PHOTOGRAPHING WILDLIFE FROM MY PHOTO BLIND | behind the scenes, wildlife photography, red fox
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- Опубліковано 27 чер 2018
- This evening is all about wildlife photography from my photo blind but since this is my fist time in the blind, I have no expectations and I have no idea what is going to happen!
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My name is Morten Hilmer and I am a professional nature and wildlife photographer. In this series of behind the scenes vlogs I want to share my fascination of nature with you and invite you behind the scene when I am out photographing the fascinating wildlife, the stunning landscapes and the wild nature. I work as a ILCP photographer, and nature conservation is very close to my heart.
For me nature photography is all about sharing the unique experiences and to put awareness to nature conservation. Furthermore my goal is to inspire as many as possible to get out and experience the true beauty of nature.
“I have served in the Danish military special unit, the Sirius Patrol, for two years and that has given me the skills and confidence to operate alone in the arctic regions. I have spent two further years in the northern parts of Greenland meeting the local people and working on photography projects. My driving force is a sense of adventure and my fascination for nature, and my curiosity and empathy for other cultures has led me to many remote regions.”
Read more about my time in the Sirius Dogsled Patrol: www.bbc.com/earth/story/201602...
Beside the many publications my photographs has been awarded in the Wildlife photographer of the year and European Wildlife photographer of the year photo competitions.
In spring 2017 I published my book Silence of the North: shop.mortenhilmer.com/product...
See you out there !
All the best
Morten Hilmer
"I am not a coffee addict. it´s just that I really really like it." that made my day
Morten saying he isn’t a coffee addict is like saying that fox doesn’t sh1t in the woods!haha! I used to think I was a coffee addict but Morten is a whole other level ;)
Coffee is for When your home or a Diner ! Animals have great sense of Smell !
In a rush to get into your blind and you gently move a caterpillar and put it somewhere safer, speaks more about the man than any well worded statement. In a blind on your own land with a cuckoo calling, watching a young fox, you my friend are living the dream, or at least my dream. And the very best thing of all, you are generous enough to share it with all of us watching. I was photographing a pair of foxes raiding greylag nests about a month ago, and it was the joy of seeing them and capturing that was most important. If I get a print out of it brilliant, if not I’ve got a record of a special moment. I also agree with you philosophies about feeding mammals, especially foxes and badgers, we must never domesticate them or make them dependent on us. I too like magpies, but I always salute them, which is a British superstition, in memory of my father. Every time I see one of your videos I think you can’t better that one and every video you prove me wrong. Thank you so much Morten, never think your work isn’t appreciated.
Mark Harris Great words! I couldn't have said it any better!
I am truly humbled after these friendly words from you Mark. You always write such nice things. Thank you a thousand times for sharing your positive thoughts and your great experience with the foxes. I am already looking forward to sharing more adventures with you 👍😊😉🙏
My girlfriend always salutes Magpies too :-)
amen
Awesome!!
The world needs more people like you Morten - people who love and respect nature, and will treat even the smallest of creatures with kindness and care. So awesome.
Morten Hilmer is taking pictures and shooting unreal things it's the beauty of the hat down in front of you. I love your photos and videos and your approach to your work. May you continue to prosper.
Photography is not only haven't any touch to natural life but also make it closer to us. Thank you.
One Single thing that makes Photographers Great ! Is being there at the Right Spot and right Time !
Even though I’ve seen this video years ago, today it was recommended in my feed. Loved seeing your older work once more, your storytelling was right on from the beginning. Thanks so much for all these years of sharing your work, travels and visions with your audience.
@morten hilmer at 13:30 when you are trying to describe the photos and why you, Just Love Them... I LOVE the same exact two photos... ...its because you are capturing their personality and in the wild they are so alert, it is hard to find a carefree moment where you can they are enjoying every moment & you captured it!
As always, another great video about shooting nature and wildlife. I too was impressed with your kindness in moving a Caterpillar to another location rather than just brushing him off.
Every picture captures nature at peace with its surroundings...free. I am learning so much from watching these videos. I have quite a nature sanctuary on my 20 acres in rural Missouri. Lots of birds and animals which has made me want to learn nature photography. I enjoy how you wait and watch and relish every minute. Thanks for another gorgeous video.
so gorgeous little youngster. it was amazing when the megpie hang out with her then she went to investigate and the bird was like okay that's close enough. the way she sits down you can tell how young she is. like a kitten. I love your videos so much. thank you.
