Atmosphere – Summer in Mire
It’s early July, meaning that once again, the pond of red-throated divers is calling me – second time this year. Finding the new born red-throated divers made my first visit to the mire successful. Last year, there were two red-throated diver chicks but after two or three weeks, one of the siblings disappeared. Luckily, the other made it and survived the first two months which is the most dangerous period of one’s life, I guess.
On my second visit to the pond, I spent couple of hours photographing red-throated divers, of course, as well as some landscapes and spiderwebs. I also managed to take pictures of a whooper swan and two common cranes. You can find pictures from the trip below. I may write another or even two new blog posts about red-throated divers this summer. Stay tuned, please.
“An argument”. Two common cranes on the edge of the mire, surrounded by thick mist. (OM-1 Mark II & 300mm f4 IS PRO)
View by the pond. An early morning in mire hits different for me, especially when it’s misty! (OM-1 & 12-100mm f4 IS PRO, hand-held HIRES)
I found a whooper swan from the same pond with the red-throated diver family. (OM-1 Mark II & 300mm f4 IS PRO)
This is what I came to see. Two juveniles with their parent. (OM-1 Mark II & 300mm f4 IS PRO)
I think a trip to mire without me taking pictures of spiderwebs does not exist. I always find myself taking pictures of these…
Right before getting back to the car, I found one heath spotted-orchid (Dactylorhiza maculata). I had to try in-camera focus stacking for this one. I took 15 pictures and the OM-1 Mark II with 90mm f3.5 IS PRO macro combined them into one picture with much wider depth of field. (iso 200, f9, 1/500 sec, -1 EV against a dark spruce forest).