Churchill, Canada
Churchill, Canada
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Contest Finalist in Wildlife Friends Photo Contest
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Eddieuuu071
November 16, 2019
Thank you for submitting you wonderful photo to my Best Nature Photo challenge! Best of luck!
jackiegoodwin
November 16, 2019
Smashing - thank you for submitting your lovely photo into my challenge "animals of any kind" good luck
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Location
This was taken from the back of a "tundra buggy", out on the tundra close to Churchill, MB, Canada. The bears congregate here in late October / early November, waiting for the ice to form on Hudson Bay.Time
It was taken mid-morning, just a couple of hours into our three day stay out on the tundra. Could it get better than this? (It did...)Lighting
Our buggy driver was very co-operative and always tried to position the vehicle in a location to get the best shots (we were, after all, a group of photographers). At the time of this shot the bears also co-operated by playing against a dark background in a patch of weak sunshine.Equipment
Taken with a Fujifilm X-T1 mirrorless and 100-400 with 1.4x teleconverter @ 421mm, hand-held.Inspiration
I don't think you could be anything but inspired by what was taking place!Editing
Some minor adjustments: increasing contrast, reducing highlights, increasing shadows and boosting clarity.In my camera bag
Well, that depends on the situation: urban? countryside? hiking? travelling? studio? But it's mostly Fuijifilm mirrorless X cameras with a range of lenses from 8mm fisheye to 100-400 zoom with teleconverter.Feedback
In a situation like this it is good to take lots of shots - the action is happening fast and it's not easy to compose each one precisely. But others were a little too trigger happy, using burst mode, then finding too many photos to sort through, short battery life and full memory cards. For this shot I used a higher ISO than normal (3200) so that I could use a very fast shutter (1/2700) - essential when hand-holding a 100-400mm lens.