Photo of the Month 02/08

Gallery: WildlifePosted January 18, 20084,158 views31 comments

Polar Bear

Picture taken Canada. Techs 1D MK2n 500mm lens 1.4 conv. 1/500 sec. F5.6 Iso 3200. All comments welcomed.

Comments

31 comments

Comment posted by Curtis Knight on January 18, 2008 at 12:23 PM

What a beautiful photograph! Increadible use of backlighting.

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Comment posted by Cay-Uwe Kulzer on January 18, 2008 at 12:29 PM

John,

great image, and my only sugestion would be to crop the out of focus foreground plants...

Registered on January 27, 2004, 494 Posts, 4021 Comments

Comment posted by Rob Graham on January 18, 2008 at 1:19 PM

Beautiful lighting, well done

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Comment posted by Ashutosh Rajekar on January 18, 2008 at 2:11 PM

A very unique bear shot, I must say - the glowing fur really makes this one exceptional. Exposure is also handled very well, I believe it must have been quite a challenge.

Registered on June 8, 2006, 51 Posts, 910 Comments

Comment posted by Scott Weins on January 18, 2008 at 5:59 PM

Wow! The colors and backlighting are spectacular! Nice shot John.

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Comment posted by G.Michael Himmelre on January 18, 2008 at 8:54 PM

WOW,WOW,WOW,WOW and WOW

Registered on February 9, 2007, 19 Posts, 62 Comments

Comment posted by Pete Bengeyfield on January 18, 2008 at 11:18 PM

You sure don't see many like that. Excellent!

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Comment posted by Mark Blount on January 18, 2008 at 11:41 PM

WOW, great color. Very well done

Registered on October 14, 2007, 58 Posts, 535 Comments

Comment posted by Nat Coalson on January 19, 2008 at 3:17 AM

That's some really amazing backlighting. I don't mind the out of focus elements at all; makes it feel more spontaneous, like you've stumbled upon something wondrous. Nice work!

Registered on November 16, 2005, 45 Posts, 131 Comments

Comment posted by Ellen deBoer on January 19, 2008 at 7:42 AM

An absolutely fantastic image, John! The backlight is so great!

Registered on March 16, 2006, 419 Posts, 2076 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Andrews on January 19, 2008 at 8:50 AM

Simply Stunning!

Registered on March 11, 2006, 64 Posts, 200 Comments

Comment posted by Satie Sharma on January 19, 2008 at 1:24 PM

Gorgeous photo, John!

Registered on November 11, 2003, 189 Posts, 5335 Comments

Comment posted by Dan Walters on January 19, 2008 at 6:53 PM

Nice shot! The light is incredible!

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Comment posted by Eric Peterson on January 20, 2008 at 1:07 AM

Great color and backlight. Those OOF foreground plants though are a bit distracting.

Registered on July 11, 2007, 19 Posts, 112 Comments

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on January 20, 2008 at 3:48 AM

Super image John, congrats

Registered on February 1, 2006, 1158 Posts, 19528 Comments

Comment posted by Ganesh H Shankar on January 21, 2008 at 8:18 PM

Amazing light John ! Well deserved EP

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Comment posted by Mike Dawson on January 21, 2008 at 9:13 PM

Amazingly beautiful

Registered on February 4, 2006, 364 Posts, 8872 Comments

Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on January 22, 2008 at 3:02 AM

That is some amazing light on such a magnificent animal. Love the rim lighting effect. Congrats on the EP.

Registered on August 16, 2006, 603 Posts, 9192 Comments

Comment posted by Winnie Ho on January 22, 2008 at 5:34 AM

John, Lovely backlight and plenty on space in front of the bear in case he needs to run, Congrats on EP for the week!

Registered on January 6, 2008, 93 Posts, 1788 Comments

Comment posted by Alan Bryant on January 22, 2008 at 10:03 AM

Congrats on the EP John

Its a smashing image

Registered on March 31, 2006, 473 Posts, 1081 Comments

Comment posted by Barry R. Byrd on January 22, 2008 at 10:56 PM

congrats for a well deserved EP, a fine capture

Registered on December 20, 2005, 136 Posts, 970 Comments

Comment posted by Terry Sohl on January 27, 2008 at 10:36 AM

Awesome!! Love the lighting.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 513 Posts, 6889 Comments

Comment posted by beth summer on February 4, 2008 at 10:24 AM

This is just awesome lighting on the bear. Congrats for the February cover shot!

Registered on November 1, 2003, 437 Posts, 5220 Comments

Comment posted by Marc Dilley on February 4, 2008 at 8:40 PM

What an incredible capture! One of the best backlit animal shots I've ever seen.

Registered on November 21, 2007, 57 Posts, 1494 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Turner on February 6, 2008 at 12:24 PM

Awesome

Registered on December 3, 2005, 39 Posts, 109 Comments

Comment posted by Frank Winters on February 11, 2008 at 3:21 PM

Congratulations -- great creative shot!

Registered on January 5, 2006, 123 Posts, 717 Comments

Comment posted by Donald Gorczynski on February 15, 2008 at 6:44 PM

Great shot! Was this taken in Churchill? I have always wanted to go there. Did you take a tour and if so which one? What did you think of your experience? ANY AND ALL details would be great!

Don Gorczynski

Registered on December 23, 2003, 12 Posts, 64 Comments

Comment posted by Joe Liftik on February 16, 2008 at 4:23 PM

a wow shot for sure, just wanted to know if the red was saturated a bit? 'cause if it were, this shot stands on it's own and imho does not need the saturation, if this is the real light double wow!

Registered on May 3, 2004, 6 Posts, 7 Comments

Comment posted by Luca Mussato on February 18, 2008 at 3:51 AM

IMPRESSIVE!! that backlight is incredible... no more words.

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Comment posted by Paul Inglis on February 19, 2008 at 8:52 AM

Well done John!

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Comment posted by Lorie Zerweck on December 4, 2008 at 4:28 PM

Absolutely beautiful lighting!

Registered on December 4, 2008, 2 Posts, 3 Comments