Young adolescent Polar bear
Polar bears are either curious, or..., just don't want to know you, this young one was curious and all these new smells were just too enticing. The issue from a small ship is getting the shooting angle and the thought of shooting from a portal is a non starter and would be an instant ban for any ship & crew found doing so. FF on width and it's just too tight, but fortunately the leg wasn't clipped, but the low PoV is key, plus you get to see some of the pack ice forming which PB need to hunt on. The 500 did occasionally start to freeze after long prolonged times out in the open, but easily rectified, but the atmospherics not always visible behind the camera can be challenging!
Sorry Gabriela, I know you wanted a different image, but that will have to wait for a more appropriate time.
Thanks to those who posted or viewed on the last posting.
Steve
Subject: Young Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) on ice
Location: Svalbard
Camera: Canon EOS-1D X Mark II
Lens: EF500mm f/4L IS II USM +1.4x III HH
Exposure: 1/1600s at f/5.6 ISO500
Original format: Landscape, very slight crop
Processed via: LRC 9.4 & PS2020
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