The story of a rare photograph of a Siberian tiger

This wildlife photographer captured a photo of one of the rarest tigers on Earth.   Here's how he did it…

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00:00I think you will agree that tigers are so rare that it is almost impossible to see them in the wild.

00:20Therefore, I decided to use a hidden camera to shoot these elusive cats.

00:30The installation of cameras takes a long time.

00:39Leaving traces of urine on the trees, tigers send various messages to the inhabitants of the forest.

00:46Cats exchange information about their appearance, field, age.

00:50Signs can include a lot of important messages.

00:54If you translate these messages from a cat to a human, then this is a kind of taiga Instagram.

01:05Animals can read the messages left here by other animals.

01:12Knowing the behavior of tigers, I installed a Nikon camera on January 14, 2019 near this cave.

01:19When the place is chosen, you need to set up a frame on the spot, direct the behavior of the animal,

01:24that is, understand how it will go, what pose it can take at the time of shooting, how the sun will shine.

01:29You literally need to calculate each of its movements and step.

01:32There can be no mistakes, because there can be only one chance per year.

01:36And you need to be technically prepared to use this chance in full.

01:40When I checked it, I hoped for good luck.

01:44And only on November 9, I got a picture of a tiger that became the winner.

01:52I will not hide, I am insanely happy and glad.

01:55This happens once in a lifetime.

01:58In the last 100 years, there have been 96% fewer tigers in the world.

02:03If we talk about Russia, then in the 90s, the main reason was poaching,

02:08that is, the direct killing of a tiger for the sake of skin and status.

02:12However, over time, more serious problems, degradation of the population,

02:17and the increase in the number of tigers became more and more common.

02:22People should realize what is happening to our planet.

02:25I invite photographers around the world to take pictures not only of beautiful moments,

02:30but also to work for the sake of protecting the wild.

02:33In the modern world, photography is a powerful tool in the field of nature conservation.

02:39In the last 100 years, there have been 96% fewer tigers in the world.

02:42If we talk about Russia, then in the last 100 years, the main reason was poaching,

02:47that is, the increase in the number of tigers in the world.