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A Walrus Tea Party

“The time has come,” the Walrus said, “To talk of many things”.

“The time has come,” the Walrus said, “To talk of many things”.
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Canon EOS-1D X Mark II

settings

Aperture f/5.6 ISO 500 Shutter 1/1250 Focal Length 278/1

location

Greenland

Mar, 2019

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552

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Awards

Contest Finalist in Ice And Snow Photo Contest

Peer Award

Superb Composition

Top Choice

Magnificent Capture

All Star

Absolute Masterpiece

Outstanding Creativity

Emotions

Impressed

Top Ranks

Top 10 rank

Top 30 rank

Top 10 rank

Top 10 rank week 1

Behind The Lens

Location

The photo of the Walrus frolicking in the North Atlantic off the coast of Greenland.

Time

Mid-morning, we spotted Walrus and off loaded Zodiacs from the National Geographic ship " Explorer " and spent an hour or two slowly motoring along side them as they dove for clams and played along a gravel beach. The blues and whites of ice in the back ground offered color and beauty to the photo.

Lighting

An otherwise dark day which required a more open aperture in this case f/5.6, with a 1/1250 shutter speed.

Equipment

Canon EOS 1 X Mark II camera, with a Canon 100-400 mm lens, hand held.

Inspiration

Amongst the several Walrus cows, I spotted a bull with amazing Ivory tusks claiming his part of the beach. I just had to have a photo of this magnificent creature.

Editing

I brighten the photo to bring out as much color as I could using Light Room as post processing software.

In my camera bag

As I travel to different places in the world doing photography, I carry two Full frame Cameras, a Canon EOS 1 X Mark II, and a Canon EOS 6D. Lenses, Canon 24 - 70 mm, 16- 35mm for scenery and a Canon an EF 100 - 400 mm 4.5 - 5.6L lens. Lee lens filters with lens adaptors, rain covers, bag rain cover with an assortment of lens cleaning cloths and extra batteries, hand held shutter release. As I am often in the Polar regions, including Antarctica getting into and out of Zodiac boats, my camera case is a SKB iSeries 2011-7 Case with Think Tank Photo Dividers & Photo Backpack.

Feedback

When I am photographing Wildlife in changing weather conditions, I usually shoot Manual and set my ISO and White balance to Auto , Evaluative metering. Otherwise, I will set my ISO as low as possible while making certain I maintain a fast shutter speed of 1000 or higher. My Canon 100 - 400 mm is my work horse lens and is excellent for photographing fast moving subjects like birds. I have and use a Canon 800mm lens quite often of subject at distance such as Wolves. The main drawback of such a large lens is that it's almost impossible to use hand held and works best on a heavy duty tripod with a Gimbal head, plus traveling on airlines makes the weight of a 13 pound lens a problem when there are weight restrictions. Tip: wear a camera vest, and if needed fill the pockets with lens or other needs to lighten your camera case. Its uncomfortable, but its better than leaving necessary equipment behind. Take a water proof " Dry bag " that will hold your camera and lens, its invaluable when in a Zodiac to keep salt water from soaking your equipment, not forgetting if your camera goes overboard, it floats.

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A Walrus Tea Party

“The time has come,” the Walrus said, “To talk of many things”.

Behind The Lens

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