Status | Starts | Group size | Leader | Duration/price Inc. flights from/to UK | Duration/price Exc. international flights | Single supp. | ||
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Available | Max. 12 | Alex Hyde Nick Garbutt | 8 days: £2,695 pp. | 8 days: £2,495 pp. | None | |||
Available | Max. 12 | Alex Hyde Nick Garbutt | 8 days: £2,995 pp. | 8 days: £2,795 pp. | None | |||
Available | Max. 12 | Alex Hyde Nick Garbutt | 8 days: £3,095 pp. | 8 days: £2,875 pp. | None |
Led by wildlife photographers Alex Hyde and Nick Garbutt, this tour visits the Tyrol in June when the alpine meadows are in their full glory. With a spectacular show of wild flowers and an array of butterflies and other insects, this is the perfect time for wildlife and macro photography.
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- Our transfer to Fisser Höfe will take around one to two hours. After checking in, there will be a welcome presentation from the tutors and an introduction to the week’s itinerary.
- Accommodation: Wiesenheim Familien Hotel, 7-nights on full board basis.
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- The day-to-day schedule and activities remain flexible to take account of changeable local conditions. The following examples give you a flavour of what might be on offer at various times throughout the week:
- In the early morning, you may find yourself using the gorgeous early morning light to photograph sunrise over the mountain tops, or meadow flowers and butterflies when they are often covered in dewdrops.
- Later in the day, when the sun is high, you may find yourself visiting the Urgtal valley to photograph alpine plants such as alpenrose in a dramatic mountain landscape; using a cable car to gain access to alpine plants that grow at high altitudes, such as alpine snowbell (Soldanella pursilla) and mountain houseleek (Sempervivum montanum), that are specially adapted to life on the mountain tops; learning how to photograph orchids such as the burnt orchid (Neotinea ustulata); developing your macro work in the pine forests; or learning field studio techniques to produce white background images of flowers and insects.
- The afternoon or evening are perfect for activities such as seeking out resting butterflies in the alpine meadows; photographing flower meadows in dramatic evening light; or trapping moths in order to photograph them.
- Photographic highlights include: alpine meadows in full bloom; orchids and other plants including sundews; a huge array of butterflies and other insects; marmots beside their burrows; dramatic mountain landscapes.
- Typical techniques covered during the week include: the basics of macro photography; optimising natural light with reflectors and diffusers; working with off-camera flash; creating creative macro compositions; creating white background images with a mobile field studio; digital workflow for macro photography with Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop.
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Day 8 Transfer to Innsbruck airport, fly back to the UK
All prices are per person and include:
- Services of the naturalist leader
- Flights
- Transfers
- Accommodation
- All meals
- Guided activities
Accommodation
A comfortable family-run hotel. All rooms are doubles with en suite bathroom.
Meals
All meals are included.
Walking
Most walks are short and graded easy to moderate, however there is an option for longer walks to more distant locations for those who wish.
Photography
Locations are within one hour’s drive of the hotel. All photography is done on foot.
Macro and wide-angle work with plants, insects and natural abstracts, including using off-camera flash. Some telephoto work and landscape photography and filters.
Climate
Conditions may vary from warm sunshine to light wintery showers at higher altitudes.
Flights
Return scheduled flights London - Innsbruck are included.