My eyes welled up at the end.
Yea, it was simply that beautiful.. I've become so addicted to watching for new releases, I must check in here twice a day. Thank you once again Morten for all you are producing and sharing with us. Simply the very best choice for the background music and your style of story telling -- it's all just magic.
Unbelievable!!! Good advice about feeding. I like the bird! That is the money shot. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
Really enjoyed this. It seems that the relationship between foxes and magpies is the same the world round. I spend a lot of time photographing foxes in Belfast and the interaction with the magpies is fascinating. The magpies bravely and loudly try to scare away the foxes and the foxes duly ignore them. When the foxes finally leave the magpies take all the credit and celebrate a job well done...
Love the shot of the fox walking away. Excellent!
Hi Morten, great photo of the Fox smelling the leaf. He had a look of contentment on his face much like most of your expressions when filming him. Sharp, portrait-like shots are great but shots like this one show more what the animal was feeling. Another great video.
Love that shot of the Fox looking at you between the trees.
such a beautiful thing , loved the music on the picture playback, quite moving and that picture where the little fox appears to be smelling the small tree while its eyes are closed is outstandingly reflective of the beauty in wildlife. Thanks again Morten.
And thank you for such a lovely comment😊
...and this is why your channel is the very best thing on my UA-cam feed. Fabulous!
Morten Your videos & photos are amazing, you are living the dream of all wildlife photographers Foxes are my favorite
Another fantastic video!! The image of the fox sniffing the leaves is just perfect pease and tranquility👏👏👏👏. I also agree with you about feeding the animals there are a lot of commercial hides here in Spain now charging from 150euro a shoot over feeding the birds/animals, all this is good until they stop there business and the food stops with them!!!
WOW.....that little guy is just beautiful.
Your awesome 👏🏻 man
Keep going, we with you all time ❤️
You are a good steward for the land where you live. I look forward each week to your next video, whatever you do, I am sure I will enjoy it.
Yet another spectacular video Morten! Thanks so much my friend! 🇨🇦
Simply love it when I see another video has been posted. Fantastic footage. Wonderful music. Thx for sharing.
I love foxes too, my wife and I have just been looking at trail camera videos of vixen and two cubs in our back garden, here in Lancashire, UK, overnight, very rare to see them in daylight, though.
Great video, as always, Morten, there were times I was almost shouting at you to stop vlogging and take a picture! You did get some wonderful video and pictures of the fox cub, so I forgive you! :-) Thanks for sharing your excitement, too.
Morten your enthusiasm should be an inspiration for all of us. I smiled as you were competing with the cuckoo for my attention:) One of the things i miss hearing since moving to Canada, keep up the great work my fiend!!
I love the image where the fox walks away.
My favorite shot is the one with the fox sniffing the small shrub.....totally natural, eyes closed focusing on the smell. I also agree with your thoughts on maybe not producing the sharpest picture but instead enjoying the experience of just being there and observing. Some of the best experiences are not captured by the camera but by your memory.
OMG your passion and motivation is unsurpassed, stunning enthusiasm and great talent - thanks for sharing.
What a compliment - thanks a lot for writing Ian
Awesome video yet again Morten, looks so peaceful and with the added sound of the cookoo in the background makes it the perfect backing tune for a morning session.😀
In every video your love for nature and photography leaves me in awe. You are the most inspiring person on UA-cam for sure.
Thanks for sharing your experience with us!
That awesome compliment just made my evening a bit better 😊 thank you so much
Great footage Morten I enjoy your enthusiasm and observing the pleasure you get from your photography. Many thanks for sharing your experiences.
You should have your own tv show, so entertaining!
I really like your videos Morten .. It's because, apart from the lovely images, we are a part of your journey .. Keep up the good work. 😊
And dude .. You have a forest for your home !!!! 😎
Dear Morton, you set up a very good channel. I don‘t know how I found it, but I‘m always happy to find a new video from you when it is online... You‘re one of the very good vloggers, because you take us so close to the wildlife here in „middle/northern-Europe“. It´s so good to see and to learn from your methods for watching and photographing our wild animals here. Thanks for all your interesting episodes, with close to the nature I like...
I know this is a older video but that doesn't change the fact that it's awesome. Like you, Morten, it seems that every time I am in the blind and not paying attention or in the middle of getting set up, that's when it seems like the wildlife shows up. I don't know how they do it. One minute nothing is there, next minute, out of nowhere something is there. Then I'm scrambling trying to get the shot, lol. Keep up the good work 👍👍.
