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A young polar bear walks across the snow at Cape Churchill, Wapusk National Park, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada

A young polar bear walks across the snow at Cape Churchill, Wapusk National Park, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada
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upload_dateJun, 2013

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17 Comments |
mmeylema
 
mmeylema August 26, 2013
Love it!
AlanJakarta
 
AlanJakarta August 26, 2013
Wonderful capture. Congratulations.
photomomma
 
photomomma August 27, 2013
Fantastic high contrast shot. I love it
jleiweke
 
jleiweke August 27, 2013
Congrats!
ventisettefotostudio
 
ventisettefotostudio September 11, 2013
Wow !!!! Lovely !!!
trista7510 Ultimate
 
trista7510 September 11, 2013
Great shot, congrats!
photosue50
 
photosue50 September 11, 2013
Beautiful!
Canuk-Images
 
Canuk-Images February 24, 2016
A massive thank you to everyone who left a comment and awarded my image. It is very kind of you to take the time to do this. A million apologies to those whom i missed on the comments below, again thank you for taking that time to do so.
sallyhatcher
 
sallyhatcher April 09, 2016
Breathtaking
wild_man_photo
 
wild_man_photo August 19, 2016
Wonderful use of negative space :)
GeraintRowlandPhotography
 
GeraintRowlandPhotography September 25, 2016
Excellent
jamiesarkett
 
jamiesarkett December 22, 2016
Congrats - beautiful
HDintel
 
HDintel December 23, 2016
Wonderful...
lighthunting
 
lighthunting December 25, 2016
Cool capture.
Erald
 
Erald February 01, 2017
Great shot :)
KarineEyE
 
KarineEyE March 06, 2017
Superb !
tanjariedel
 
tanjariedel January 12, 2019
Congrats

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Behind The Lens

Location

This was shot in Wapusk National Park, near Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. I'd been more than happy with what i had shot so far but i have always loved this images clean composition.

Time

Shot in late afternoon on an overcast day. I was trying a friends lens camera combo when this little guy passed by and i was lucky to snap a few off.

Lighting

To be honest it was quite flat. At this coastal region the weather can be quite severe - usually snowing hard but on this occasion thankfully not.

Equipment

Borrowed gear on this occasion - Nikon D300 and a Nikon 200-400 F4 lens

Inspiration

I have been working and travelling Canada's north for 11 years and have many bear images but on this occasion i was looking for an image to high key - minimal background distraction (there are lots of rocks and shrubs willows around ) and hopefully a bear that would give me more than a bum shot as they walk away to make it more interesting. Luck was on my side in many ways but this image turned out really well.

Editing

Only some minor tweaking in Lightroom to give a fuller high key look. Took out a few distracting small foreground rocks

In my camera bag

Canon 5dmk2, Canon 7dmk2, Canon 70-200f2.8 mk2, Canon 17-40 f4, Canon 24-70 f4, Tamron 150-600 in good light, Sigma 15mm and Tokina 11-16 for aurora plus a couple of flash 580 ex2 and 600rt, Lee filters, Manfrotto carbon tripod

Feedback

Look for clean backgrounds and a nice contrasting subject to get the high key image. I was lucky as there are normally far more distractions when shooting polar bears - its not all white out there (and my many full hard drives of bear images are the proof!) :-)

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