Smelling the light

This photograph was created with the Canon 600mm f/4 L IS II USM lens (Canon 600mm f/4 L IS II USM review), the Canon EOS 5D mark III, handheld while seating on the ground. Have a look at the equipment I typically carry with me.

The photograph above was created around the West shore of the Hudson Bay, in Canada. Does not it look like this Polar Bear is smelling the light? After feasting on berries on the ground, this bear started to rise and point its nose up to smell its next adventure around sunset time. Note that in back-lit situations such as this one, it is usually best to create a silhouette type photograph. To do so, one needs to underexpose by a couple of stops, and adjusting the curves in Photoshop also gives a bit of help.

I invite you to have a peek at the Bird & Wildlife Photography website to see other beautiful image creations.

You may contact me at steven.blandin@gmail.com or +1 (813) 454-6436.

Best,

Steven
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Polar Bear photography tour video in Canada

I put this short video together to share memories from my last Polar Bear photography tour in Canada, close to Churchill. Have a look and I hope you will like it. The video features some of my favorite images from the trip, as well as a couple of videos. One video displays two male Polar Bears in a mock fight!

I invite you to have a look at the Bird & Wildlife Photography website as well!

You may contact me at steven.blandin@gmail.com or +1 (813) 454-6436.

Best,

Steven
PS: Read more on my personal wildlife photography blog and don’t hesitate to follow it by email 😉

Samango Monkey in the Bvumba Mountains

We headed up to Zimbabwe for a chilly weekend in the BVumba mountains – certainly one of my favourite Winter destinations in this region. We’re repeat visitors to the Vumba mountains mostly because nothing beats sitting around a log fire and sharing a bottle of wine with family- but also because of the spectacular mountain scenery, the views of Mozambique and the forest which is home to this little fella, the Samango Monkey.

Also see my personal blog http://africafarandwide.wordpress.com/ for a visual journey into the Africa I know.