to disturb our beloved photography subjects, the birds, do we? I shot mainly vertical shots of Harrier, since I wanted to show a large part of its breeding habitat – the reed bed – together with the bird.
After the sunset I drove back to my accommodation and I noticed owl inside the forest along the road. My first impression was Tawny Owl, but when I drove back I noticed that it was ”just” a Long-eared Owl. I managed to get some photos of the bird with high ISO figures. Owls are my favourite subjects to photograph.
Jari Peltomäki
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3 Responses to “Jari Peltomäki - Texel, The Netherlands II”
By Peter on Jun 27, 2009
Nice shot of the harrier, I stood there myself to in may. They give a nice show. I am looking forward to seeing shots of the owl.
By Robert Canis on Jun 30, 2009
My favourite wetland bird by far. It’s a shame more photographer’s don’t respect their subjects as much as you clearly do.
By Santa on Aug 12, 2010
I am very surprised that your portal/blog didn’t elaborate, at least with article or two, the Neretva River, especially Upper Neretva. The Neretva river is habitat for 6 endemic fish species, river with abundant of fresh and potable water from its source all the way to town of Konjic, that is 90 km. Then, you have a huge controversy between efforts to preservation and constitution of national parks on one, and hydro-energetics lobby and plans for construction of several huge dams on other side.