乐生活今日神图 作者：Paul Nicklen
FINE ART FRIDAYS. It took me 6 years of returning to the Arctic every season before we figured out a path forward to photograph narwhals. After five years of failing at getting close to these shy, unique and stunning animals, under the guidance of my friend and pilot, Glen Williams, and my Inuit guides we finally decided it was time to buy an ultralight airplane and put it on amphibious floats which means we could take off and land on either water or sea ice. Still, with the airplane on the sea ice, our small team continued to fail. On the last day of the project, the weather cleared and we were able to fly far out over the broken sea ice and witness thousands of narwhals pushing through the narrow leads in the ice. Then, I saw the moment of all moments; a group of male narwhals being perfectly framed by the rotting sea ice. I could have not sketched a more perfect scene. After photographing them from the air, Brian and I landed the airplane on a drifting pan of sea ice, got out and managed to stand next to hundreds of narwhals as they continued to dive and resurface during a massive feeding frenzy on polar cod. It is hardly fair to say that we were lucky to capture this after 5 years of failing but we were in deed lucky to experience this moment. We flew back to our camp on the sea ice and as we were preparing to fly again, I fell through the very thin sea ice which is not normally a major concern except the chunks were rolling on top of me and I was not going to make it back to the surface. I reached up and grabbed a rope that was attached a big sled to keep myself from going under. I felt my shoulder dislocate immediately. My team got me out of the water and it took a long time to reset it. Every time I winced in pain, all I saw were tusks and narwhals. I knew that we got the images we needed to tell the story. These are some of my favorite images from that encounter. #teamwork Thank you Brian Knutsen, Dexter Koonoo and Jed! #teamwork persevere naturelovers Baffin Island
这位加拿大摄影师过去五年一直没法接近害羞的一角鲸，所以他们今年买了一架小飞机改造成两栖飞机，使得可以在浮冰上起飞和降落，最终成功拍到这一系列图片。广角，长焦，水下和航拍全包套餐。
如果哪天去Pond Inlet看一角鲸，我就带个望远镜好了…..
