02/12/2023
Top spot for our Focus on Fauna category goes to Jean-Simon Bégin 🙌 The judges felt so privileged to see such a stunning pack photo of these proud Canadian Lynxes.
A BIG thank you to all who submitted photos for this category! We received a total of 3,615 entries (which made it so very difficult to just pick one!)
“It is the dream of any wildlife photographer to encounter a Canadian Lynx. I had the chance to see six in one shot. At the intersection of a snow road and a snowmobile trail, I notice from the corner of my eye a black spot in the distance. When we get closer, I realize it is a lynx, about 50 metres from me. I lie down in the snow with my 600 mm and wait. Then a small lynx comes out of the wood and joins him, then another and another and another! I have a total of six lynx in front of me. They get so, so close to me that I can’t take any pictures. After they pass, I try to follow, but the snow is so deep that I am up to my hips. The lynxes float away on the soft snow.” – Jean-Simon Bégin
Stay tuned to see the category runner up and honourable mentions!
📍 Central Ontario
📸: Jean-Simon Bégin - Photographe animalier | CWF Photo Club
