Month: August 2017

While out for a long weekend at Asessippi Provincial Park with the family the northern lights decided to show up. I have the GH5 with me and haven’t had the opportunity to test it out at night yet, so this seemed like a good opportunity.

While it wasn’t really a spectacular lights show, that actually helped me get an idea of how it performs with terrible northern lights conditions.

This was taken from our yurt. The lights never really got higher than the horizon.

This was taken just down the road with the hills in the background.

Considering the level of lights that were actually out I’m pretty happy with the first test. I’m looking forward to being back up north during the season too see how it performs with serious lights out.

An early start, beautiful light and only eagles to show for it.

We went out for the sunrise with hopes to find the mother and cubs that have been spotted but the morning showed nothing but eagles. The light however was amazing and the landscapes here as always are a joy to look at regardless of any wildlife (or lack thereof) in it.

The afternoon started to prove fruitful with a lone bear in the marsh. Unfortunately it was in the town limits and it didn’t take long for it to be picked up by conservation and  removed from the area.

Later on however we finally got across the river. Late afternoon sun and a mother and cub gave a little taste of what will hopefully be good days to come. The bugs were out in abundance and these two lay down in the willows and fireweed for some relief before the mum dug a shallow day bed to likely tuck in for the night.

On the other side we found a large bear feeding on something, but unfortunately due to the angle we couldn’t quite see what.

I’m hoping tomorrow will give us a full day of action.

No bears today unfortunately.

On the scout to Bird Cove we came across a golden eagle and a little caribou. The eagle, perched on the rocks down by the bay, was sitting pretty but as I was setting up to shoot I noticed movement to my right.

This little guy was making his way down towards the bay.

He didn’t stick around for long and I was lucky to even snap a shot before he disappeared into the willows and never came back out.

By the time I got back to the eagle the rain was setting in and he was on the move. Neither were what I was looking for but both were still nice to see.

We arrived at the airport around 1425 yesterday afternoon (it’s 0128 right now) for a 1600 flight. Checked in and through security, the dog in her kennel and out to be loaded onto the plane. Boarding comes, everything is going smooth until the voice comes over the intercom. Engine problems.. de-plane and wait.

By the time we finally get into Churchill it’s midnight. The poor pup has been stuck in her kennel for almost 10 hours and I’m beat. We landed into the beginning of a storm, the fog obscuring the ground until just before the wheels touched down and the whole plane seemed to come up onto one wheel for a moment.

We’re up for a 9 day summer shoot of polar bears, belugas and maybe some eagles and foxes with our new piece of kit, the Lumix GH5. Last year was very lucrative for summer polar bears with lots of action in the water. It’s still early this season and hopefully it picks back up again. The rain is meant to stop in the morning. When it does it’s out to the cabin to pick up the guiding kit and then go for a scout to see what’s around.

– The Nanuk Operations Team