WHITE IN WHITE

Ptarmigan (fjellrype)

D5, 600 4,0, f/6,3, 1/4000, ISO 560

I spent a week in the high alpine region of Utsjoki northern tip of Finland in early March. The ambition was to shoot ptarmigans and willow grouse under deep winterly conditions. Neither words nor pictures can explain the extreme beauty of the harsh arctic winter up there. I have some pictures in my head (!!) that I will never be deleted ! 

Anyway : I hope you like my digital stuff :-) You can click the pictures to see them bigger !!

A warm thank you to Jame Helander & Marcus Varesvuo.

Ptarmigan (fjellrype)

D5, 600 4,0, f/6,3, 1/2000, ISO 800

Ptarmigan (fjellrype) coming in a fast flight

D5, 600 4,0, f/6,3, 1/4000, ISO 640

Ptarmigan take off

D5, 600 4,0, f/6,3, 1/4000, ISO 500

Ptarmigan (fjellrype)

D5, 600 4,0, f/6,3, 1/4000, ISO 500

Ptarmingan (fjellrype) in heavy wind

D5, 600 4,0, f/6,3, 1/2000, ISO 180

Ptarmigan (fjellrype) portrait

D5, 600 4,0, 2x converter = 1200 mm, f/10,0, 1/2000, ISO 720 

Ptarmigan (fjellrype)

D5, 600 4,0, f/6,3, 1/4000, ISO 450

Ptarmigan (fjellrype)

D5, 600 4,0, f/6,3, 1/4000, ISO 280

Ptarmigan (fjellrype)

D5, 600 4,0, f/6,3, 1/4000, ISO 720

Willow grouse (lirype) in snow cave

D5, 600 4,0, f/6,3, 1/1600, ISO 2000 

Willow grouse (lirype)

D5, 600 4,0, f/6,3, 1/1600, ISO 2200

Willow grouse (lirype)

D5, 600 4,0, f/4,5, 1/1600, ISO 1600

Willow grouse (lirype) coming out of snow cave

D5, 600 4,0, f/6,3, 1/2500, ISO 1000

Willow grouse (lirype) walking

D5, 600 ,0, f/6,3, 1/2500, ISO 1400

Willow grouse (lirype) towards the backdrop of heavy, dark clouds

D5, 600 4,0, f/6,3, 1/2500, ISO 250 

Willow grouse (lirype)

D5, 600 4,0, f/5,6, 1/5000, ISO 2500

Willow grouse (lirype). White flights in white surroundings with soft light is pretty difficult stuff for the autofocus. The D5 with the new 600 does an incredible job !!

D5, 600 4,0, f/6,3, 1/2000, ISO 1600

Ptarmigan (fjellrype) ....  slightly overexposed

D5, 600 4,0, + 2 x converter = 1200 mm, f/10,0, 1/2000, ISO 720

Looks like Sahara, but it`s not. It is my friend M shooting ptarmigans in the arctic sunset with 15 degrees cold and a very heavy wind

D5, 70-200 2,8, f/5,6, 1/320, ISO 100