Espen Helland
@espen13.bsky.social
Wildlife Photographer based in Scotland
OM System Ambassador
www.espenhelland.com
#wildlifephotography #birdphotography #omsystem
OM System Ambassador
www.espenhelland.com
#wildlifephotography #birdphotography #omsystem
Flamingo in Donana, Spain 2024
OM-1ii, 150-400mm f/4.5
@omsystem.bsky.social
#omsystem #defythemoment #flamingo #spain #birds 🪶
OM-1ii, 150-400mm f/4.5
@omsystem.bsky.social
#omsystem #defythemoment #flamingo #spain #birds 🪶
October 28, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Flamingo in Donana, Spain 2024
OM-1ii, 150-400mm f/4.5
@omsystem.bsky.social
#omsystem #defythemoment #flamingo #spain #birds 🪶
OM-1ii, 150-400mm f/4.5
@omsystem.bsky.social
#omsystem #defythemoment #flamingo #spain #birds 🪶
October 22, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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 🪶
OM-1, 150-400mm f/4.5
@omsystem.bsky.social
#omsystem #defythemoment #birds #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #autumn #fall 🪶
October 20, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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 🪶
OM-1, 150-400mm f/4.5
@omsystem.bsky.social
#omsystem #defythemoment #birds #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #autumn #fall 🪶
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.
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.
October 10, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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.
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.
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
OM-1ii, 150-400mm f/4.5, Pro Capture
@omsystem.bsky.social
🪶 #birds
#omsystem #defythemoment #procapture #serengeti #beeeater #birdsinflight
October 7, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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
OM-1ii, 150-400mm f/4.5, Pro Capture
@omsystem.bsky.social
🪶 #birds
#omsystem #defythemoment #procapture #serengeti #beeeater #birdsinflight
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
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
October 1, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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
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
Blue tit climbing down the larch.
📷 OM-1, 50-200mm f/2.8
@omsystemcameras.uk
#omsystem #defythemoment #bluetit #nuts_about_birds #scotland #birdphotography #birs 🪶
📷 OM-1, 50-200mm f/2.8
@omsystemcameras.uk
#omsystem #defythemoment #bluetit #nuts_about_birds #scotland #birdphotography #birs 🪶
September 24, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Blue tit climbing down the larch.
📷 OM-1, 50-200mm f/2.8
@omsystemcameras.uk
#omsystem #defythemoment #bluetit #nuts_about_birds #scotland #birdphotography #birs 🪶
📷 OM-1, 50-200mm f/2.8
@omsystemcameras.uk
#omsystem #defythemoment #bluetit #nuts_about_birds #scotland #birdphotography #birs 🪶
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
OM-1ii, 150-400mm f/4.5
500mm f/9
1/200s
ISO 800
#omsystem #defythemoment #lizard #wildlifephotography #scotland
September 9, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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
OM-1ii, 150-400mm f/4.5
500mm f/9
1/200s
ISO 800
#omsystem #defythemoment #lizard #wildlifephotography #scotland
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
OM-1ii, 150-400mm (1.25x)
#omsystem #birds 🪶 #birdphotography #wildlife #nature
May 14, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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
OM-1ii, 150-400mm (1.25x)
#omsystem #birds 🪶 #birdphotography #wildlife #nature
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
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
May 12, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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
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
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
Lunga, 2024
OM-1ii, 150-400mm (1.25x)
400mm, f/4.5, 1/1600s, ISO 800
#birds 🪶 #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #nature #wildlife
May 8, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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
Lunga, 2024
OM-1ii, 150-400mm (1.25x)
400mm, f/4.5, 1/1600s, ISO 800
#birds 🪶 #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #nature #wildlife
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
Check out the video and blog post for more images and story of my urban wildlife photography in Edinburgh.
#birds 🪶
#birdphotography
#wildlife
April 29, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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
Check out the video and blog post for more images and story of my urban wildlife photography in Edinburgh.
#birds 🪶
#birdphotography
#wildlife
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
Plenty of opportunities for flight images and here’s a male coming into land 📷
#birds 🪶
#birdphotography #wildlifephotography
#eider
April 28, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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
Plenty of opportunities for flight images and here’s a male coming into land 📷
#birds 🪶
#birdphotography #wildlifephotography
#eider
April 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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
I walked and cycled my way around Edinburgh to capture some of the wildlife it has to offer.
#birds 🪶
#wildlifephotography #birdphotography #urbanwildlife
April 16, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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
I walked and cycled my way around Edinburgh to capture some of the wildlife it has to offer.
#birds 🪶
#wildlifephotography #birdphotography #urbanwildlife
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 🪶
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 🪶
April 9, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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 🪶
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 🪶
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
OM-1
150-400mm (1.25x)
378mm, f/4.5, 1/2000s, ISO 2000
#birds 🪶
#birdphotography #omsystem
April 3, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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
OM-1
150-400mm (1.25x)
378mm, f/4.5, 1/2000s, ISO 2000
#birds 🪶
#birdphotography #omsystem
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
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
March 28, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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
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
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
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
March 27, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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
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
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
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
March 25, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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
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
March 19, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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
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
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
#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
March 17, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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
#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
Black grouse on the lek at first light
OM-1
M.Zuiko 300mm f/4
OM-1
M.Zuiko 300mm f/4
March 11, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Black grouse on the lek at first light
OM-1
M.Zuiko 300mm f/4
OM-1
M.Zuiko 300mm f/4