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Review: SONY 600MM F4 GM OSS
Hands on review Sony 600mm f4 GM OSS
Sep 9, 2019


Review: SONY 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
Sony provided me with the upcoming Sony 200-600mm f5.6-6.3 G OSS lens. To test the lens I went to the Nemunas Delta in Lithuania for a week
Aug 1, 2019


PHOTOGRAPHING FIGHTING BLACK GROUSE WITH THE SONY A9 AND SONY 400MM F2.8 GM OSS
For the past 5 weeks I have been working with black grouse and capercaillie photography. Most of the work consist out of getting my...
May 10, 2019


Review: SONY A9 part 2
Sony a9, Sony 100-400mm f4.5-5.6, @ f7.1, 1/2500s, iso 200. For this winter touring season I had planned, just like last year, to write a...
Feb 1, 2018


Review: FIRST IMPRESSIONS SONY a9
Currently I have the Sony a9, together with a small collection of Sony lenses, in my possession. I'm borrowing the kit from Sony in order...
Dec 26, 2017


BEHIND THE BIRCHES
Over the past few years I have photographed wild reindeer at several locations and in different settings. But until now this has always...
Oct 13, 2016


PUFFINS ON THE ISLAND RUNDE
Since I moved to Norway it has been a wish for me to visit the bird island Runde at the Norwegian west coast. From April until August...
Aug 7, 2016


Tutorial. HOW TO PHOTOGRAPH WILD REINDEER
The decision is made, you are going to make an adventurous photography tour in the real wilderness of Norway. Forests as far as the eye...
Jul 8, 2016


NOW OR NEVER.
Just as previous years, the first week of May results in some spectacular shows on the black grouse lek. The hormone levels in the black...
May 10, 2016


Manual: How to find a capercaillie lek and how to photograph on the lek.
Capercaillie male and female on the lek. First of all I have to say that the methods I describe in this article, are the ones which work...
May 8, 2016
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