Anecdote
This image was recently selected by Nature's Best Photography magazine as their Picture of the Week. It is a shot of 3 polars bears - an adult female with two cubs (the female is on the far left, the face of the first cub is clearly visible, and the fur on the right is from the second cub). I had a clear goal in mind when I shot this image: I wanted to create a pleasing composition that conveyed the gentleness of the moment and yet screamed "TEXTURE".Babel Fish Translation (sorry, I speak no French) [Edit moderation: we allowed ourselves to try to improve the translation
] Cette image a été choisie récemment par le magazine de photographie Nature's Best Photography en tant qu'image de la semaine. C'est un cliché de 3 ours polaires - une femelle adulte avec deux petits oursons (la femelle est sur la gauche, la tête du premier petit animal est clairement visible, et la fourrure sur la droite appartient au second ourson). J'avais en tête un but clairement défini quand j'ai pris cette image : je voulais créer une composition agréable qui exprimait la douceur du moment et en même temps évoquait fortement la "TEXTURE".
Lots more detail about this specific image (field notes, camera and shooting details, processing details, species status and conservation) can be found at the following page on my website:
http://www.naturalart.ca/galleries/mammals/bears/
I look forward to your comments...







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This shot was made from the outer observation deck of the mobile "Tundra Lodge", which is a caravan of trailers that were joined together (it wasn't shot from a Tundra Buggy).
Cheers...
Brad