I woke as much as a bear cub pulling at my sleeping bag – after which its mom arrived…

How did you get into images?

I’ve all the time cherished wildlife. When I used to be 18, I went on safari to Kenya and a man in my Jeep had all this nice gear – I simply had a little bit point-and-shoot digicam. I purchased some tools and haven’t appeared again.

Which shot is most necessary to you?

An picture of a crimson deer stag that I took in my outdated movie days. It was awarded within the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competitors, which meant lots.

What’s your largest ‘oh drat it’ second?

I’ve all the time needed to {photograph} a black-throated diver. It is uncommon within the UK and delicate to disturbance, so I deliberate a visit to Sweden, the place it’s extra widespread.

I constructed this elaborate floating cover and travelled by ferry so I might transport it. On the maiden voyage, it began to record, then sank. I ought to have examined it first…

Anything ever tried to eat you?

While photographing brown bears in Finland, I fell asleep in my cover and woke to discover a bear cub had caught its head into the digicam porthole and was pulling at my sleeping bag. I used to be pulling it again when its mom and sibling joined in. That was a tug-of-war I used to be by no means going to win. They finally acquired the sleeping bag out and the cub ran off with it. It was costly, too. 

What’s your poorest photographic yield?

On one other journey to Finland, I spent eight days in a cover ready for wolves. I by no means a lot as glimpsed them.

Which piece of package have you ever used least?

That costly sleeping bag…

What’s the shot you almost acquired?

I used to be in Norway, trying out a cover a buddy was constructing. He’d instructed me to not hassle bringing my digicam. While on web site, we noticed a feminine stoat on the transfer with 9 kits. It was an incredible spectacle.

Any recommendation to budding photographers?

Pick a topic or location, work it and work it some extra. There is all the time one other shot available. And all the time take your digicam.

Danny Green is a wildlife photographer from the UK. dannygreenphotography.com