Indholdsfortegnelse for No. 413 i Photography Week

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Favourite wildlife location: Wapusk, Canada One of my favourite wildlife locations is Wapusk National Park in Manitoba, Canada. Wapusk is the southernmost polar bear denning area in the world, and one of the very few places where you can witness polar bear cubs exiting the maternity den for the first time. Being able to observe cubs playing joyfully and tirelessly for hours is a photographer’s dream. It’s one of the most amazing things I’ve ever photographed in my life. But it’s certainly not an easy task. With temperatures that can drop below-50C, technical and physical challenges abound. Wapusk is unique, as you are not in vehicles but are on the land with the polar bears. Wildlife parks in Canada have strict rules: we can’t approach closer than 100 metres to…

Favourite wildlife location: Borneo Borneo’s wildlife has incredible diversity. It’s one of the oldest rainforest areas in the world, and in Gunung Palung National Park, where I’ve spent a lot of time, there are 240 species of bird, including eight different types of hornbill, and thousands of species of plants. There are also five species of cat, including the little leopard cat, clouded leopard, and marbled cat. My wife Cheryl Knott is a primatologist, and she’s been studying orangutans in Borneo for over 25 years. I’ve also been researching and photographing projects there, along with Cheryl’s orangutan project. It has been the biggest long-term project of my career. Favourite animal to photograph: Orangutan It’s been one of my life-long passion projects to document orangutans. We are one of their closest…

Favourite wildlife location: Mana Pools, Zimbabwe The freedom you have as a wildlife photographer in Mana Pools in Zimbabwe is unparalleled. I walk with lions, wild dogs, elephants, hyenas… and when you aren’t stuck in a car, you can get a much better perspective. You can choose your background, the angle of the light, and especially get a low angle. There is magic in Mana Pools, which I’ve witnessed many times. The amazing blue light that we see, between the trees of the acacia albida forest and the blue hue of the Zambezi escarpment across the Zambezi River, forms a wonderful background for animal pictures. The feeling that you get when an elephant allows you to be close to them makes you feel more alive than ever. I’ve even witnessed…

Favourite wildlife location: the Pantanal, Brazil My top wildlife photography spot is the Pantanal, a tropical wetland area in South America. Days are spent in small boats on the water looking for the elusive jaguar, between August and October, before the rains start. Jaguars spend their days walking along the river looking for prey – usually caimans or capybaras. What makes the Pantanal my favourite photography location is the variety of wildlife, from colourful birds to caimans and anacondas and, of course, jaguars. It’s also the landscape. An early morning on the river just before sunrise, with fog surrounding ancient trees, ideally with a jaguar on a branch, is just magical. Favourite animal to photograph: Jaguar I’m fascinated by the strength and elegance of jaguars. Their hunting abilities are second…

LADYBIRD GEORGE HART “I took this photo at the Bullers of Buchan on the coast of Aberdeenshire in Scotland.” https://bit.ly/3g0cOlD LOOKING AT MONDRIAN RANI GEORGE “Working with sunglasses can be tough, as I like to look for interesting reflections – here my terrace roof called to mind a Mondrian painting.” https://bit.ly/3bWy4pF FOURWATER SIMON NICHOLSON “This is Sgwd Isaf Clun-gwyn waterfall, on the four waterfalls walk in the Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales.” https://bit.ly/31w6FYG KING’S CROSS ABSTRACT TINA SMITH “This is a photo taken at King’s Cross Station in London, which I cropped, duplicated and flipped.” https://bit.ly/2Cdi72y FACEBOOK http://bit.ly/39py9lg FLICKR http://bit.ly/2VIgsJO PHOTOGRAPHY WEEK WANTS YOUR PHOTOS! Taken a portrait you’re particularly proud of? Shot a sensational sunset you’d like to show off? Then join the Photography Week Facebook community and…

