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Shut Out Click to see the photos from this assignment We've all arrived at an assignment at one time or another, only to learn that the restrictions imposed on us might well prevent us from getting the picture we need. It's our job to creatively circumvent them and get an image anyway. A few weeks ago a chain link fence and two acres were the obstacles I faced in having to get the picture. Hélène Grimaud is an internationally renowned classical pianist, whose passion extends to her three wolves, all of which were born in captivity, but which are nonetheless, wild. She lives on 3 acres, 2 of which her wolves inhabit, surrounded by a 10 foot high double chain link fence enclosure, with barbed wire at the top. Hélène is very serious in educating the public about wolves, which have earned a bad reputation throughout history. It was fascinating to hear about the behavioral traits of wolves, and eventually to observe the different personalities of Apache, a beautiful white Arctic British Columbian mix, Lucas, a silver gray British Columbian, and Maya, the shyest and most cautiously observant of the three. Hélène explained to writer Lynne Ames and me about what we might expect to see when we went into the enclosure and I was excited to think that I'd have a once in a lifetime encounter up close and personal with these beautiful creatures.
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Shooting through the chain link fence was difficult; for most of the photographs I used an 80-200 f2.8 lens and in some cases a 105 micro nikkor lens; I was somewhat envious that I wasn't allowed a closer look. But the first thing that Apache did when Lynne went inside, was to take from her hair and walk off with, the ponytail holder that I had loaned her, to tie her hair back. When I saw that, I was frankly relieved that I wouldn't have to part with my cameras, ...or to deal with an overzealous wolf. |
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