WildShots

Canon 5D Mark II Autofocus Sucks? NOT!!!

Posted on 21. Oct, 2009 by Paul Burwell.

I’ve recently had the opportunity to start going through some of my pictures that I made during my recent Spirit Bear Tour. While I normally prefer to photograph with my Canon 1Ds Mark II, I decided to take a chance and exclusively use my new Canon 5D Mark II for the majority of the trip. My original intention in purchasing the camera was the use it primarily for its high-definition video abailities, but I’ve been extremely…

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What’s riding shotgun while you’re driving?

Posted on 08. Jul, 2009 by Paul Burwell.

It’s summer here in the northern hemisphere and it is a time when a lot of people decide to take a road trip. Summer’s a time when I too spend a lot of time on the road and I recently got home from about a 3,300 kilometre (~2,000 mile) road trip. Usually when I’m on a trip my timelines are fairly tight and I don’t have a lot of time to take a meandering path or wander too much. But, regardless of where I’m travelling, there is one constant about the trip, and that’s…

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Black Bear Cubs

Posted on 18. Nov, 2008 by Paul Burwell.

One of my favourite experiences photographing wildlife in the last couple of years was a visit to the RMGR just outside Riding Mountain National Park near Onanole, Manitoba, Canada to photograph the Black Bears. I managed to get there 3 different times over the year; May, June and September.

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