I had an opportunity to photograph a marten in Minnesota, he came and went before I could really get my camera on him, but my eyes will never forget. Fox are so much fun to watch as well.
I learn from you a little bit more with each video. Its videos like this that keep me going.
What a lovely man Morten is.
The way you moved that little caterpillar was so endearing. I love your vlogs in the forest. I could listen to you all day. The little fox was so sweet and I agree, all shots do not have to be 100% sharp, it is the moment that matters.
Great work Morten, you take us right there with you👏 (18:00 "did you see him?" 😂👍)
regards,
Ben
What a great video, well done Morten. Given me the inspiration to look in my area. I live in Australia and pretty sure we have european red foxes lurking !!! For what it’s worth, I actually like the motion blur of the fox sniffing, adds to the photo.
Love the way you respect Nature. Great video as always.
Great story Morten, thank you for sharing with us! Take good care of Mr. Fox ;)
Morten, it's beautiful! The little fox is so adorable!! Love your works!
The music over the final photo's fully immersed me, just incredible. I felt like I was there. Morten you have truly captured a special moment, thank you.
I always enjoy your photos, Morten, but I'm even more impressed by the joy that you show. With your idyllic forest setting, I kept expecting Pooh Bear to come strolling by with a honey pot on his head! Keep taking us along.
Morten, this was amazing. Again premium contents. Thank you so much for sharing.
I watched this yesterday evening as I waited in my blind for our Wood Ducks to come close. It was really moving to see your enthusiasm and passion while I waited with equal anticipation for some of my favorite birds to arrive. We had a fox coming every morning earlier this summer, and every time I waited in the blind, he would never come, but I was lucky enough to get some decent photos of him right through the living room window. Thank you for sharing the wonder of nature and your ethical and caring way of photographing it with the world.
Loved it, just loved it. Thank you Morten
Gawd, I love your videos. Each one is so inspiring. Thank you so much.
Great video Morten! I really enjoyed the clip with the fox and the magpie. Thanks for sharing the experience !
What a joy and a privilege to share these precious moments with you Morten. Thank you so much for sharing for those of us who cannot always see wildlife like this.😊😊
By far my favourite video of yours, your passion for nature and photography is so infectious. Fantastic :-)
The fox and the magpie... awesome stuff Morten! Always a pleasure to watch your vlogs.
Thank you so much 😊 yes wasn't that just awesome how the little fellow ran after the bird😊
What a wonderful Video. Oh my, i love foxes so bad :) For me they are one of the most beautiful animals out there. Thank you so much for sharing these moments
wildlife photographer moments full of passion and palpable suspense, I`m sweating only while watching this video, thanks a lot for sharing these awesome moments :)
21:26 I love this photo, what a wonderful moment, so beautiful
Soo amazing to see that foxes at that distance!! Really nice pictures/video's!
the fox looks so cute,so that I understand why you say that you like the fox best,but the most thing that impress me is the ox that you took in the previous episodes are really beautiful.:)keep on doing amazing episode my idol~
Brilliant video Morten. Like you foxes are one of my favourites and I was lucky enough to capture some shots for a video I took a few weeks ago. Love the storytelling in you videos, makes me stay right through to the end.
Thanks Morton for this video, I know exactly what you mean about that feeling , right in between the fox and nature. Lucky for me I had that opportunity several times, and I also love foxes.
Great video Morten. I loved the shot of the fox sniffing the plant - perfect! Excellent work!
Wow, another special experience, thank you for sharing it with us. Fox and a magpie, perfect :D
Very inspirational, makes me want to do more with my photography. Videos like this are special, please film more videos like this. We all can learn from it. Awesome!
I have this blind and I love it, although in my part of the US the morning temps are 85+ F so sitting in the blind is HOT this time of year. We have quite a few foxes in the area where I live, but because of the population of people, they are a bit less skittish than the ones in your woods. Another excellent video!
Haha I imagine a day Morten without coffee ☺
Morten, i'm sold, i need a blind. Super video my friend🇨🇦
Another fantastic vid. Again thanks Morten, love your work mate.
Such a great encounter with the young fox and thank you for sharing. Glad I found your channel!
I do not usually leave comments but this time I gotta say that your videos are awesome. Really inspiring and exciting. Your photos in Instagram are really beautiful! Great job with these videos!
