(c) Wolf Stare

Hi all,


So now I finally got around to posting my first image from my Germany trip to the Bavarian Forest Wildlife park. We had lots and lots of snow (had to get our car dug out in the morning by a bulldozer before we could go to the park).

This was also my first trip with my new gear (all canon) and I must say I'm highly impressed, I got so many shots I never would have got with my old gear! So for those of you who have been asking me if it was worth it, yes defenitly!

This is also the first trip I completely processed using Tony Kuyper's Action and Layers (check out his website for more info) which makes a huge difference in the final result.


About the Bavarian Forest: The Bavarian Forest Wildife park is a park where animals native to this region of Germany are held. They live (mostly) in very large natural enclosures where they can show off natural behaviour. There are several parks in the region and they are meant for conservation and breeding purposes (defenitly not a zoo, but not wild either).

The park in question has a pack of 13 wolves, and the interaction between the different pack members is simply amazing! Also, remember all that snow I was talking about? Now imagine a pack of 8 wolves storming off a hill in more then a meter's worth of snow.... Simply amazing to see, they move like a pack of dolphins jumping out of the waves (deep snow here ) definitly one of the more impressive things I've seen (and sadly no images, to far away and to many trees in between).


Now for my first image; a wolf watching his packmates closely from a safe distance. (please also view this one large!)



Tech: Canon 7D, 400mm F5,6, iso 800, 1/320. Post processing: TK's actions/layers.

note that (c) means this image contains a captive subject