Eyes are the first thing we look at in a portrait, and that’s why when we’re shooting a portrait we focus on the eyes: it doesn’t matter if everything else is a little soft, as long as the eyes – or, if the face is side-on, the nearer eye – is sharp. In this video tutorial we’ll show you four techniques you can use to enhance eyes in portraits using Photoshop. When it comes to editing eyes there’s a fine line between boosting them and pushing things too far – we’ve all seen ghastly portraits with blindingly white eyes – so always make your enhancements on a separate layer; this way, you always have the option to tone down an effect by lowering the layer opacity. DOWNLOAD THE PROJECT FILES…

Meike has officially announced the Meike 85mm f/1.8 AF lens for Nikon F-mount and Canon EF-mount, which promises to provide a great affordable alternative to more expensive portrait lenses. It joins the interesting roster of lenses that Meike has announced recently, including a 50mm f/1.2, a 35mm f/1.4, a 3.5mm f/2.8 circular fisheye and a 50mm f/1.7. The Meike 85mm f/1.8 AF for Nikon and Canon full-frame DSLRs has an aperture range of f/1.8 to f/22. This means that you can shoot portraits with a beautifully shallow depth of field, or use a larger depth of field to capture as much detail as possible. This is also Meike’s first autofocus lens, which should make it a tempting proposition for users looking for affordable glass. The lens has a minimum focus…

Favourite wildlife location: Tuli Block, Botswana All wildlife photographers have their favourite haunts, places we go back to time and again. One of mine is Botswana’s Tuli Block. This little-known corner of southeastern Botswana is, both literally and figuratively, hundreds of kilometres away from the more popular Okavango Delta. In fact, it resembles no other ecosystem in Africa, and when you arrive at the Pont Drift border post and drive into the area for the first time, you wouldn’t be blamed for thinking the landscape was lunar and utterly devoid of any life. But stick around and soon you’ll realize that the Tuli Block is full of surprises. That’s why I like it here: you never know what’s around the corner. Favourite animal to photograph: Lion I will unashamedly admit…

Favourite wildlife location: Yellowstone, USA Yellowstone in the United States is one of my favourite locations for photographing wildlife. I moved to Jackson Hole and the Yellowstone area because there is so much wildlife here – it’s where I’ve been probably for 40 years, and probably I will die here, but hopefully I still have a few years left. I had deer walking across my yard last night, and we get so many birds coming to the bird feeder. Yesterday I saw otters, and right now I am looking at the Teton mountains in the snow, and it’s pretty hard to beat. If I couldn’t live in this place I don’t know where I would go. I am very fortunate. Favourite animal to photograph: Polar bear Polar bears are so…

Favourite wildlife location: Norway I like travelling to Norway as the season is changing – the low light creates stunning warm tones on snowy slopes, and in spring time, frozen fjords turn into pink colours just before sunset. Arctic foxes and reindeer often provide fantastic opportunities, and with some luck polar bears can also be spotted on the frozen Arctic Ocean. In late August through to September we usually sail towards the far edge of the pack ice, away from the islands, in search of polar bears who have been following the ice retreat in the summer. This is also a sad time for many bears stranded on the islands, with no food available. Many of them starve to death, as climate change delays the return of the sea ice…

There are currently 270 Underground, 112 Overground and 45 Docklands Light Railway stations on London’s sprawling transport network, and over the past four years photographer Luke Agbaimoni has captured images at every one of them, ranging from evocative fleeting moments to striking abstracts. Agbaimoni has now published his photos in a book entitled The Tube Mapper Project. Agbaimoni says of his project: “The symmetrical passageways, the historic architecture, the new layouts. There truly is beauty in what would first appear as mundane. The aim of the Tube Mapper project is to capture and share some of these visually enjoyable observations.” The Tube Mapper Project will be published in October, and you can pre-order a copy at https://bit.ly/2DKmmmY. Click the link to see more of Agbaimoni’s London Underground photos at his…

