Amazing Bird Photography in the footsteps of BBC and Nat Geo – 2 weeks in Norway
It'' s concerning half an hour prior to sunrise. I need to get up there rapidly. – Oh!
– Yes! Ah! Practically there. It is absolutely the image blind, I'' ve been in with one of the most action. Ah, spunk! I'' m mosting likely to Norway. To check out a man, that'' s a specialist in attracking wild animals. 17 years ago he decided to stop his life in the city to follow his desire. And along with his partner Maj-Lena he relocated to the most lovely place in the heart of Telemarken. Maj-Lena is extremely patient and very knowledgeable in training sheepdogs. After that there'' s the feline Grådig. The equines and all the other animals. This is the area, where BBC and National Geographic are obtaining a few of their amazing footage. And I'' m going to spend 2 weeks right here. Along with a man behind all this. His name is Jostein Hellevik.So here I am.
– Oy! There he is. – Nice to see you again.
– Also. You have so much tools with you, so you need room. Allow'' s go down there. That is the old sheep residence. I'' m looking onward. Two weeks with you. Outstanding. This is so unbelievably comfortable and great. And I can'' t wait to make this my home for the following 2 weeks. Come inside. – Hi, Jostein.
– Hi, Morten. There you were. – It'' s best now, that you'' ve arrived, Morten, in fact.
– Since, as usual, there ' s a bit of job to do.
– Constantly something to do. -Yes. It was currently time to do some planning.
And on a map Jostein reveals me an image blind alongside a little Lake. The picture blind has actually not remained in use this year. Yet his concept was that by starting that up from scrape, I might discover some techniques.And obtain a great deal of experience. With the help from Jostein I currently feel prepared to start my first project on this location. So with a backpack filled with bread and sunflower seeds it ' s time to see if,
I ' m able to attract some birds to photo'.
Wow! Take a look at that lake. And there ' s the little.
picture blind behind the trees. Allow'' s obtain there. There ' s not a solitary bird to see. Yet I can hear them in the forest. Try to pay attention. Occasionally I can hear them in the forest. Now I could simply make.
the world'' s largest buffet here in front of the image blind.It ' s
truly relaxing in there. And I'' ll be resting right here with the lens. This elevation. Wauw. Oh, the water is like a mirror. It'' s completely level. If the birds come below … There'' s no a lot more, I ' ll be requesting.
I am really thrilled to see if,. the bird will certainly discover this bread. Jostein claims that although it seems empty, and now the birds will uncover this and after that when one bird'starts here. it'' ll make some sound. Due to the fact that it ' s happy perhaps. And afterwards the rest will certainly just come. Everything right here is just gorgeous. And there is a picture blind. The only point we require is birds. – Yes.- Hi, Morten. – Hi, Jostein.- Do you sit comfortable?- I can see you bring your video camera.- To what do I owe the honour?- I have seen something that,. I would love to reveal you today. -Now? -Can you come and see?- Sure. Close this. I just need to place on some boots. – Take a look at this. – No, what is that?- I ' m a little unfortunate.- This is our pets. Jostein has these pigeons. They are staying in peace and harmony,.
however something has taken the birds. I was just modifying video,.
and currently I'' m in the middle of a drama. – The trouble below is that,.
when the pigeon is outdoors, you have the hawk coming, so he constantly needs to care for the pigeon. – But we can'' t close them inside forever. Due to the fact that obtaining outdoors,.
they really feel liberty and have a nice time. – Yeah. – This has actually taken place within. In the security area this has taken place. – Oh.
– So I have to discover out. – Okay, I believed this was safe.
– I was certain, that every little thing was alright. – So it'' s sort of a surprise.-'And it ' s so depressing, when you have happiness. Great deals of joy inside here. And unexpectedly this is drama. – Inside this place I have little pigeons here. – There, there, there and there.
there had to do with eight-ten kids. – And currently this is all who'' s left.- That ' s the escape for flexibility.'- They ' re so pleased outside,. so I such as to have them outside.- When we are browsing right here, there ' s not much opening up to get in.
So I was so sure that,. whatever right here was risk-free.- And when I ' m going to this door, you see it ' s concerning secure. – I can ' t recognize,. just how a person can get in. – I wear'' t think that pet can climb.
outside the wall, and afterwards get in right here. – It appears not genuine. – Now it'' s ready for take.- But I put on ' t desire a million takes of pigeons flying.
– No. – So I have to come down on the ground. – I will certainly put it down right here. – I'' m not curious about a perfect image. – I just require the information. – That is it? – That will provide me, possibly,.
an escape of this. – I have to kind of conserve the pigeon.
– Yeah. – I such as the birds.
– Yeah, certainly. – Yeah. Both people are currently actually.
excited to obtain back to the video camera. To see what animal is taking the pigeons. We understand for sure, it'' s not this individual.
