WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY IN WINTER | a great photo adventure in the island of Hrisey

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Heavy snowfall and a complete white-out give a rare and a special opportunity for wildlife photography. Our mission was to find and photograph the shy and in general difficult bird to find - the ptarmigan. We went to the small island of Hrisey in north-Iceland in heavy snow to photograph this heavily hunted bird.

We had high-expectations since Hrisey is known for it´s ptarmigan population, but we also knew the heavy snowfall this winter would make things difficult. We had no idea this would be such an adventure.


GALLERIES
Einar Gudmann: https://www.gudmann.is
Gyda Henningsdottir: https://www.gyda.is

BLOG
https://www.photographingiceland.is

INSTAGRAM
Instagram: gydahennings
Instagram: einargudmann

GEAR FOR FILMING
We filmed this with two Nikon D850 cameras and one GoPro.

The Nikon D850´s were also used to take photos along with a Nikon D4s.


LIST OF OUR GEAR

A list of some of our gear can be found in our blog:
https://photographingiceland.is/gear/

We are not sponsored by any brand. This video is sponsored by Uppbyggingarsjóður Norðurlands Eystra (Business Development Fund of Northeast-Iceland).