This Is The Face Of Extinction.

I asked Abby Brewer, from Zealand,NB to write an honest opinion of what she though about the photo above, whether it be good or bad. Abby was one of the first people to make me realize that the photographyI was doing wasn't just a waste of time and that I should pursue it.

Here is what she wrote:
"When first wandering my eyes over this photograph I notice the crispness, how well focused, and detailed the tiger is. I’ve never seen a photograph before where you could almost see the unique shapes of the snowflakes that rested on this tigers face. The blured snow packed background brought out the gold and rust colors in the tigers fur.

I found my focus never left the tigers face, it just compelled me to look deeper. Then I noticed the eyes. I wonder what the tiger is fixated on, what has caught his attention. His eyes give him a serious look, that look you see on a wild tiger, the Glare. It kind of reminded me that even a tiger in captivity never looses his basic instincts.

For the photographer to have captured a look of basic instinct, the glare, on a captive tiger just shows how extreme his artistic abilities are".

Its reasons like this that I do what I do. Its never about fame or fortune. Its for the passion of being able to create a beautiful image that can be enjoyed by others.

Tomar (pictured above) is a 19 yr old Siberian tiger at the Magnetic Hill Zoo. He was one of my first subjects to be photographer and somehow a bond was made in the months that I photographed him. I was able to get some beautiful photos that didn't show him as a "maneater" but more as a "friend".

This one was taken from over the guard rail at 110mm, no flash, and set on automatic mode. It took 93 photos to land the right one. My positioning was simple, kneel down, aim through the holes in the fencing and I patiently wait in the cold snow for almost 3 hours, but it was definately worth it.