I guess one of my first postings of a polar bear was of 'Minnie', as she, for me, was the 'star' of the trip, with her feisty manor.
I can't help but wonder, 'what is she thinking about whilst looking at the reflection?' To the left is the dead whale carcass that the bears had been feeding on which will hopefully see them through the winter.
Taken from a zodiac.
Steve
MKIII 70-200f/2.8 1/500sec f/7.1 ISO400
Posted by Ian Butler on February 12, 2010 at 1:25 PM
"Blimey... I've got big feet!!"
Theyre absolutely huge.. no wonder they came walk across snow!
Great shot Stephen. A very intimate feel to this one.
nice work.
Posted by Tom Smit on February 12, 2010 at 2:13 PM
Lovely shot. Like it very much. Great reflection and position.
Posted by Philip Newman on February 12, 2010 at 2:23 PM
Tremendous image, much enjoyed.
Posted by Kim Connolly on February 12, 2010 at 3:25 PM
Hard to think that the Male lion is closer to extinction that this little fellow!
Nigel, I know what you mean, however I think it's an optical thing. I ran a guideline from the back left paw along the rock reflection and used that a s the starting point for a level. But the eye is a marvelous thing and a slight tweak wouldn't hurt.
There are reported to be twice as many polar bears around now than in the 1950's and 60's, they have survived many climate changes over the past few thousand years, here is something I found on the US Senate web site............http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.Blogs&ContentRecord_id=d6c6d346-802a-23ad-436f-40eb31233026
Evolutionary Biologist and Paleozoologist Dr. Susan Crockford of University of Victoria in Canada has published a number of papers in peer-reviewed academic journals. “Polar bears, for example, survived several episodes of much warmer climate over the last 10,000 years than exists today,” Crockford wrote. “There is no evidence to suggest that the polar bear or its food supply is in danger of disappearing entirely with increased Arctic warming, regardless of the dire fairy-tale scenarios predicted by computer models.”
Interesting reading, the reason most species are going extinct is because man is destroying their homes or eating them, we really need to keep our numbers down, the fewer people the less global warming and the less habitat destruction.
Posted by Edwin kats on February 14, 2010 at 4:03 AM
Superb!!!!!!!!
Very interesting thread.
Edwin Kats
Posted by Ian Haskell on February 14, 2010 at 12:18 PM
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13 repliesI can't help but wonder, 'what is she thinking about whilst looking at the reflection?' To the left is the dead whale carcass that the bears had been feeding on which will hopefully see them through the winter.
Taken from a zodiac.
Steve
MKIII 70-200f/2.8 1/500sec f/7.1 ISO400
Theyre absolutely huge.. no wonder they came walk across snow!
Great shot Stephen. A very intimate feel to this one.
nice work.
A cracking image Stephen.
Very minor nit, I think it needs anti-clocking just a tad!
Hard to think that the Male lion is closer to extinction that this little fellow!
Nigel, I know what you mean, however I think it's an optical thing. I ran a guideline from the back left paw along the rock reflection and used that a s the starting point for a level. But the eye is a marvelous thing and a slight tweak wouldn't hurt.
cheers
Steve
There are reported to be twice as many polar bears around now than in the 1950's and 60's, they have survived many climate changes over the past few thousand years, here is something I found on the US Senate web site............http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.Blogs&ContentRecord_id=d6c6d346-802a-23ad-436f-40eb31233026
Evolutionary Biologist and Paleozoologist Dr. Susan Crockford of University of Victoria in Canada has published a number of papers in peer-reviewed academic journals. “Polar bears, for example, survived several episodes of much warmer climate over the last 10,000 years than exists today,” Crockford wrote. “There is no evidence to suggest that the polar bear or its food supply is in danger of disappearing entirely with increased Arctic warming, regardless of the dire fairy-tale scenarios predicted by computer models.”
Interesting reading, the reason most species are going extinct is because man is destroying their homes or eating them, we really need to keep our numbers down, the fewer people the less global warming and the less habitat destruction.
Very interesting thread.
Edwin Kats
Ian