Hope someday you have the chance and the feeling to visit Spain and its wildlife. Unfortunately, Spain is underrated in regards of wildlife and landscapes but we have a wide diversity of fauna and flora. Unique animal species, such as Iberian lynx, Iberian wolf, imperial eagle, fallow deer, roe deer...
Looking forward to watch the next!
Lovely vlog Morten. Maybe just try hanging a couple of gopros from the hide inside ceiling and leave them running, then you don't need to touch them, you'll know where they are and you can stick with the photography?
Yey! I love your vids Morten! Inspire me so much to go out and take more photos! Keep up the great work!
Beautiful video Morten, your images may not always be tac sharp but they definitely have soul and emotion for sure !! Keep up the awesome work !!
Morten just awesome .
What can be said after the beautiful words of Mr. Mark Harris, thanks for making us better people and thank you for taking the time to share these incredible images. Thanks
I really appreciate your nice comment - so kind of you to write 👍
Another excellent video Morten, and some crackin' images 👍
watching your video from not so remote camping site. perfect monents. birds start chirping very early in the morning but so hard to find or see them. really appreciate what you are sharing!
I love your video's ! They inspire me to go out early at sunrise and have a coffee when possible!
Go for it👍and thank you so much
Outstanding Work And Very difficult 🙌 .... It was amazing 👍
Best Wildlife photographer in UA-cam.
I once used fox urine as a cover scent for hunting. I had a fox walk right up towards me and refuse to leave. We had fox coming around for a while because I wore the rubber boots home with the scent on them. Scent is everything when hunting. It's also important to hide your scent with no scent soaps and Arm and Hammer (baking soda) to wash your clothes. Camo helps too. I've had little birds almost land on me while I was in a tree.
Another totally inspiring video! Now I have to wait another week for the next one, The ups & downs of addictive viewing I guess, thanks for sharing
Nice to have a forest with animals like this...nice video Mortem
Great video Morten, your enthusiasm for nature is inspiring. Please keep making videos like this, Thank you. ;)
I just discovered your channel yesterday and I've been watching a lot of your videos since.
I love the calm and relaxed tone.
My "Wildlife Photography" is shooting the cows next door with a Panasonic FZ300...
Your videos really set the mood to be calm and patient, and to take your time.
That already worked out for me.
I went out today, trying to really take my time, to be more calm, and I took way better pictures!
Thank you!
You definitely got a new Subscriber
You are definitly my favorite UA-camr, love every single second of your videos!
👍👍👍👍👍 Thanks a million times
Just Wow. I enjoy every single of videos and i really share your excitement in this moments.
That's one of my favorite things about his videos - how genuinely excited he gets... and how genuine he is in general.
Hi Morten. I think you will have a very long and happy life cause you are a little boy playing in nature. You stay younger because you know very well how to be impressed by simple but wonderfull other life around us. Staying as a child will make you one of the oldest photographer in the future. Keep going ang sharing these exciting moments. Your heart is only 6 years old. When you will be 99, your VR function will help to still be accurate and get sharp pictures. Friendly Yvon from Canada
Love your enthusiasm Morten. Great inspirational video as always :)
Such a inspiring work Morten...keep sharing !!! I love you work
Your videos always motivate me...Thanks Morten.🙏🙏🙏.Keep making videos.👍
I love watching your videos Morten - you never fail to inspire me.
Thank you so much for leaving this awesome compliment Jason
Morten. Im new to your channel. I love how much passion you put into your work. The fox footage is inspirational. Keep up the great work. Its helping me gain momentum all the way over to the states in Illinois. Thanks for your vlog.
Wonderful content! Many thanks Morten, & best wishes for you, & those around you.
2:09 Respect for the nature. :) Big like !
Morten, the fox is incredible - so awesome. It motivates me to take more pictures. We have an urban fox that comes and sleeps in our strawberry patch and when it is sunny uses the bottle brush bush to sleep under. I too am captivated by foxes and have pictures of our fox on the wall. Keep inspiring us.
Great video Morten and congratulations on the new friend in that lovely little fox. One concern though, one day you will have to explain how to go to the bathroom in the photo blind after all that coffee! :-)
Morten this is so amazing. Thanks for sharing these great moments with us and thanks for sending your book. It is also amazing. Hope you will share some additional moments in the other blind with us.
Jubii - I'm so glad you got the book. I really hope you will enjoy it 😊