Addicted to bears!

Nikon D3 with AF-S 24-70/2.8

Nikon D300 with AF-S VR 70-200/2.8

Nikon D300 with AF-S VR 70-200/2.8 and 1.4 TC

During our holiday in Finland I became addicted to bear photography! Not a bad addiction I suppose......?? At least better than a beer addiction. Since there was snow at that time of the year I liked to go back under other conditions. Two weeks ago I revisited the Wild Brown Bear lodge (http://www.wbb.fi/) together with a friend Bendiks Westerink (http://www.bendiks.nl/). Three nights of bear photography with beautiful weather conditions, a spectacular scenery, and most important, plenty of bears. At least 4 to 5 of them visited the place each night. The nights remained light, we saw spectacular sunsets and sunrises, and during two nights there was the formation of fog. This combination resulted in great photography and a tremendous lack of sleep. We experimented with bears in landscapes and underexposed our shots to capture the special atmosphere.


Best regards,
Dirk-Jan