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by **Natureview** on Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:16 am

Congratulations! This is the Image of the Week selection for the Wildlife Gallery, week ending 16th October, 2009!

This Polar Bear was walking on the ice close to the ship. I always like to see them wandering around on the fast pack ice.

Canon 40D, 420mm, 1/640 sec, f 8.0

by **Matthew Pugh** on Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:43 am

Hi

What a smashing shot - even down to those good looking watery reflections

All the best
Matthew

by **jwild** on Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:57 am

Great pose, great setting & whites in white!
Everything seems to work here perfectly.
Cheers!
Jagdeep Rajput

by **Bas Breetveld** on Mon Oct 12, 2009 9:00 am

Great shot, Arjen! Absolutely no color-cast, which is hard to achieve in this circumstances.

Best regards,

Bas

by **Chas** on Mon Oct 12, 2009 12:12 pm

Although the opportunities in Svalbard, etc may not be as prevalent this is the unique environment you do not get elsewhere.

Well done.

Best,

Chas

by **Phil Shaw** on Mon Oct 12, 2009 2:24 pm

The bear looks nice and sharp with plenty of detail in the fur and texture in the ice. There are some bright white spots in the open water area which catch the eye. Not sure what they are (hot pixels?), but they can be easily fixed if you are going to be making a print of this.

by **Natureview** on Mon Oct 12, 2009 3:01 pm

Thanks all for the comments so far.

@Chas: this picture is indeed taken on Spitsbergen. The density of bears might be lower as in Churchill, but I definitely prefer these surroundings.

@Phil: Too late this picture is hanging in large format (80 x 53cm) on my wall already :-)

I think the white spots are snow kicked up by the bear.

by **Robert Sabin** on Mon Oct 12, 2009 3:17 pm

Chas wrote:Although the opportunities in Svalbard, etc may not be as prevalent this is the unique environment you do not get elsewhere.

Well done. Yes, and the Upraised Paw adds so much, with the black claws, A beauty....

Best,

Chas

by **Cindy Marple** on Mon Oct 12, 2009 10:42 pm

What a spectacular scene for this bear. The raised paw adds greatly. A big print of this must be awesome.

by **JohannesKlapwijk** on Tue Oct 13, 2009 8:37 am

Gaaf shot!

by **Carol Clarke** on Wed Oct 14, 2009 11:05 am

Gorgeous shot Arjen! excellent job with the exposure for the white on white and love the composition.

by **Natureview** on Thu Oct 22, 2009 5:15 pm

Thanks all for the comments. I'm really proud to be picked Image of the Week for the first time :-)

by **clement** on Fri Oct 23, 2009 3:12 am

This an awesome shot

by **Matthew Pugh** on Fri Oct 23, 2009 8:56 am

Hi

Congratulations upon the IOW

A deserving image, it’s a cracker

All the best
Matthew

by **Edwin Kats** on Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:41 am

Well deserved IOW.

Great stuff

Edwin Kats

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Polar Bear on the ice

Polar Bear on the ice

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