Hell’s Valley, Jigokudani, Japan 2017 This image of the left hand of a Japanese Macaque, also known as Snow Monkey, is one of my most...

So… The last day of photography has arrived and we are spending it once again with the monkeys of Hell Valley. The weather forecast...

Day 9 on this trip with Wild nature fotoresor was purely a travel day. First, we flew from Kusshiro on Hokkaido to Tokyo. Once in Tokyo...

Back in Kushiro and the Japanese cranes. Not the best of conditions with sunshine and not so many cranes. Sunshine and white birds...

Last morning with the eagles today. Yet another set of conditions… The pack-ice has moved too much eastwards, towards the Russian...

So… An early wake-up again… 04:15. Eagles on the schedule once more. Yesterday we had “optimal” conditions with no clouds and a beautiful...

Early start this morning. Alarm set for 4:15 and we’re in eagle-land… Incredible… Around 150 eagles around our boat this morning… A Mecca...

The main task for day 4 is to move base to Rausu which is on the north-east side of Hokkaido. We start off with some more swan-shooting...

Another early morning 🙂 Left the guesthouse at 4:45 so getting out of bed at 4:15. Packed the gear in the cars and left for the Bihoro...

A nice sleep-in today. Alarm went off at 05:30. Bags packed in the car to move to a new location after another session with the cranes....

All 7 guests in the @wild nature fotoresor group arrived safely yesterday evening and after a very traditional Japanese dinner we opted...