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Henrik Spranz 🦋
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Nature Photographer
#noAI
Occasionally speaker and competition judge
National Geographic Germany/APOY contest winner
Based in Austria
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~Breathe~

This place took my breath away...and has filled me with humbleness and bliss.

Canon EOS R5 +Canon RF 14-35mm f/4L IS USM + polarizer

f/13, 1/2s, ISO-400, 27mm

#Nature #Photography #naturephoto #waterfall #waterfalls #naturephotography #longexposure #canon
A photo of an autumnal scene with orange and red leaves on rocks and moss in the foreground and a big waterfall coming out between mossy rock formations with the water running into the foreground - over a small cascade.
November 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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~Little Paradise~

A place I loved to be - you can feel the healing power of nature there.

Canon EOS R5 +Canon RF 14-35mm f/4L IS USM + @kfconcept_de magnetic polarizer

f/13, 1/2s, ISO-500, 20mm

#Nature #Photography #naturephoto #waterfall #naturephotography #longexposure #WaterfallWednesday
A photo of an autumnal scene with orange and red leaves on rocks and moss in the foreground and a small waterfall coming out between mossy rock formations with the water running into the foreground. The pool beneath the waterfall shows a typical turquoise in that region.
October 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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~ Sunrise View ~

I'm still wondering if it's a common blue [Polyommatus icarus] or a Chapman's blue [Polyommatus thersites], but I'm tending to the first one.
1/80s, f/3.5, 180mm, ISO-400
#Canon EOS R5 + Canon EF 180mm f/3.5L Macro USM
#insects #macrophotography #naturephotography
#bokeh #butterfly
A photo of (very likely )common blue butterfly - still roosting on a burnet in front of the rising sun. Through using a long macro lens and open aperture the sun appears as a big orange disc behind the butterfly. The tones in the photo range from violet to orange - on this hazy early morning.
September 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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~ Start of a Day ~

A Marbled White [Melanargia galathea] starting for its first flight of the day.

Such movies usually don't get much love, but perhaps it sends some love to you 😊.

#Canon EOS R5 + Canon EF 180mm f/3.5L Macro USM

#insects #macrophotography #naturephotography
#bokeh #butterfly
September 4, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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~ Meadow Brown ~

A Meadow brown [Maniola jurtina] in the very early morning. Those beauties are not rare, but it's rare to find them still roosting.

f/4, 1/160s, ISO-320, 180mm
#Canon EOS R5 + Canon EF 180mm f/3.5L Macro USM

#insects #macrophotography #naturephotography
#bokeh #butterfly
A photo of a Meadow brown [Maniola jurtina] in the very early morning. Only the butterfly is in focus, leaving the surrounding habitat as a bokeh lit by the early morning sun - and showing tones of green and yellow with some great pasque flowers standing out. The butterfly is still roosting on dried vegetation from last year.
August 26, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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~Hidden II~

A lovely and remote waterfall in #Slovenia.
Can't wait to go there again.

Canon EOS R5 + RF 14-35/4 + polarizer
f/13, 1/4s, ISO-100, 28mm

#Nature #Photography #naturephoto #waterfall #naturephotography #longexposure
A photo of a waterfall in the distance falling in two stages between rocky slows, partly covered with moss. In the foreground the water flows quite calmly between little rocks and stones. Branches on the right side bring the colours of autumn into the scene - some colourful leaves can be seen on the rocks too.
August 16, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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~ Three of a Kind ~

The time of photographing cyclamen has begun - I'm happy to have them growing wild in the forests around my home.

© Henrik Spranz #Austria 2025
#wildflowers #bokeh #photography #flower #nature
A photo of three wild growing cyclamen being in focus and using an open wide aperture. Their petals are pink. The rest of the scene is blurred. The bokeh of the surrounding vegetation shows tones of green of the surrounding vegetation and the brown of the forest floor and leaves from last year. You can also see some bokeh circles caused by reflections A photo of an An Elder-flowered orchid with only the flower being in focus and using an open wide aperture. The rest of the scene is blurred. The bokeh of the surrounding vegetation and the light of the setting sun shows tones of green and orange.
August 15, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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A wild orchid beauty for your Monday:

A tongue-orchid [Serapias lingua] in the afternoon – in a light forest in Croatia.

© Henrik Spranz #Croatia 2023

#Canon EOS R5 + #meyergörlitz Trioplan 100 f2.8 II + ext. tube

No alteration/removal of image elements/just basic RAW development.
A photo of a tongue-orchid [Serapias lingua] with only the flower being in focus and using an open wide aperture. The rest of the scene is quite blurred. The bokeh of the surrounding vegetation includes a tree in the background and the scene is photographed against light of the late afternoon sun. The Trioplan produces the famous soap bubble bokeh, which can be easily recognized in this photo.
June 2, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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~Last Light~

An Elder-flowered orchid [Dactylorhiza sambucina] with the last light of the day shining through some bushes.

