“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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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.