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Your Easy-access (EZA) account allows those in your organisation to download content for the following uses: Unless you have a written agreement with Getty Images stating otherwise, Easy-access downloads are for comp purposes and are not licensed for use in a final project. Shane Kalyn of Vancouver also won an award in the “Behaviour: Birds” category for his close-up of two courting ravens.Ĭelina Chien was commended in the “Photojournalism” category for her picture of a Bornean orangutan gripping the bars between enclosures at a zoo, and Nichole Vijayan was commended in the “11-14 Years” category for her photo of an eastern bluebird feeding its chick.Easy-access downloads let you quickly download hi-res, non-watermarked images. His second award was in the “Urban Wildlife” category, where he photographed a large Brazilian wandering spider, seemingly guarding its newborn brood, after finding them under the bed he was sleeping on. Two more of his photos received commendations under this category. One was in the “Behaviour: Invertebrates” category, for his close-up of a spider in the midst of weaving with its webbing. Gil Wizen of Mississauga, Ont., won two awards. Gregus also wasn't the only Canadian to be recognized for his wildlife photography. "We're also interested in things that have a story behind them, too." "What we're looking for is technically excellent photographs but really beautiful photographs as well, so things that make you stop and think and want to keep looking at them," she said. The competition this year included awards in 19 categories and also offered a number of commendations. "We had over 50,000 entries this year and we had to then narrow those down to just 100." It's been running for 57 years," Natalie Cooper, competition judge and senior researcher at the Natural History Museum, told CTV National News. "Wildlife Photographer of the Year is the world's biggest wildlife photography competition. Gregus had to beat out a wide field to win his award. "Every time you need to go, you take a gun with you and you just go out and find a nice area and you hide there and occasionally polar bears go by," Gregus said. Camping in the wilderness without a bathroom in sight can leave a person rather exposed. It wasn't always so easy, however, keeping the bears at bay. Many of the photos were taken with the use of drones, which let Gregus observe the surrounding wildlife while keeping his distance. Other pictures from the winning set included two female polar bears playing in shallow water, along with an adult taking an afternoon nap in the grass with a cub. " very intimate, and that's just hours and hours of homework you put in with these bears to sort of introduce them to you." "I get goosebumps thinking about it," he said of the photo. Part of the work involves avoiding interference with the animals and allowing them to get accustomed to your presence - something that is evident in one of his photos, which features a mother nursing two of her cubs. "We managed to document some unbelievable behaviours, and it was so exciting just waking up in the morning and seeing these bears right in front of your window," he said.īut it's not just about being in the right place at the right time, according to Gregus. Gregus and his team, which included his assistant and a bear guard, travelled to Hudson Bay for 13 days in 2020 and 20 days in 2021 to get up close and personal with the local wildlife. "I've been doing photography since I was eight years old." "It was just a dream come true," he told CTV National News of winning the award. Sign up for The Climate Barometer, delivered to your inbox every week.His work will be featured at the London, U.K., museum and later toured around the world. This week the Vancouver man won the Rising Star Portfolio Award at the Natural History Museum's 2021 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, a prize given to young photographers aged 18 to 26. His breathtaking and intimate photos of polar bears enjoying the summer sun earned him one of wildlife photography's most prestigious honours. It's not a combination many people picture when thinking of the burly creatures in Canada's Arctic, but it's one that was captured by Martin Gregus.