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Polar Bear On The Rocks

On one of my trips to Svalbard, our group was following polar bear along the shores and some rocks.  He was moving slowly and just wandering around while smelling.  Eventually, he just got tired and decide to sit on some rocks.  Doesn’t look very comfortable but he eventually fell asleep.  I have made prints of this image and converted it to gold leaf.  It.’s been a popular seller.

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Bird and Mountain

Once again the splendor of Svlabard shines through.  In this image on my recent September visit to Svalbard, I was o the deck of the ship shooting a sunset.  There was literally a 360 degree view and I walked around the ship shooting a number of compositions.  In this shot I was fortunate that a bird flew into the frame.  I think the bird makes this image successful. It puts wildlife into the landscape.

I used a Sony a1 to photograph this with a 100-400mm lens.  The dynamic range of the camera sensor let me hold detail in the sky and at the same time allowed me to recover detail in the shadows of the bird and the mountain.  I used Capture One for the RAW image processing.

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Reindeer Stare Down

Svalbard has its own reindeer known as Svalbard Reindeer.  They are smaller and have shorter legs.  They are strange animals with big building eyes.  Here’s one that was staring me down.

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Whale Tail

Who Doesn’t Like A Whale Tail

I have traveled a lot and photographed hundreds of humpback whales and whale tails.  Here a whale tail from my recent trip to Svalbard.  We had a real good whale encounter and this is one of the many images I made while the sun was starting its trip to the horizon.

Here’s an interesting fact.  You can identify a whale by its tail.  There is a website called Happy Whale  and you send the images you have of whale tails.  They will put the photo in their database a report back if the whale has been spotted before and where.  They will also send you an email if someone else identifies the same whale.  You can see on a map where the whale has been.  Pretty fun stuff.

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The Nap

Napping Polar Bear - Svalbard Norway Trip
Napping Polar Bear – Svalbard Norway Trip

 

Seems that all animals like to take naps.  They might have something going in that department.  Who doesn’t like a nap?  My cats and dog as nap specialists.  Seems that Polar Bears are pretty good at napping, too.  This napping Polar Bear was found in Svalbard on one of my many trips there.  I was in a zodiac (rubber boat) and was safe.  These guys are big though and as always when tracking any kind of wildlife, being quiet is so very important.  Shot with a 400mm lens with a Nikon D810.  I have a ton of Polar Bear images from numerous trips there.  I have a sold out trip in September to do this trip again.

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Rusty Junk

On every trip I make to Svalbard, I make a point to visit a place called Pyramiden.  It’s an abandoned Russian Coal Mine City.  The place is fascinating as it looks like one day they just closed the place and everyone left.  I am working on a book and portfolio of this place.  This image was one of those compositions that caught my eye.  As you may know if you follow my posts I am very big into rust and abandoned things.  The Russians are trying to clean up this place and they are tearing out pipes, wires, and such and all of this has just been left to rust in giant piles.  Look for more from this place in the future.

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Arctic Fox

If you are a regular reader you know I love the polar regions of our planet.  THis image was made of an arctic fox in Svalbard which is just about as far north as you can go.  The image shows this fox in front of a bunch of feathers and bones.  These are remarkable creatures as they change coats from white to grey in the changing seasons.  They also have a very short lifespan.  They are fast and can usually be found with dens near the bird cliffs in Svalbard.

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I Love Ice

Svlabard Iceberg
Svalbard Iceberg

Ice and more Ice.  why do I like ice so much?  This little ice formation I gound three years ago while photographing in Svalbard, Norway.  We were cruising in our Zodiacs shooting glaciers when we came upon this piece of ice which was most likely from the glacier itself.  I used a wide-angle lens and lower the camera close to the water to capture this image.   I was supposed to go back to Svalbard this August for a workshop but that has now been canceled due to COVID.

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If you are interested in seeing more work by Kevin Raber and purchasing his work for your own, please visit RaberEYES.com

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Kevin also has. a major website for all photography enthusiasts with articles, forums, tutorials, community and more at photoPXL.com

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Polar Bears Jumping

I presume you may know that I also run workshops to amazing locations all around the world.  You can find these workshops at Rockhopper Workshops.  One of the places we visit is the Arctic and what an amazing place it is.  These two polar bears were photographed on one of my Svalbard workshops a few years ago.  On these workshops, we sometimes drive our small ship deep into the arctic ice and search for polar bears.  We get real close and shut the engines down and drift and if we are lucky polar bears come to us.  This polar bear was photographed from about fifty feet off of the ship.  The bear was jumping from ice flow to ice flow and sometimes even swimming.  These are magnificent animal.s

I still have room on my August 2020 workshop and info can be found at Rockhopper Workshops.  Maybe you’d consider joining us.

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Abstract Bow

Abstract svalbard

I am always looking for the picture in the picture.  This is a photo of an old beached boat on a beach in Svalbard.  What I like to od is shoot the picture of the larger subject (the boat) itself then go in close and start to look for new compositions.  Sometimes I use a long lens like the 100-400nn lens.  In this shot, I saw the bow of the ship as it’s own abstract photo.  I moved back a bit and zoomed in with the telephoto lens to compress the image a bit.  Then I shot it.  At first, if you see the images you might not know what it is.  This forces the viewer to stop for a minute to figure it out. Some people may not even figure it out.  I like this subject as it has a lot of things I like, such as rust and peeling paint.  Enjoy.