Late Spring and Summer are the ultimate macro seasons for me. Whilst Autumn is magical for documenting landscapes, color and the migration of birds and Winter for harsh conditions, those birds remaining behind and experimenting with B&W and fine art, late Spring and Summer are 'simpler'. I tend to travel light with a sling bag, just a 100mm Macro lens and the minimal amount of necessary accessories such as batteries, a remote...

During the Summer of 2013, I already got lucky. A good friend of mine took me to an interesting place in the South West of Finland to photographParnassius apollo. The beautiful Apollo. A butterfly. And a butterfly I had never seen before. Yes, on photos. And it was exactly those photos, those images from other photographers which made me realize that theParnassius apollo is for sure one of the most beautiful species of butterf...

Please have a look at my previous blog and photos if you got some time to spare. In that blog I briefly referred to us photographers, having certain images in mind we would like to take, the drive to go out into the bush and get that perfect shot. I mentioned I have some B&W + bird related images in my mind. Taking B&W images of Black Woodpeckers visiting their nest is definitely one of those. Eiders are another attractive...