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A Little Head Stretching

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130518-espoo-c2-RISL4498Lauttasaari, Helsinki, Finland.


Sharing a Fish

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130519-espoo-c2-RISL4708 (1)Espoo, Finland,


Afternoon Nap

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130517-helsinki-c3-RISL4501Mute swans. Lauttasaari, Helsinki, Finland.


Keeping Law and Order

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130509-espoo-c3-RISL3809Suomenoja, Espoo, Finland.


It Is Time to Go

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130507-espoo-c3-RISL3440Common Pochard.  Suomenoja, Espoo, Finland.


Local Police on Duty

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130502-espoo-c3-RISL3184Suomenoja, Espoo, Finland.


Muskrat

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130502-espoo-c3-RISL3054I like the colors.  Suomenoja, Espoo, Finland.


A Bird in a Cage

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130502-espoo-c3-RISL3220Suomenoja, Espoo, Finland.


Shoveler Face Off

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130430-espoo-c3-RISL2722Espoo, Finland.


Black Grouses Court Displays

Video of court displays HERE

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On the video there are three matches going on.


Face Off of Black Grouses

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130421-paltamo-c3-RISL2387Paltamo, Kainuu, Finland.

Perfect morning, no wind clear skies.  Birds here and there.


I Said “Excuse Me”

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130420-paltamo-c3-RISL2021Paltamo, Kainuu, Finland.


Setting the Hide in Place

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First to look for a place at the swamp…

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…and then setting the hide.

130419-paltamo-c3-RISTO LUMIA 920_20130419_008Tomorrow morning we will know if there was black grouses! You will know a little later.


Flying Together

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130417-helsinki-c3-RISL1311Lauttasaari, Helsinki, Finland.


It Is Time to Go to Frozen Swamps

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120426-soidin-2-c2-RIKE0093Picture from last year. First, we need to put our hide in place a couple of days earlier.  When weather is supportive, meaning some minus degrees and supposed clear skies, we put alarms to ring at 2 am.  We should be ready in the hide before sunrise.  Usually the displays start just around sunrise and will last about 2 and a half hours.  We know exactly where black grouses fight but have only a hint where capercaillies are in their displays.   I will report results of this project as it folds out.


Ice

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130409-helsinki-c3-RISL1061Would like to show something else, but we do not have much yet.  Lauttasaari, Helsinki, Finland.


Eiders

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130405-helsinki-c3-RISL0822Lauttsaari, Helsinki, Finland.


Ice Breaker

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Moving Ice

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I achieved 1 s exposure by using minimum aperture 22 of the lens, minimum ISO value 50,  NDx8 filter on top of a CP-filter and by overexposing by +1 eV.  Ice was moving back and forth due to waves caused by an incoming big ferry. Lauttasaari, Helsinki, Finland.


Icy Dinner Table

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130407-helsinki-c3-IMG_9344Lauttasaari, Helsinki, Finland.


Mute Swan

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130405-helsinki-c3-RISL0856The sea is open! Lauttasaari, Helsinki, Finland.


At Skiing School

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130331-paltamo-c3-RISL0733Puolanka, Kainuu, Finland.


This Is Venla under the Sun

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130329-paltamo-c3-IMG_9150Paljakka, Puolanka, Finland.


Fisherman

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