#Canon EOS R5 + EF 180/3.5 macro

1/3.5, 1/2s, 180mm, ISO-125

© Henrik Spranz #Austria 2025

#wildflowers #bokeh #photography #flower #orchid #nature
A photo of an An Elder-flowered orchid with only the flower being in focus and using an open wide aperture. The rest of the scene is blurred. The bokeh of the surrounding vegetation and the light of the setting sun shows tones of green and orange.
May 23, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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I could go out and find some of these beauties 🦋😍.

~Launch~

A Southern festoon (butterfly) [Zerynthia polyxena] - one of my favourite butterfly species.

1/200s, f/4, 180mm, ISO-200

#Canon EOS R5 + Canon EF 180mm f/3.5L Macro USM

#insects #macrophotography #naturephotography
#bokeh
A photo of a Southern festoon butterfly in the early morning - opening its wings to warm up and prepare for the first flight. Only the butterfly is in focus, leaving the surrounding habitat as a bokeh lit by the early morning sun. The butterfly is still roosting on a dried grass from last year.
May 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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~Start into the Day~

A Brown Argus #butterfly [Aricia agestis] in the early morning - with morning light and dew in the grass causing a wonderful stage.

1/400s, f/3.5, 180mm, ISO-100

#Canon EOS R5 + Canon EF 180mm f/3.5L Macro USM

#insects #macrophotography #naturephotography
#bokeh
A photo of a Brown Argus butterfly [Aricia agestis] sitting on some dry plant. Only the plant and the butterfly are in focus. The meadow in the blurred part of the photo (bokeh) is coloured in the warm tones of the morning sunshine. Reflections in the dew on the grass create bokeh circles in different sizes. The butterfly has opened its wings to warm up for the first flight of the day.
April 22, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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~City Hurdling~

An example of urban wildlife: a European rabbit crossing some rail tracks. The very low point of view and open aperture delivers a kind of crazy bokeh.

Canon EOS 5D Mark III + Canon 400/2.8 L IS

#austria #mammals #wildlife #rabbits #canon
A photo of a wild European rabbit in its urban habitat: some rail tracks in the city. The rabbit is just starting its jump across the track and the low point of view and wide open aperture on the long lens is blurring the rest of the scene. In the background there are bokeh circles caused by traffic signs.
April 18, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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I needed some time off from social networks - this is from my time out on Sunday. Have a lovely week ahead!

European wood anemones [Anemone nemorosa] in a nearby forest.

Canon EOS R5 + RF 135/1.8
1/1.8, 1/800s, 135mm, ISO-125

#wildflower #naturephotography #canon #photography
#bokeh #austria
A photo of a group (European) wood anemone [Anemone nemorosa] - photographed from a very low point of view . Only one of those wildflowers is in focus - so the other flowers and their leaves are shown blurred and the sky behind the trees in the background gives the space around the focused flower a bright bokeh.
April 14, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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~Hidden Paradise~

I was happy to be there with autumn in full swing 🍂🍁.

Canon R5 + Canon 14-35/4 + pol.
f/13, 1/10s, ISO-500, 17mm

#Nature #Slovenia #Photography #naturephoto #waterfall #gorge
A photo of a waterfall with typical green water in that region - surrounded by trees with the colourful leaves of autumn.
April 6, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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~A New Day~

Whatever comes, there will be a new day.

It can be rewarding to get up at 4:30am.
A group of small pasque flowers [Pulsatilla pratensis subsp. nigricans] at sunrise.

Canon EOS R5 + Sigma 85/1.4 Art
85mm/f1.4

#wildflower #naturephotography #canon #photography
#bokeh #austria
A photo of a group of small pasque flowers [Pulsatilla pratensis subsp. nigricans] - photographed at sunrise with reflections in the foreground and the ball of the rising sun in the background. Only the wildflowers are in focus - so the surrounding grass and the background is blurred.
April 1, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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~Pale Rider~

Likely a pale clouded yellow [Colias hyale] end of September in a typical habitat in Austria.
Winner of IGPOTY Macro Art competition last year.

Canon EOS R5 + Sigma 180mm f2.8 #Macro

f/3.2, 1/800s, ISO-400, 180mm
#insects #macrophotography #naturephotography
#bokeh
A photo of a roosting butterfly - likely a pale clouded yellow [Colias hyale]. Only the butterfly and the dry plant it is roosting on are in focus. The rest of the scene is more or less blurred by using a longer tele macro and wide open aperture. There is the abstracted version of typical vegetation of a meadow on end of September to see. In the lower right corner a reflection caused a rainbow like impression.
March 28, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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~Dancers~

Liverleaves [Hepatica nobilis] really are one of my favourite wildflower species. Sometimes they tell little stories...

