Here’s a shot of a moose running in the snow, taken last winter in Norway. I got the shot by staking out an area identified by my wife, Anne Marit, as a place where moose might feed in the harsh winter conditions.

During the winter, moose come down into the valley where we have our house and we see them quite regularly. They are elusive, however, when it comes to grabbing photographs. Usually we see them in low light or at too great a distance to get a decent shot.

This photograph took several days to obtain and involved staking the area out for several hours at a time. Lying in the snow with the air temperature below freezing is hard work but when a moose finally comes running across a clearing toward you, snow flying in all directions, the results are more than worth it! 

 

 For the camera buffs among you the shot was taken with a 400mm fitted with a x2 converter. The exposure was 180th of a second at f5.6 on iso 800. 

 

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