Wildlife Photography Tour: Polar Bear Safari in Canada video

I have meant to share my last Polar Bear safari in Canada in its entirity for a while. So, I am happy to present a short video featuring this amazing wildlife photography tour. Besides still image creations, you will see a couple of videos from the tour. One of them features two male Polar Bears

Rear focusing or back button focusing secrets

Rear focusing or back button focusing can come out very handy in wildlife photography! What is rear focusing??? This technique is not very well known, yet it is an effective way to combine ONE SHOT focus mode with AI SERVO mode. One presses the AF-ON or * back button with the thumb from the back

Flightless Cormorant’s courtship

The photograph below is a pair of Flightless Cormorant going through their courtship ritual. This pair of Flightless Cormorants is swimming around each other in the cold water current of Fernandina Island, in the Galapagos Islands. What are they doing? Courting each other! 🙂 I was lucky to witness this superb display of chase and

Waved Albatross Airport in the Galapagos part I

Do you know where is located the International Waved Albatross Airport? The Galapagos Islands! The photograph below is a Waved Albatross. This Waved Albatross had its head just above the tall grass, making for a fantastic opportunity of headshot in the midst of a green blur. This creation really did not need a shutter speed

The 5D Mark III now autofocuses with the 2X!

The photograph below is a Sally Lightfoot Crab. YES! The new firmware update arrived for the Canon 5D Mark III. The main improvement is now the possibility of autofocusing at f/8 instead of f/5.6 only. This means that a lens with a maximum aperture of f/4 can now be combined with the 2X teleconverter and

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