On global safari to find the perfect shot: Wildlife photographer comes face to face with deadly animals to capture stunning images
- Scots wildlife photographer David Yarrow even escaped an up close meeting with a lioness on the prairie
- Self-taught 47-year-old has produced almost 90 black and white pictures of wildlife in harsh landscapes
- Among the images are two baby penguins helping each other climb an icy slope in Snow Hill, Antarctica
- Also included in new book Encounter is a pair of polar bears confronting each other in Manitoba, Canada
By Robert Dex
He has travelled to some of the world's remotest destinations and come face to face with deadly animals to capture these stunning images.
And Scots wildlife photographer David Yarrow even escaped an up close and personal meeting with a lioness on the prairie during his global travels.
Mr Yarrow, from Glasgow, has produced almost 90 black and white pictures of wildlife in some of the harshest landscapes on Earth.
Scary: Scots wildlife photographer David Yarrow even escaped an up close and personal meeting with a lioness on the prairie during his global travels
Impressive: Mr Yarrow, from Glasgow, has produced almost 90 black and white pictures of wildlife in some of the harshest landscapes on Earth
Among the images are two baby penguins helping each other climb an icy slope in Snow Hill, Antarctica, and a pair of polar bears confronting each other in Manitoba, Canada.
Mr Yarrow also came face to face with an adult brown bear in the wilds of Alaska.
The self-taught 47-year-old said the confrontation was his 'one moment of real fear' during his travels to collect the stunning pictures for his new book.
The encounter happened in the Katmai National Park, Alaska, which is home to thousands of brown bears.
Covering its mouth: Encounter by David Yarrow is published by Clearview, in affiliation with the conservation charity Tusk, on November 12
Looking at you: This is the moment Scots wildlife photographer Mr Yarrow came face to face with an adult brown bear in the wilds of Alaska
Black and white: Self-taught wildlife photographer Mr Yarrow, who has produced the collection for a new book, took this stunning image of a zebra
Mr Yarrow said: 'As I turned a corner after a walk through the woods, I was met with the sight of an approaching bear 80 yards away.
'"Good afternoon Mr Bear", were my exact words - repeated regularly and louder and louder'
David Yarrow, photographer
'It says little for my general sense of self-preservation that, after the initial shock, I instinctively raised my camera and took one picture - the lack of crispness hints at my fast heartbeat and sense of haste.
'I then did as the safety drill instructed and stood to one side talking loudly to the bear.
'"Good afternoon Mr Bear", were my exact words - repeated regularly and louder and louder with a pronounced elevation in each rendition.
Fighting talk: Among the images in the set by Mr Yarrow are a pair of polar bears confronting each other in Manitoba, Canada
Locked together: Mr Yarrow has travelled to some of the world's remotest destinations and come face to face with deadly animals
Staring: This stunning portrait of a razorback gorilla was taken by the self-taught wildlife photographer who is promoting his new book, Encounter
'In retrospect, it was all rather comical, but the nearest human was at least a mile away.
'Luckily the bear did exactly what we had been assured they tend to do in Katmai and wandered off showing no interest in me whatsoever.
'But it is not the most relaxing way to spend a Sunday afternoon, and not too long after this incident, a photographer elsewhere in Alaska was killed by a bear.'
Encounter by David Yarrow is published by Clearview, in affiliation with the conservation charity Tusk, on November 12.
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