The photograph of the month for November 2015 was taken in March this year in Svalbard in winter of a Polar Bear, back lit by the setting Arctic sun and standing guard over a recent seal kill. Its breath steaming in the winter sunlight this remarkable situation was the absolute highlight of this scouting trip to the Arctic in Winter. This photograph recently won a coveted Silver with Distinction at the 2015 Australian Professional Photography Awards (APPA) here in Melbourne.
Don’t forget! You can win a free 13″ x 19″ Fine Art Print of this photograph including shipping anywhere in the world. All you need do is to be the first to comment on this post on the home page with your thoughts on why you like this photograph or why you would like to own a print of the image and then share the post with your preferred social media outlet.
I am making the long journey to the Falkland Islands later today and then onto South Georgia Island and Antarctica for back-to-back expeditions (updates will be a little thin between now and Christmas). If you are the lucky print winner please be patient and I will make and send the print to you when I get back at the end of December. See you in the Falklands.
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Gorgeous Joshua. Love the use of the sun as a backlight to bring out the breath.
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Light, breath, life. The way of the Polar Bear in her splendor in a challenging environment. I would be honored to have this hanging in our home.
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I love the light in this picture. It makes it so surreal and magical. The bear looks like he is imploring the gods for something. It would be fabulous next to my other print of yours. I hope that we will see such fantastic light on the polar bears next summer! 😍
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I love this photo, the colours are not what I would expect. And he looks like he’s thinking “I’m the King of the Castle”
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This is an awesome image Josh – Love the colour palatte> Very unusual in polar photography. Nice to see some warmth there! Well done 🙂
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Love the backlighting on this photo with a clean composition.
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Magnificent. What an animal!…..
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I love the color of the light in this photograph- not what you expect from the Arctic! The orange tones are so different from the usual cool blues and grays. Lovely photograph.
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Amazing picture. I like the colors.
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Wow ! I love this photo Josh! Such a special creature! Keep up the fantastic work!
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