Air battle in the Alps mountains

• Where was the image taken?

  Nikon d5 with Nikon lens 500 f4
• The bird in the photo

  Nucifraga caryocatactes (hu: Fenyőszajkó en: Eurasian Nutcracker)
• Story of the image

  The extreme temperatures of the Alpine winter, combined with the heavy snowfall during the period when I was in Switzerland, represented for every living organism a time space of extreme difficulty. After having created a snow hole, I hid inside it and covered myself with a white bed linen. I was looking for a very particular perspective at the edge of the coniferous forest. The image is deliberately overexposed to bring out the silhouette of the nutcrackers.

  Exif adatok

  Photo capture date

  2020-01-18T15:21:01

  Exposure time

  1/4000s

  Focal Length

  500mm

  Flash

  Flash did not fire

  Camera make

  NIKON CORPORATION

  Type of camera

  NIKON D5
• Category

  Madarak repülés közben

• Fotós:

  Massimiliano Manuel Paolino

  Born as a hiker and mountaineer, I have developed over time a deep love for nature photography. I work mainly in the Alps mountains but I also frequent river, hill and maritime environments. In recent years, aware of the extreme sensitivity of wild animals, I have been developing photographic techniques using wide angles lens and remote shutter. It's a technique that requires a lot of patience, but I put the welfare of wild animals before any personal ambitions.

  I work with Nikon d5 equipment, I live in Monza and I love the extreme weather conditions how snowstorms and rainstorms.