Outdoor Photography Canada

Photo: ©John E. Marriott

Like many a wildlife photographer before and after me, I had a sordid love affair with my beautiful, new 500mm telephoto lens when I first got it. The extended honeymoon lasted five glory-filled years, during which you would have been hard-pressed to see me photograph a bear, beaver or bat with anything but my big lens.

  The love coupling came to a crashing halt when I started to notice my portfolio was distinctly lacking in one category -- I hardly had any good images showing animals in their natural environment.  

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