Field Notes

First-hand accounts from the journeys: the waiting, the watching and the moments that made the wait worthwhile.

Photo: Dilan Jayawickrama

Alaska

Where the bears wait, how the light moves across the water, and how to be ready one second before they move.

Sri Lanka

Why the best sighting of the season came after every other jeep had driven away.

Kenya

What changes when the lens sits at the height of the waterline, and why a low angle gives elephants back their scale.