Missed the last three weeks with the polar bears and so I closed out 2016 by going to the Journey to Churchill exhibit and found one of the bears playing in the water and the bear did not fail to impress with its incredible swimming ability. One is left to wonder how a seal manages to escape the polar bear that seems to be fully at home on land as well as under water.

I find that photographing the bears through the length of the pool gives better results for b&w images but once in a while one gets a decent color.

Nik detail extractor (25,6,6,normal)
CS5 auto color

Nikon D7100
AF-S Nikkor 18-140mm
f4.8 1/1600 52mm

Taken December 31, 2016.

Posted by Jan Bjorklund on Sun, 01/08/17 21:38
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Comments by Jan Bjorklund on Sun, 01/08/17 21:39 don't usually get all the polars in for a swim at the same time. Comments by Jan Bjorklund on Sun, 01/08/17 21:40 Comments by Jan Bjorklund on Sun, 01/08/17 21:40 In the space of time of getting my camera out of the bag this bear managed 50 yards in a couple of seconds and was sitting looking at me through the glass. Comments by S Roter on Sun, 01/08/17 22:08 Great series Jan. I find the OP instills drama. The right paw disappearing to the surface, as if he reaching for something. Comments by Paul Bracey on Mon, 01/09/17 22:57 This is a great series. Amazing animals! Looking at the 2nd picture, one might think they have gills! Comments by Jan Bjorklund on Tue, 01/10/17 12:35 The polar bear in the opening had a range of what I call "polar bear toys" to keep him occupied and he was reaching for one of them with his paw out of the water. Comments by Jan Bjorklund on Wed, 01/11/17 21:23 Kaska weighted 662 lbs. Oct 31 Star weighted 530 lbs Oct 31 I took this picture December 10th so they probably had both put on more weight. Comments by Jan Bjorklund on Wed, 01/11/17 21:24 another shot from the date of opening post Nik detail extractor silver efex pro2 film noir1 Comments by Linda Frey on Thu, 01/12/17 22:25 Very nice, Jan. The first in comments is my favourite! Comments by Harry Liston on Fri, 01/13/17 17:30 Those bears look so fluid, maybe they're yogis? Yogi bears heheheh