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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: Josh-H on October 30, 2013, 03:40:53 am

Title: Dinner is served... Seal Sushi
Post by: Josh-H on October 30, 2013, 03:40:53 am: I haven't posted anything in a while - so its time for sharing ;D

This female Polar Bear was most co-operative with posing. I was fortunate to stumble upon her with a kill under the midnight sun. Shot at 81º North of Svalbard from M.S Origo through the open porthole in my cabin (luxury Polar shooting!)
Canon EOS1DX w/ Canon 200-400mm F4L IS w/ inbuilt 1.4TC
Title: Re: Dinner is served... Seal Sushi
Post by: francois on October 30, 2013, 05:06:04 am: Superb! It's becoming very rare to see blood in wildlife photography…

Congrats.
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Post by: Paulo Bizarro on October 30, 2013, 06:07:12 am: Fantastic shot.
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Post by: john beardsworth on October 30, 2013, 06:50:03 am: Sure it's a seal?
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Post by: Josh-H on October 30, 2013, 06:50:51 am: Quote from: johnbeardy on October 30, 2013, 06:50:03 am
Sure it's a seal?

Positive - I watched it skin it, and eat it.
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Post by: Rajan Parrikar on October 30, 2013, 01:35:07 pm: Superb image. Looks like the new Canon 200-400 is a performer.
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Post by: KirbyKrieger on October 30, 2013, 01:40:18 pm: Fantastic.

If I bought it I'd ask to have it include the complete blood trail off to the right.
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Post by: graeme on October 30, 2013, 03:58:43 pm: Quote from: Josh-H on October 30, 2013, 06:50:51 am
Positive - I watched it skin it, and eat it.

Glad to know that - great image Josh.
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Post by: Christoph C. Feldhaim on October 30, 2013, 05:15:21 pm: This is one of the greatest wildlife images I have ever seen.
Authentic, touching, deep.
Awesome.

Thanks for posting that!
~Chris
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Post by: Roman Racela on October 30, 2013, 05:27:46 pm: Wonderful! The bear didn't invite guests for sushi dinner? :)
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Post by: mattpallante on October 30, 2013, 05:49:24 pm: Incredible! Thanks for this!

Matt
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Post by: Robert-Peter Westphal on October 31, 2013, 03:32:50 am: Hello,

this is a great photograph and at least it is no less great to see a polar bear not starving and floating on a little icecake, which is not the normal situation nowadays !

Robert
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Post by: kaelaria on October 31, 2013, 08:30:47 am: Sweet! Now he needs a Coke in one paw...lol
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Post by: Chris Calohan on November 02, 2013, 12:13:51 pm: The original Mask of the Red Death
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Post by: wolfnowl on November 02, 2013, 03:01:08 pm: Nicely done! From the one image, it looks more like a male to me, but I could well be wrong.

Mike.
Title: Re: Dinner is served... Seal Sushi
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 02, 2013, 04:29:08 pm: Great shot, Josh.
And I'm glad you got to come back to process and show it to us. I guess you didn't look much like a seal to the polar bear.
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Post by: Justan on November 02, 2013, 07:48:34 pm: I like the work, and as other commenters stated, it is an excellent composition and capture.

I wonder how much commercial appeal a capture such as this has? That is not intended as a critique but rather open curiosity about what consumers like gory subjects. Would it be better presented in a gallery, museum or on the pages of a magazine?
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Post by: jjj on November 02, 2013, 09:21:36 pm: Quote from: francois on October 30, 2013, 05:06:04 am
Superb! It's becoming very rare to see blood in wildlife photography…
Oddly enough only yesterday I saw another shot of some polar bears, a lot of blood and the remains of their meal and thought it unusual to see such a photo. This is a much better shot though.
Josh, you should enter it into next year's Natural History Museum competition. (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/earth/10379494/Natural-History-Museums-Wildlife-Photographer-of-the-Year-2013.html)