The photograph of the month for October 2025 comes from my recent workshop in Finland (Read the Trip Report) and is of a brown bear at the forest edge about twenty minutes after sunset. I had actually packed up my camera prior to taking this photograph and was waiting in the hide for the last light to fade before exiting when this brown bear walked into the perfect position and posed in the evening mist and last fading light. This was pure serendipity – I quickly unpacked the camera, screwed on the 70-200mm f2.8, cranked up the ISO to 12,800 and grabbed a few frames. Even in this extremely low light, the Canon EOS R1 had no problem finding the bear and staying on the subject. This photograph is, for me, a wonderful example of the principle ‘less is more’. We can only see the outline and silhouette of the bear, which leaves the imagination to fill in the blanks. There is also wonderful context with the forest, rising mist and fading light.
We are returning again next year 2026, and 2027 to this magical forest realm for the Wolves and Bears, and full details are now available on the website at www.jholko.com/workshops. Please contact me for any details.
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