Скачать или смотреть Mike Korostelev – Hippo World | ** European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2022 **

A few years ago in South Africa I discovered a salt lake with clear water, where several hippo families (Hippopotamus amphibius) lived. It was then that I had the idea which I was going to put into practice this year. The use of an underwater drone enabled me to observe and photograph a family of nine hippos. The drone is very quiet, but nevertheless I operated the device with great care among the animals so as not to disturb them. After a few days the hippos had become completely accustomed to the new inhabitant of the lake and I was able to study their behaviour on the screen.

Gladius2.0, Drone Chasing2, ISO 154

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** European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2022 **
Mike Korostelev - Russian Federation

"I live in Moscow but travel a lot all over the world for work (I am the founder of a travel company specializing in wildlife) and my hobby animal photography. Most of my pictures are taken underwater using a wide angle or fisheye lens. Sometimes I also use drones and camera traps. One of my favourite projects is photographing brown bears under water in the Kamchatka region (Russia) not far from Lake Kurile. For four years I spent about a months there every years during the spawning season of sockeye salmons. To achieve best results, I used remote cameras on tripods. In nature photography, I want to show people how fragile nature is and how important therefore it is to protect her and not keep animals in captivity, especially not marine mammals. In Russia, many people fought against capturing orcas in the Sea of Okhotsk to be sold to dolphinariums, and finally this practice was stopped. Now, the orcas have returned to freedom, but sadly we have other problems right now, and many good people remain in "captivity". Many people in Russia do not agree to what is happening right now...

But back to wildlife: I am currently working on a photo-trapping project in Land of the Leopard national park in the far east of Russia, and I am also preparing logistics and equipment for an underwater project with walruses in the north of Russia. So the future is going to be exciting ..."

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