Grådig is his name.It implies money grubbing. He'' s the pet cat on the ranch. The following morning it was time to attempt my. good luck for the first time in the water blind. However I was truly disappointed, when I got there. Because there was not a solitary bird to see. And all the food, that I had placed.
out, was still there untouched. But on such a gorgeous icy morning, it was difficult not to rejoice. And I made a decision to explore the area with my camera. – Hi, Morten.
– Hi, Jostein. – I bring something.
– Yeah. – Come out so I can reveal you.
– Yeah. – This is three days old.
– Yeah. – Split it in this end.
and use your fingers similar to this. It looks like, I'' ve done. two mistakes out of two. – Little items.
– Oh, yeah. – Truly, truly little pieces. – We make use of the magic one. And this is nuts – hazelnuts. – Yeah. – And this is what the jay requires.
– Ah. – She will certainly market her soul to obtain something of this. – So we are putting this inside here.
– And I'' ll offer my spirit to get the jay. – Yeah. And we use a soft hammer.
– Yeah. – You can feel this?
– Okay. – It'' s okay? – Yeah.- And after that we squash it. – When we do this it will certainly be … I'' ve been feeding with a great deal of sunflower seeds. And there are actually no birds.
down there consuming sunflower seeds. And second. When I produced the bread, I need to make small items,.
instead of a big lump, that are really simple for the birds to carry away. – If you wish to endure through the winter,.
which piece do you intend to choose? – That.
– Yeah, absolutely. – Yeah. And if you taste it.
– Yeah. – You will certainly taste, it'' s great for the body. Yeah.
– Yeah. – If you give this for the horses.
– Yeah. – The leftovers to the steeds. – After that you will certainly be the best good friends for them forever – They would like you better.After trying to make friends with the steeds, I went out to place out food for the birds. And by using Josteins little boat I was able to get it out on the tiny Islands. That would possibly give me the opportunity not just to obtain portraits and close-ups of the birds but also some photos of the birds in their atmosphere. When I initially showed up Norway,. it was simply the strategy that, I ought to being in Josteins image callous picture the birds. But things changed a bit. As we chatted we determined,. that we had several similarities.And we determined to take place a picture trip with each other.
– Consider that, Morten.
Do you see that ant swarm?- Oh, yeah. – This Morten, I assume the black woodpecker has actually done this. – He ' s living ideal in this place.- So he ' s trying to find ants. You know the little small fellows. I enjoy points like that. I wear ' t recognize the english word for it. But you know an old forest. essentially untouched by human hands. -In this woodland we are in now,. you can see all the trees below. -They have been born right here.
And they ' re passing away right here. -Simply in tranquility. -And that'' s just how, it ought to be
. -Elf beard.- Yes.- Such as this. – This is a lynx area. Simply here. Lynx. Years earlier. -Have you seen a lynx in the real world?- Oh yeah. -Several times.- Lots of times? – Lot of times. – And you get your heart.
defeat such as this and the sweat. – Oh.
– Yeah, it'' s superb. I have actually never seen a lynx in my life. – One time Morten I saw a lynx at night. – And I remained in a hide. – And I was cozy and hold my head. – And after, when I was finished with the photo, there was blood around my face. – When I saw the lynx the nose begin bleeding, without I'' m knowing it. – I simply really feel the hot. – That'' s a good response. Consider this little one. I have an interested steed. Hi. Hello. Hi. Let'' s see, what he ' s doing. – Hi, Jostein.- Hi, Morten. -'Are you shedding the woodland? -Yes. I ' m cleaning up this area, because I believe, it ' s sort of stunning. – Right here has the squirrel has actually been sitting.
– You can imagine, perhaps if the squirrel. is resting right here and eating breakfast, and we have that view,.
and the sunup is coming, this is a sort of postcard.- Yeah. -With the animal inside.- Morten. Eventyrland … Jostein is informing me regarding a photo blind in the woodland called Lykkeland or Wonderland. And on that particular place. BBC and National Geographic has actually got several of their incredible footage. And if the weather is great tomorrow, he'' s mosting likely to follow me up there and obtain me begun with a blind. To ensure that I have two blinds running. – Absolutely tasty. Okay, so. Hang on. Just picture to obtain the chance of being in the precise same location as.
BBC and National Geographic has done Their remarkable recordings, yet … – Did you understand, that it'' ll placed a stress on me? – Yeah, yet I think you'' re gon na enjoy it. – Due to the fact that practically every day.
there is some sort of surprises.
