OPAYASTIN

Photographer

Dorota SENECHAL

Category

Nature Photography - Wildlife

Company

BDK PHOTOGRAPHY

Submission Group

Professional

Year

2025

Country / Region:

France

"Opayastin" means "Great Wind" in the Cree language. Far away from any settlements and any human presence, with the help of Native American Indians, I explored by sled on the snow, during several weeks, one of the most pristine, remote and wilderness places in Far North Canada in winter, in quest for wild grey wolves. Never hunted, the wolves have no fear of humans. When we finally found them, they came to me by curiosity, at a distance of few meters only, allowing me to take some incredible close-ups of wolves in the wild, without any hide or baits.