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Espen Helland

@espen13.bsky.social
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Wildlife Photographer based in Scotland OM System Ambassador www.espenhelland.com #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #omsystem

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Tragopan @tragopan.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Check out the Tragopan Rain Covers for Wildlife Photography! Both tripod and handheld versions available. Small, Medium and Large sizes. With @espen13.bsky.social 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndYL...
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Tragopan Rain Cover for Wildlife Photography
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Espen Helland @espen13.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Still water, sudden motion. A grebe mid-bath — every droplet catching the first of the morning light. These moments ask you to wait, and wait, and then be ready. OM-1, 150-400mm f/4.5 @omsystem.bsky.social #omsystem 🪶 #birds
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Espen Helland @espen13.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Thank you 🙂
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Espen Helland @espen13.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Back at Dovre to photograph the muskox! 😃📷
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Espen Helland @espen13.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Sometimes the birds come to you! This bullfinch was systematically moving along this branch and eating the buds right outside my bedroom window. Perthshire, Scotland February 2024 OM-1ii, 150-400mm @omsystem.bsky.social 🪶 #birds #birdphotography
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Espen Helland @espen13.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
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OM System Page - espenhelland.com
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Espen Helland @espen13.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Great tit flying from the nest 📷 OM-1ii, 12-24mm f/2.8 Pro Capture - OI Share app remote trigger This image is part of my OM System Pro Capture Course 📗 A comprehensive guide to gear, settings and technique for using Pro Capture for wildlife photography. #omsystem #birds 🪶
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Espen Helland @espen13.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Cheers Douglas! You’ve been active on here!
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Espen Helland @espen13.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
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OM System Page - espenhelland.com
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Espen Helland @espen13.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Coal tit with the new 50-200mm f/2.8 📷 Join the OM Club 📷 Get access to: - OM System for Wildlife Photography Course - Pro Capture for Wildlife Photography Course - OM Guides (Beginner Macro OM System) - Let’s Shoot - Behind the Image Stories - Recorded OM System Talks - OM-3 Guides #birds 🪶
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Espen Helland @espen13.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Flamingo in Donana, Spain 2024 OM-1ii, 150-400mm f/4.5 @omsystem.bsky.social #omsystem #defythemoment #flamingo #spain #birds 🪶
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Espen Helland @espen13.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
See what its like to join a photo trip to Andalusia, Spain 📷
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Finding Wildlife in Spain | Photographing Iberian Ibex
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Espen Helland @espen13.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Wren in the forest 🎶 OM-1ii, 150-400mm f/4.5 @omsystem.bsky.social #birds #birdsong 🪶
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Espen Helland @espen13.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Great tit in amongst the fading bracken. OM-1, 150-400mm f/4.5 @omsystem.bsky.social #omsystem #defythemoment #birds #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #autumn #fall 🪶
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Espen Helland @espen13.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
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Calendar 2026
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Espen Helland @espen13.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Scottish Wildlife Calendar 2026 Pre order now - shipping starts end of November so that they will arrive before Christmas. I have chosen some of my favourite images from animals photographed in Scotland and put them together for a 2026 Calendar.
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Espen Helland @espen13.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Want to join me on a phototrip to Serengeti in 2026? espenhelland.com/serengeti-wo...
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Serengeti Workshop
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Espen Helland @espen13.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
In Serengeti 2024, standing on the back of the Landrover waiting for the bee eater to fly 📷 OM-1ii, 150-400mm f/4.5, Pro Capture @omsystem.bsky.social 🪶 #birds #omsystem #defythemoment #procapture #serengeti #beeeater #birdsinflight
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Espen Helland @espen13.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
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Black Grouse Lek Workshop
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Espen Helland @espen13.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
A battle ready black grouse on the lek. One of those mornings with dark moody skies and the sun shining through for a brief moment 📷 Dates for April 2026 available on my website. OM-1, 40-150mm f/2.8 @omsystem.bsky.social #omsystem #blackgrouse #lek #birds #birdphotography
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Espen Helland @espen13.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Blue tit climbing down the larch. 📷 OM-1, 50-200mm f/2.8 @omsystemcameras.uk #omsystem #defythemoment #bluetit #nuts_about_birds #scotland #birdphotography #birs 🪶
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Espen Helland @espen13.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Don’t have many lizards in Scotland, but came across the common lizard on a stone wall last year 📷 OM-1ii, 150-400mm f/4.5 500mm f/9 1/200s ISO 800 #omsystem #defythemoment #lizard #wildlifephotography #scotland
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Espen Helland @espen13.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Thanks a lot :)
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Espen Helland @espen13.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Food delivery! Just before the juvenile great spotted woodpecker (flagspett) fledge they come up to the nesting hole to be fed. OM-1ii, 150-400mm f/4.5 (1.25x) 325mm, f/4.5, 1/4000, ISO 200 #omsystem #birds 🪶 #wildlife #nature
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Espen Helland @espen13.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Great tit leaving the nest after feeding the young 📷 Pro Capture OM-1ii, 150-400mm (1.25x) 400mm, f/4.5 1/3200s, ISO 5000 #omsystem #birds 🪶 #nature #wildlife
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Espen Helland @espen13.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Wandering through a bluebell forest the other day, I came across a bold wren climbing last years’ bracken 📷 OM-1ii, 150-400mm (1.25x) #omsystem #birds 🪶 #birdphotography #wildlife #nature
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Espen Helland @espen13.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
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Tips for OM System in Low Light | High ISO | DxO PureRaw 5
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Espen Helland @espen13.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
ISO 16000 and ISO 12800 using DxO PR 5 for denoising 📷 Check out my video on YouTube where I share more images and tips for using the OM System in low light conditions. #birds 🪶 #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography
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Espen Helland @espen13.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Puffin returning with sandeels 📷 Lunga, 2024 OM-1ii, 150-400mm (1.25x) 400mm, f/4.5, 1/1600s, ISO 800 #birds 🪶 #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #nature #wildlife
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Espen Helland @espen13.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Thank you 🙂
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Espen Helland @espen13.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
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OM-3 & 100-400mm II | 7 TIPS Urban Wildlife Photography
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Espen Helland @espen13.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
More images from my urban wildlife photography session in Edinburgh a couple of weeks ago. I photographed a feral pigeon with loch in the background. Check out the video and blog post for more images and story of my urban wildlife photography in Edinburgh. #birds 🪶 #birdphotography #wildlife
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Espen Helland @espen13.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Thanks Helen!