– You are waiting for the squirrels. And instantly there'' s coming another thing. -It can be a moose. – It can be a deer. – It can be a want marten. – It can be a, you recognize, jays. Great deals of jays. – Possibly the hawk will certainly come. Now I just really feel, that I put on'' t have. patience for this job to be done. Since I want to go there right now. It'' s like being a little youngster at xmases eve, and you simply desire the here and now best now.But I ' ll
aid Jostein here so, that he can be done a little quicker. So yeah. This is going to be exciting. The following day I woke up to the noise of rainfall. And despite the fact that I was very eager.
to stand up to the new place. There would be no factor in.
placing out a great deal of bread, that would certainly simply get dissolved by the rainfall. Now I'' ll simply cross my fingers and wish the better climate tomorrow. Hurh! That was a steep walk. And Jostein had the hefty bag. Here we are at Heaven. It'' s totally empty. No birds whatsoever. – Now Morten, I'' m going to reveal you an aircraft accident. This photo blind is substantial. There are 16 holes around. And it'' s the size of my living space at home. Yet I put on'' t recognize why it'' s so tall.I would certainly choose to sit closer to the ground. – It'' s up that level due to the snow. – Below is coming snow anywhere. – You are mosting likely to sit low. Down. My desires concerning a bigger photo blind simply had an aircraft crash also. So obviously I'' m being in a tent. The concept about making an airplane collision, as Jostein calls it, is to produce a lot food, that is extremely noticeable from the air, when the birds fly over. And from the trees around. And we simply produced such an aircraft collision. Ideally. Now it'' s simply to be client and wait.And if I ' m
fortunate. I can be resting here in a couple of days from now photographing all the birds. The weight is mosting likely to be really easy though. Because currently it'' s time to return. to the water blind with my camera. And to see if the brand-new.
feeding method has actually repaid. There'' s a hawk outside. A youngster. And it ' s resting in the woodland. And after that it comes and assaults the jays. This is an outstanding location. I have a tough time capturing it airborne, because it'' s so quickly. After I ' d spend a couple of hours in the blind, it started to rain. This was the best possibility for me to obtain some images of the birds while it was pouring down. Whatever seems totally dead currently. It'' s like the hawk has actually scared them. The jays. I waited for a bit. Yet it appeared like either the.
birds have obtained enough food, or they had actually eaten all of it. So I made a decision to stop. And what a day.I was so pleased. Because not just did I have.
success with my feeding project. I additionally obtained some pictures,.
that I was truly happy for. Finally the moment had actually concerned Wonderland. The brand-new location where we made the plane collision. Our purpose today is just to get our tools up here. Establish the image blinds. And hopefully we can begin photographing tomorrow. – Is it hefty?
– You will certainly obtain tough arms. – Well, that'' s things, isn ' t it?- They are much better, when there ' s wind anyhow.- Jostein?- Yes? – Oh, there you are. – Ah, that was a poor joke.- It misbehaved. -'Certainly it misbehaved. I ' ll attempt to establish
it similar to this. – There you go.- That feels good. – That ' s really wonderful.
– After that you can make use of it. and put the food such as this. After setting up the blinds Jostein explained me, exactly how they would establish up a scene, when they made television and stuff like that. We could see that the birds has actually been.
eating a whole lot of the food we produced. So now it was just to wait to ensure that they could obtain utilized to the blinds. – Which is the focus point. – And after that we'' ll transform it up … So now Maj-Lene is feading.
all the pet dogs here on Dooley. That would not collaborate with Bjørn. Just that she can call one dog out, and the other ones stays in. If that was two of Bjørn, they would both be there – definitely. So these tiny others are young puppies from Maj-Lenas sheepdogs.And she ' s actually good at doing that. She does competitors. And in a few days from currently she ' s going to the Norwegian champions in sheepdog. And this is the new generation. For Jostein there ' s function to do every single day. Not just does he need to feed. the birds and preserve the farm. He ' s also placing an honor'in making certain that the photographers, that are concerning see him from around the world, always get the very best possible possibilities. And they'' re pleased when they leave. It'' s regarding half an hour prior to daybreak. I need to stand up there swiftly. To prepare a couple of things before Jostein comes. I believe he'' ll be below in half an hour. And before that I need to set up the remote electronic camera, and get our things to the blinds. Which is even if we put on'' t have any kind of time to waste. If that sunlight is coming up and throwing golden light over the surroundings. We desire to remain in place. Oh, here we are. – Oy. Look.
– Oy, oy, oy. – Take a look at the light there.
– Oy, oy, oy, oy … – It going to be great.Now we ' re all set. Jostein is in place. And soon I ' m in place. -Best of luck to you. – All the best to you.
So time to do some bird photography. The light is ideal currently. Oh, it ' s so gorgeous. And it'' s a fellow feeling to'recognize, that I ' m sitting below covering one angle Jostein is resting over there covering one more angle. Divine smoke. It is absolutely, definitely the image blind, that I ' ve remained in with one of the most action. Attempt to listen. The hawk is outside behind me. I'' m really, truly expecting listen to, if Jostein obtained a picture or.
video of several of the attacks. Because I didn'' t. – Yes!- Finally the hawk I desired came. – Right outdoors at 5 meters. – This is excellent.
