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Andrwe Bazeley
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One of those truly magical moments that make wildlife photography so exciting and rewarding. Was with 8 other photogs -- had been standing in ice for over 6 hours with the air temperature hovering around -61°C -- only 4 of us were left, the others had frostbite or equipment failure -- this mum was dug into the side of a snow drift feeding and resting her cubs -- just as the sun was setting, she got them up and walked down the snow drift and paraded them past us -- then she climbed up and over the drift and was gone -- my D300 was frozen solid and could not adjust the shutter speed or the Iso but the remote shutter in my mittens still worked -- it was 60 seconds of pure bliss.
Enjoy, Andrew

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Wapusk National Park, Manitoba, Canada, Nikon D300, VR 600mm f/4, f/4 @ 1/400, Iso 400

Jan 11, 2012 at 03:04 PM

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Wow, great shot! And what an amazing experience that must have been.

Jan 11, 2012 at 03:11 PM

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p.1 #3 · Polar Bears

Awesome! Congrats on "bearing" those temps.

Jan 11, 2012 at 03:14 PM

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p.1 #4 · Polar Bears

Great lighting Andrew.

George

Jan 11, 2012 at 03:53 PM

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p.1 #5 · Polar Bears

Wow, what a wonderful experience! Great shot!
Larry

Jan 11, 2012 at 03:55 PM

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p.1 #6 · Polar Bears

Holy &*^%$ that's cold, love those temps.
BEAUTIFUL SHOT.

Jan 11, 2012 at 03:58 PM

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Andrew,

Great pic!
I have a couple trips under my belt up there in the north country, both in the fall. These white critters can become addicting. I also know the cold temps you are talking about really separate the folks from the diehards, and then you add equipment failure including apparel, the light always adds a challenge, white on white subjects makes it tough, then the winds pick up, windchill goes off the charts, your fingers are about to fall off when finally, the Great White Bear decides you have earned a photo or two. I can't wait to return.

I really appreciate the effort it takes to come back with the shot. Really Great stuff.

Hopefully I can make a January/Feb trip next year and come back with more of the young cubs.

Gerard

Jan 11, 2012 at 04:00 PM

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p.1 #8 · Polar Bears

Wow, great capture and good on ya for sticking out that weather!

Jan 11, 2012 at 04:24 PM

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Well unless you've done a lot of pp work

seems to me that the D300 did a good job

Congratulations to your awesome experience

Lil

Jan 11, 2012 at 04:54 PM

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Andrew,

Nice light, good job on getting the capture in those harsh conditions.

Wes N.

Jan 11, 2012 at 05:41 PM

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A real beauty like this takes a lot of effort to get. The results make it worth it. Well done. Bruce

Jan 11, 2012 at 06:44 PM

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p.1 #12 · Polar Bears

Great shot, to cold for me -61º brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

-Tim

Jan 11, 2012 at 07:03 PM

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Was it quite cold then Andrew

Absolutely fabulous shot. If I came away with this one shot from a trip (all the way from the UK) I'd be proud as punch

David

Jan 11, 2012 at 07:52 PM

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p.1 #14 · Polar Bears

Awesome!

Howard

Jan 11, 2012 at 09:07 PM

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Great shot, just reward for a terrific tale of photographic hardship! Paul.

Jan 11, 2012 at 09:52 PM

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p.1 #16 · Polar Bears

very nice image Andrew

Jan 11, 2012 at 10:53 PM

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p.1 #17 · Polar Bears

truly stunning!!!

Jan 11, 2012 at 11:12 PM

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p.1 #18 · Polar Bears

Marvelous shot !! That is cold, but glad you stayed and to this gorgeous shot.

Birdie

Jan 11, 2012 at 11:28 PM

Andrwe Bazeley
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Was it quite cold then Andrew
You want to know if it was cold, David? It was cold!! (that's two explanation marks)
It was so cold that I snapped the remote control cable while putting the camera back in its bag.
All the best, Andrew

Jan 12, 2012 at 12:50 AM

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p.1 #20 · Polar Bears

Tres cute Andrew. Great shot.

Jan 12, 2012 at 01:39 AM

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