www.canon.co.uk £4,199/$3,899 The Canon EOS R5 is finally here after months of leaks and rumours, not to mention teases from the manufacturer itself. No camera in recent memory has received or, dare we say it, deserved this amount of hype. The Canon EOS R5 is a powerhouse performer: its 8K video outclasses many cinema cameras; its shooting speed puts it on a par with the best sport cameras; its 45MP sensor outmuscles all but a few of the best mirrorless cameras; and its eight-stop in-body image stabilisation makes it the new IBIS champion. Of course, something had to be too good to be true. No sooner had the camera been revealed than the realities hit home regarding its headline video capabilities. Ironically, those red-hot specs are literally too hot for…

Wildlife lovers and photographers around the world are being asked to vote for their ‘New Big 5’ of wildlife – that is, their five favourite animals either to photograph themselves or to see in images. The idea behind the project is simple: whereas the original wildlife ‘Big 5’ was based on the five toughest animals for colonial-era hunters to shoot and kill in Africa, this New Big 5 is all about celebrating wildlife, and shooting them with a camera, not a gun. In 2020’s difficult times, it’s a fun (and tough) question: what would your Big 5 be? But the serious aim behind the project is to raise awareness about the many threats facing wildlife around the world, from poaching to habitat loss. More than a million species of animals,…

Favourite wildlife location: Etosha, Namibia Namibia is an amazing, beautiful country with landscapes that are really different. Every place has its own beauty and its own character, but Etosha National Park in the north is spectacular. It’s a unique place where the white salty earth from the pan gives a special character to all the animals who live there. The landscapes are full of intense, warm colours and contain many different waterholes that make it possible to take fantastic images with big herds of elephants drinking, or other animals, like giraffes, rhinos, leopards. I can look at a photo, and even if I wasn’t told it was taken in Etosha, I’d recognise it’s Etosha because the light and the land are so distinct. For me, it’s a paradise. Favourite animal…

Favourite wildlife location: Maasai Mara, Kenya I have been to many parks in Africa and India. They all offer different scenery and subjects, but there is just something magical about my favourite park: the Maasai Mara in Kenya. I have been there countless times, and every day it’s different. The vast landscape provides such a fantastic canvas for wildlife photography, and the diversity gives photographers opportunities to create many different scenes in just one day. I have had days that started with a beautiful sunrise in the morning, followed by rain and beautiful rainbows covering the sky, and then watched that same day ending with an equally beautiful sunset. Favourite animal to photograph: Lion I love big cats – their behaviour never gets boring, and I can sit watching a…

Favourite wildlife location: Maasai Mara, Kenya Like many African wildlife photographers, I spend the majority of my time in the renowned Maasai Mara reserve. However, I treasure the unique highland locations, such as the Simien Mountains in Ethiopia for the gelada monkeys. The scenery is beyond stunning, and the geladas are extraordinarily exotic and unique to this region, and you can easily be surrounded by groups of more than 500. There is no time limit, and in many situations I am there by myself. The spectacular landscape, lack of time restrictions, and on-foot close encounters give you the ultimate freedom of creativity, from wild-angle shots to tight portraits and action shots. Favourite animal to photograph: Elephant Elephants go to my soul. I’m captivated by their behaviour, and I could sit…

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2 HOURS Getting to suitable locations for a shoot can be easier said than done in these uncertain times – and for overseas locations you might as well forget about it. So if you can’t get to Japan, why not let Japan come to you? With a pre-printed photo backdrop you can transform a home studio into all manner of exotic locations, from enchanted forest glades and tropical paradises to grungy backstreets or industrial scenes. These backdrops are usually made from hard-wearing rolls of thick vinyl, which unlike traditional paper backdrops can easily be wiped clean when you’re finished. You’ll need some form of artificial lighting, as well as a backdrop support. A home studio kit, consisting of a pair of flash heads on stands, is ideal, enabling you to…

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