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...желающих фотографировать в “Волчьем парке”(Wolfpark):

A 35 mm camera with a telephoto lens in the range of 135mm to 200mm, or a zoom up to 400mm, is recommended. A good filter (I recommend an 81A warming filter for film, a UV filter for digital cameras)is highly recommended to protect your lens against wolf paws and tongues. For those who are curious, my favorite lens with captive wolves is the Canon 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 IS lens.

Bring a flash if you have one, the wolves won’t mind. Bring two cameras if you have a second body so you won’t have to change lenses in the wolf pen.

For those still shooting film, I recommend bringing a variety of speeds. The weather (and lighting conditions)can vary greatly. Anything from 100 speed to 400 speed is good and if it is an overcast day, you may want to carry some 800 speed film. I guess if I had to choose a favorite film and speed for photographing the wolves, I would chose and ISO of 200. Of course if you are shooting digital, you can easily chose which ISO to use on the fly.

Tripods for shooting inside the pen are not recommended. Some of the wolves like to chew on these. It may not be possible at all to bring in tripods for the younger wolves may not leave you and your tripod alone. We do not want any camera equipment pulled down and devoured ;-). Aside from the wolves, tripods will make it very difficult to move about the enclosure. The wolves tend not to hold very still and keeping up with them in their l arge enclosure while lugging a big tripod along is not much fun at all. We do a fair amount of moving around during the program.

For the safety of the wolves and participants, under no circumstances may participants bring in camera bags, backpacks, reflective umbrellas or tripods covered in foam or similarly enticing material that the wolves will insist on chewing. However metal monopods may be OK with the wolves, but because of the young wolves, even monopods may have to stay outside.

Participants 18 and older, have the opportunity to enter the enclosure to photograph the wolves. To go in you must be able-bodied, willing and able to obey safety instructions, wear long pants and closed toed shoes, no perfume, cologne or strong smelling substances, no earrings or piercing. Well, tongue studs are OK as long as you do not attempt to lick any of the wolves ;-) A tight-fitting, light-weight jacket is recommend as well as clothing which can get dirty or torn since the wolves are likely to jump up on people and the pups will most likely grab at clothing. For the March seminars we highly recommend very warm clothing. The only complaint we receive is that it is COLD in the enclosure, especially on those photo seminars when the wind chill approaches zero degrees. If you dress for that kind of weather, you will be fine. If you do not dress for it, well, you will be quite cold. Leather jackets or clothing with loose dangling things like fringe, are not allowed. We can’t allow people who are wearing leather in for the wolves may perceive them as a giant raw hide chew toy. Also, billowy clothing and material which is fun to chew on such as Polar Fleece, is not allowed for some of the wolves may pull on and aerate these. Denim jackets, Carharts, sweatshirts and the like are your best clothing choice. Remember, the wolves will most likely get you muddy! Wolf Park, Staff and employees are not responsible for loss or damage done to equipment or any injuries which may be inflicted by any of the animals, or the weather.