When the bears remained distant at Hallo Bay, I looked beyond the obvious. Instead of reaching for a longer lens, I photographed the landscape with the Hasselblad X2D II, creating an environmental portrait of a lone coastal brown bear beneath Douglas Glacier while putting the camera's remarkable handheld image stabilization to the test.
Read MoreStorm Light Over Douglas Glacier (Ursus arctos, Coastal Brown Bear, Oso pardo, Ours brun) Hallo Bay, Katmai National Park & Preserve, Alaska, USA. Image Copyright © Christopher Dodds. Hasselblad X2D II 100C medium format mirrorless camera with Hasselblad XCD 35–100mm E Lens @ 75mm (59mm full-frame equivalent). ISO 50, f/20 @ 1/13 sec. Photographed handheld while field testing the remarkable image stabilization of the Hasselblad X2D II. Manual exposure.