Backlit

With the polar bears in Churchill we had virtually no wind today -- what a relief -- and a clear sky from sunrise to sunset. I spent most of the day trying to capture backlighting and rim lighting on the bears. This picture was taken at 1:30pm; being this far north in October means the sun was quite low in the sky. That's why this bear is lit from behind instead of illuminated from above. Again I used a 700mm focal length, and the settings were 1/1000, f/10, and 640 ISO. I see many photographers here using tripods, but as long as the shutter speed is fast (at least the reciprocal of the focal length) a tripod isn't needed unless a person doesn't want to carry the weight of the camera and lens.

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Oct 27, 2026, 10:28:14 PM

Barbara Vickers - WOW!

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