Shayne McGuire is a photographer who has a deep respect for everything living, and this is the main reason she decided to become a wildlife photographer.
The photographer spends a large part of her year travelling through destinations such as Antarctica and Africa, and here, she captures stunning shots of animals such as horses, bears and penguins.
During her career as a photographer, McGuire has captured some hilarious pictures of animals. Take a look at some of her work below:
‘This image was one of the hardest for me to take, because I am hand holding a 600mm Canon lens, and I am laughing so hard, as were the other 2 people standing next to me,’ explained McGuire.
‘This poor mother black bear, had 5 cubs. Yes, 5. She sent them up the tree and sat down and began to look at her poor, battle-stretched stomach. The man next to me said, “every woman that has had children understands this”…she kept moving the folds of her skin around and looking at her belly.’
‘Smackdown, well, not really. Adelie penguins landing back on the shore, the one on the left botched his landing, causing the one on the right to slip. It looks like the one on the right hit the other one and knocked him down.’
‘Momma brown bear popped up out of the tall grass, checking on another bear moving across the river. All of a sudden, her cub popped up, with a piece of long grass in his mouth. It reminded me of people in the country I grew up with that would pull up a long piece of grass, stick in their mouth and start talking with it hanging out,’ said McGuire.
‘Walking with attitude. A bald eagle strutting across the wet beach with a look that said “I’m bad”.’
‘This image is humorous, as long as you understand. The bear on top is not stuck. He has chewed through the whalebone and is eating the marrow. The two cubs are wondering what he is doing and start pestering him. He “bearly” came up to look at them. He was fine, not stuck.’
‘A little birdie told me, so I ate him….. enough said…bye bye birdie.’
More of McGuire’s work can be viewed here.
Image: Shayne McGuire
