Wildlife Photo Competition 5 2014 : Entry Number 44

Judges Comment

This is an astonishing shot and a beautiful subject. You have got this pin sharp, the white wolf is bursting out of the photo. The falling snow makes another curtain for wolf to burst through and adds so much to the atmosphere. How did you get this shot ? I love how happy wolf seems, enjoying the race with his friend, and his smile which you have seized just perfectly. Congratulations for this beautiful photograph of such magnificent animals, many wildlife photographers would love to have taken it. This is the first wolf shot to win this competition, well done.

Photographers Comment

Greetings and thank you for choosing my photo as competition winner. My name is John Williams and I captured this image with a Canon 5D II and Canon 70-200mm f2.8 lens. The exposure specs were ISO 1250, f3.5 at 1/6400 of a sec shutter speed. I did minimal post processing in Lightroom. I work with these animals in a private refuge sanctuary and nothing is more exciting then racing around in a snow storm with a pack mate.