Polar Bear 5 (Anyone for a Dip?)

[Ken Watkins]

Taken in Northern Svalbard 8th September 2009

EOS 1D MkIII

500mm F4 + 1.4x , hand held

F8, ISO 400, 1/640

[Marc Mol]

Great habitat image Ken, with exposure nailed.

[Dennis "Curly" Buchner]

Very nice Ken

[David Fletcher]

Inspiring shot Ken. Just makes me want to go there and see this. Done well with the techs too as tack sharp for that combo on a boat. WD!

[Harshad Barve]

awesome compo , expo and as David said , inspiring image
TFS

[Morkel Erasmus]

just love the icy surrounds and the contented look Ken. must've been an amazing experience...

[Sid Garige]

Shooting from boat with 500+1.4x, Ken you did an amazing job. Excellent image considering the shooting conditions.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Love this Ken . Priceless capture and the composition is over the top for me. Congratulations !!!!

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Ken,
A fine image. I like the composition and the environmental portrait. How big are these boats and how many people shoot side by side?

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Austin Thomas]

Very well exposed.

A great moment well recorded.

TFS

Austin

[Ken Watkins]

Ken,
A fine image. I like the composition and the environmental portrait. How big are these boats and how many people shoot side by side?

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

This was actually taken from our big boat, I never took the 500mm on the Zodiac.

Here is a link to MV Stockholm

http://www.polar-quest.com/?SID=2&PI...25&mode=simple

The Zodiacs took between 6 to 8 people, which I found a little crowded, you just need a little more patience.

[Stu Bowie]

I like the comp Ken, with the polar bear placed nicely in the frome. Good to see his enviroment, and certainly something I would love to witness.

[John Ippolito]

Excellent, Ken. I really like the comp and the bear in the sea ice slurry. Lovely shot!