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Denis Olivero’s nature photography experience began in 1978. That year he traveled to east Africa and toured the game parks of Kenya in an old Bedford truck with ten friends. Equipped with a Pentax K1000 (loaded with Kodak print film) and attached third-party 70-210mm zoom, his first nature images were created. An old faded print from that trip showing a lion sleeping in a tree still hangs in his office today.

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E.J. Peiker is the Senior Technical Editor of Naturescapes.net, one of the premiur nature photography sites on the Internet.

His photographs have been published in many nature, agriculture and photography magazines and books including Outdoor Photographer, Popular Photography, Birding Magazine, Audubon Society publications, National Geographic publications, Barron’s Duck Handbook, Barron’s Dove Handbook, the UK’s Practical Photography and many smaller publications. The US National Park Service uses some of his images in their National Park Brochures as does the Fish and Wildlife Service. Several zoos from around the world (North America, Asia, Europe) use his photographs for their identification displays. HIs photos are also in widespread use in educational material for children in both Canada and the US.

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From time to time I am asked what one lens would I recommend that a photographer should buy. That depends, of course, on what one intends to photograph. And if the intent is to do wildlife photography, my answer is always the same: “Buy the Canon 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L.”

In my view, if you shoot with a Canon DSLR, there is no other lens that is more versatile. And having such flexibility is useful, particularly when one is faced with choices between showing the environment and capturing that up close shot showing great detail.

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In the last three days, more than 15,000 visitors have viewed a photograph I made at Hallo Bay, Alaska. The photo is of two young Brown Bears lazing in the sun.

I am very pleased that so many have taken the time to look at the photograph, because the bears live free in a protected region of Alaska’s wilderness.

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I was just thinking today about a wonderful trip I made to South Africa. And, how a very nice person helped me sort out my month-long visit to this fabulous country and my experiences in Kruger Park.

My friend is Rob Parkinson, he can be found at his website. And the services he provides are enormous. For example, he arranged to have a driver and vehicle meet me at the airport in Johannesburg, transport me to a lodge at Crocodile River, set up two days of exploration of the park with a private guide and vehicle, arranged for me to be delivered within Kruger Park to one of the rest camps, arranged for a rental car, and booked all the lodges I required while in the park, not the least of which was to meet me at journey’s end and transport me back to the airport in Johannesburg.

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After seeing photographs done underwater I became interested in trying it myself. My first attempts were while snorkeling in King’s Bay, Crystal River, Florida, a spot famous for meeting Manatees up close and personal. On my first dive I was lucky and got this shot.

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