I found that the most interesting and enriched experience that Jim Brandenburg had the chance to photograph were his encounters with wolves. He says that after 30 years of roaming the woods he has yet to photograph a wolf taking down a deer. However, he came close. He was not too far away from a very recent wolf kill. The deer still fresh and quite disturbing to look at. I like the thought he had though, which was that we all return to the earth eventually and so would this deer. He focused in on a tree branch with the deer out of focus in the background. It was very symbolic. I enjoyed learning about the wolf pack and raven interactions and how their relationship is one of love / hate. The raven protects the wolf and the wolf provides a meal for the ravens after a hunt. It takes a lot for someone to be so self driven to complete a project of this magnitude. Jim Brandenburg without planning on it created and huge fan-base for this project and was able to save natural habitats with the impact and meaning of photography. State legislature saw too, the love that Jim possesses for nature and were inspired enough to prevent harmful laws from falling into place.
