PHOTOGRAPHING MOUNTAIN HARES part 1 | Wildlife photography in Scotland - behind the scenes vlog

I am in the Cairngorms National Park in the Highlands of Scotland to do wildlife photography. I have seen quite a lot of photos of the mountain hare, but this is the first time I am going to photograph this little guy.

Watch Wildlife photography in Scotland - behind the scenes part 2:
   • PHOTOGRAPHING MOUNTAIN HARES part 2 |...  

It is very windy in the valley so I had a lot of challenges with the sound but I decided to make this short behind the scenes vlog to share this great experience with you. So please forgive me for the poor sound - I hope you will bear with me.
In this short documentary vlog I am trying to show how to photograph wildlife using the foreground as a blurry element to close the bottom of the photo. I'm using the Nikon D5 and the Tamron 150-600mm G2.


* ABOUT THIS EPISODE
I spent some days in these mountains and this is part 1 from my trip - I am currently working on part two and on a video about the equipment I brought on this photo trip.

I think the biggest challenge was the temperatures that were around 0 degrees Celsius all the time. That in combination with the sleet made it almost impossible to keep the front element of the lens free from water and snow.
Another challenge was to actually find the hares. Some of them were very shy but I was lucky to find a few that would let me get quite close.

The Scottish mountain hare is indigenous to Scotland and even though it looks quite similar to the Arctic hare, it is quite different.

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