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Espen Helland @espen13.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
As an added bonus on our workshop in Orkney in March we had some incredible encounters with a large flock of eiders. Plenty of opportunities for flight images and here’s a male coming into land 📷 #birds 🪶 #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #eider
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Espen Helland @espen13.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Great image from the lek 👏
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Espen Helland @espen13.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
It’s showdown. OM-1 40-150mm f/2.8 #birds 🪶 #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #blackgrouse #sunrise
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Espen Helland @espen13.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
OM-3 & 100-400mm II | 7 TIPS Urban Wildlife Photography youtu.be/l_L6n2Eyglk
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OM-3 & 100-400mm II | 7 TIPS Urban Wildlife Photography
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Espen Helland @espen13.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
A few weeks back I spent some time in Edinburgh with the new OM-3 camera so I decided to make a video on urban wildlife photography. I walked and cycled my way around Edinburgh to capture some of the wildlife it has to offer. #birds 🪶 #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #urbanwildlife
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Espen Helland @espen13.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
The sunny spell keeps on going 😁 The other day I grabbed my bike, camera gear, my mat and cycled to a nearby Loch. A fantastic backlit session with oystercatchers, redshanks and pied wagtails. I’ll take another month of this weather please 🤞 OM-1ii 100-400mm II #birds 🪶
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Espen Helland @espen13.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Sanderlings are so full of character as they run around on the beach feeding in the intertidal. Had so many great opportunities to photograph these birds last month on our workshop in Orkney. OM-1 150-400mm (1.25x) 378mm, f/4.5, 1/2000s, ISO 2000 #birds 🪶 #birdphotography #omsystem
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Espen Helland @espen13.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
I got a blog post and video out on it. I think it’s worth the upgrade, but how you shoot also comes into it. The improved IS makes a big difference to me.
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Espen Helland @espen13.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
In December last year I was trying out the M.Zuiko 100-400mm f/5-6.3 Mark II while visiting family in Fuerteventura. I caught up with the social Barbary ground squirrel on a beach and found a pair of them posing perfectly on some low shrubs. #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography
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Espen Helland @espen13.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
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Black Grouse Lek Workshop
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Espen Helland @espen13.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Not long until we head up the hill to photograph these incredible birds! Black Grouse Lek 2025 - Perthshire, Scotland #birds 🪶 #birdphotography #wildlife A few paces left if you want to join, see my website for details. OM-1 40-150mm f/2.8 1/3200s, ISO 200
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Tragopan @tragopan.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Quality that stands the test of time! ✅ Different generations of our hide Tragopan: Designed to withstand the harshest conditions, our hides are a long-term investment for any wildlife photographer. 📷 Photos taken by @espen13.bsky.social during his wildlife photography workshorps.
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Espen Helland @espen13.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Yeah, it’s very relaxing lying there listening to nature. It’s the Monal hide from tragopan
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Espen Helland @espen13.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Last week I went out exploring on my bike and found an amazing new location by a small loch. There’s a beaver lodge along the northern edge and I setup a hide on the opposite side. I spent a misty morning in the Monal hide and had an incredible session with a flock of teal. #birds 🪶 #wildlife
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Espen Helland @espen13.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Love this time of year 🌱 The other day I went for a walk in my local woodland, I probably only got 50 metres from my house before I caught a glimpse of a wren flitting through the vegetation and into hollow tree stumps. #birds 🪶 #photography #birdphotography #nature #scotland #wren
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Espen Helland @espen13.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
My favourite day from the workshop I co-hosted with Raymond Besant two weeks ago was lying on a sandy beach photographing waders. #birds 🪶 Here, a bar-tailed godwit was flying low over the waves as it came into land on the beach. #birdphotography OM-1 150-400mm f/4.5
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Espen Helland @espen13.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Black grouse on the lek at first light OM-1 M.Zuiko 300mm f/4
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