It'' s a little silent currently. Oy, I assume he'' ll fly. I believe he will fly now. They ' re also fast. Simply look what I got right here. Disaster. Look. That ' s the result of a talking with the video camera and doing wildlife photography at the same time. So I'' m going to turn that off and focus 110% on obtaining some excellent pictures of these attractive jays in this remarkable light. So yeah. That was a nice day. – Hello, Jostein. – Hi.
– Oh. – The color does whatever.
– Yeah. – And when you get the bird inside and the squirrel. – It'' s superb. That was such a fantastic experience. And I understand for certain, that I got a really excellent image of the jay. And that image is getting all the means into the 2023 calendar. As a wonderful memory for a truly, actually, really good day here.Now Jostein and I are really cool. And we ' re both anticipating coming back to the farm. Having a cozy mug of coffee, so … What a day. I'' m actually excited to see, if the little cam has captured the pigeon burglar. Oh no. Ah shit! The pigeons seems so terrified. And there'' s a great factor for that. Consider this. Ah! Ah! I ' ll go and obtain Jostein, due to the fact that … Yeah, it ' s his location, and possibly he can see something from this, so … The cam is still there. I truly hope it functions. – Jostein?
– Yes. – You need to come. – I'' ve just been down with the pigeons. – Oh. – And there are 2 dead.
– 2 dead? – Wow.
– Oh, something occurred. – Oh, this is a dilemma. – I didn'' t desire to touch anything, since I assumed you might.
be able to see something from it. – Yeah, today the video camera is there. – Ah, check out this. – And this as well.
– Okay. – Currently I really hope the video camera has actually captured the guy. – Yeah.
– Me as well. – Ah, I'' m so dissatisfied, since this has actually occurred so commonly. And it'' s so tough to shut whatever. – I truly simply wish this video camera has worked, since … – Yeah. – Should we go and examine?
– Yeah, let'' s see. Yeah. – Oh, and currently- when he understands a way in,'. he possibly won ' t quit.
– Do you assume? – He will certainly simply proceed.
– He will proceed. – Everything ' s okay.- Yeah. – … 5, 6, 7.-'You see …- Yeah. -And there ' s no one lying there. -No. We were so ecstatic to see that the thief was. But extremely disappointed to discover, that the battery has actually died. We determined to establish the electronic camera once more. And Jostein assured to call me in Denmark, if he had luck in finding the burglar. – Okay, I need to set it up once again today.
– Yes.Maj-Lena is going to a champion with her pets. Yet before she can go, she requires to alter the tires on her car. Ah ! Almost there. Oh, the stroll up below is half an hour. And it ' s simply uphill all the way. I ' m taken in sweat right currently.'And due to the rain the humidity is so high. So when I obtain there I have to change my internal layer of clothing. Because now I ' m mosting likely to rest down for hours. Just without motion. And if I wear ' t adjustment my damp garments, I ' ll be actually cold. However I did not transform that camera on to discuss my poor shape. This is the kind of climate, that is the strong contrast to some of few days ago, I ' ve been below. Where you have stunning morning light. And every little thing is similar to a color surge. And then on a day like this.You have no comparison. It ' s type of hazy.
The bird will most likely,.'if they come, be sitting there with the rain pouring down. Perhaps tremble themselves. I suggest you can just develop a completely different mood in your photo. It ' s excellent. Yet I ' m soon there. Let me go. And allow ' s do some bird photography in the rain. With any luck in the heavy rain. . Allow ' s just select some blueberries. Look! . Oh! I believe I ' ll miss digital photography. And pick some even more blueberries. No. Let ' s reach the blind. Oy. Ai!'Damn it. Okay, that is soaked. I wished to use that blind, yet … Back in the old one. It ' s extremely quiet. I ' d say 5 or 10% of the birds, that were here last time, I was right here with Jostein. Yet it ' s additionally very, really rainy. Oh, there they are once more. It'' s the jay. It look truly good. I enjoy that mood. It has been a wonderful day below in the picture blind.And currently I have to admit, that despite the fact that this is really good, I'' m looking a lot onward to returning down to my little cabin.Looking through these pictures. In front of the fire location. With a warm cup of coffee. When I got here Norway 2 weeks earlier, it was basically the plan, that I ought to deal with myself and run my very own projects. But what I believe none of us anticipated was, that by investing more and more time with each other, a friendship began to establish. I have actually discovered a lot from Jostein. And I really appreciate spending time with him and Maj-Lena and all the animals. And I could go back to Denmark tomorrow. However one point is for certain. I ' ll absolutely come back soon. And I simply can ' t wait.'