Don't they look like dancers?

1/200s, f/2.8, 180mm, ISO-125

#Canon EOS R5 + Sigma 180/2.8 macro

#wildflower #naturephotography #photography #macromonday #austria
A photo of group of Liverleaves [Hepatica nobilis] in the late afternoon. Only three Liverleaves are in focus - the two in the middle look like they are hugging each other. A fourth Liverleaf can be seen at the right, blurred because it is out of focus. A big bokeh circle above the flowers shows the silhouette of another flower. The leaves on the ground are blurred by more bokeh circles.
March 26, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Video footage from my macro photography in 2023.

At last we have 3 minutes now, @bsky.app ! Thx!
I needed to lower the quality to get under 100 MB though 😊.
#Canon 5d Mk IV\Canon R5

Music:
Gymnopédie by Erik Satie
performed by Jeeyoun Yoo (Cello).
#naturephotography
#naturemovies
#bokehphotography
March 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Thank you! I have a photo of my camera display. Most what I did was tuning the white balance to something representing the reality better - though my mobile got it wrong while shooting my display too. But as you can see: everything was there 😊.
March 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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~Couple at at Party~

It's time of the Liverleaves [Hepatica nobilis] now - and I could already shoot some photos. This one is still from last year though.

1/125s, f/2, 135mm, ISO-100

#Canon EOS R5 + Canon RF 135mm F1.8 L IS USM

#wildflower #naturephotography #photography #macromonday #austria
A photo of a bigger group of liverleaves [Hepatica nobilis] photographed with a very low point of view on the forest ground. Only two of the wildflowers are in focus, while the rest can be recognized as blurred silhouettes in the bokeh. Besides the blue to violet colours of the flowers the orange colours of leaves and trees dominate.
March 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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~Paradise Gorge~

A beautiful gorge in #Austria. I was happy to find it with autumnal leaves and perfect amount of water .

Canon R5 + Canon 14-35/4 + pol.
f/13, 13s, ISO-100, 17mm

#Nature #Photography #naturephoto #waterfall #gorge #autumn
A photo of a gorge in Austria. In the middle ground there is a basin of green water - on the left sine there's a swirl of autumnal leaves blurred by a long exposure to make the movement visible. The rocks in the foreground have some fallen leaves on them too. Higher rock formations in the background surround the small waterfall feeding the basin. Moss is covering part of the rocks.
March 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Happy weekend!

~Family~

This is the most beautiful group of Anacamptis pyramidalis I could ever shoot. Wild orchids are so special to me.

1/500s, f/2, 135mm, ISO-100

#Canon EOS R5 + Canon RF 135mm F1.8 L IS USM

#wildflower #naturephotography #photography #croatia #orchid #wildorchids
A photo of a group of three wild orchids of the species Anacamptis pyramidalis. There is another one slightly in the background and it's already blurred because of the open aperture used on a tele lens. Only the group of three wild orchids is in focus and the rest of the scene is filled with the bokeh of the grass and other vegetation and the bokeh circles of the light shining through some canopy of leaves of a tree behind.
March 14, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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~Frosty Day~

One of the first species I can find every year. Isn't it astounding, what those little wonders can endure?

Violet fritillary [Boloria dia]

f/3.5, 1/100s, ISO-100, 180mm

Canon EOS 5D Mark IV + Sigma 180/2.8 #Macro
#insects #macrophotography #naturephotography
#bokeh
A photo of a violet fritillary butterfly [Boloria dia] covered with frost and lit by the sun from the back by the very early morning sun. Only the butterfly and the withered plant it's sitting on are in focus - leaving the rest of the scene with the bokeh of many other withered plants of an early spring meadow.
March 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Have a lovely Thursday...

...with a watermill in Austria.

Canon EOS R5 + RF 14-35/4 + tripod + pol. filter
f/14, 1/4s, ISO-640, 16mm

#Nature #Trees #FallColors #Austria #Photography #naturephoto #waterfall
A photo of a creek with small falls in the fore and middle ground, flowing between mossy rocks and right underneath the viewer. In the background there is an old water mill and the colourful trees of autumn. The atmosphere is humid as it was a rainy day.
March 6, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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~Herald of Spring~

My first time out shooting wildflowers this season.

Scilla (Scilla vindobonensis) between Snowdrops.

1/400s, f/1.8, 135mm, ISO-100

#Canon EOS R5 + Canon RF 135mm F1.8 L IS USM

#wildflower #naturephotography #photography #macromonday #austria
A photo of a Scilla vindobonensis (or probably Scilla bifolia, but the habitat makes Scilla vindobonensis more likely) between a lot of snowdrops in a floodplain forest south of Vienna. Only the Scilla is in focus, so the snowdrops are blurred, but still recognizable.
March 3, 2025 at 2:54 PM