After contracting Lyme Disease twice this summer I took myself in being afraid to go out to in the field to shoot because of the fright of geting ticks on me again. I realised the best way to cure this is to get out with my camera again!
Lyme Disease has weakend me and my joints and muscles have become stiff and I feel like im 107 years old at least. But I managed to get out and photograph the white-throated dipper and it was so much fun! The bird was really trustful and let me take som cloe portraits. I came home with 1400 images on my memory card of this beautiful bird. I haven’t got around to look at them all yet, but here is one I made for my instagram

Here's another image from the same outing. The angle is a little different and the lighting was a bit different too. I was also a bit further from the bird.

Glad you are better now! Where was this taken?

Congrats excellent shot(s) !

The second photo is a dandy. We have a lot of Lyme-carrying ticks here so I spray my field pants with Permethrin which has low toxicity to mammals but will kill the ticks that look at me as an easy meal.

Sal Campos said:

Glad you are better now! Where was this taken?

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Thank you! I’m getting a bit stronger every day now and my body is not so stiff anymore.

The images were taken here in the northwest coast of Norway.

Nasos Kosmas said:

Congrats excellent shot(s) !

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Thank you so much!

Woody Meristem said:

The second photo is a dandy. We have a lot of Lyme-carrying ticks here so I spray my field pants with Permethrin which has low toxicity to mammals but will kill the ticks that look at me as an easy meal.

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Thank you, Woody! That’s the same precautions I have done, but the ticks got me still.