my west tiger lover

Lin Yu, 26 years old, as a professional photographer of wildlife documentaries, traveled all over the world to the South African savannah and the Amazon jungle.The felines he has photographed are countless, ranging from small African wild cats to large tigers and lions.

Whenever he sees these cute big cats appearing in his camera, countless pink bubbles rise in his heart.

That's right, pink bubbles.

Lin Yu could have chosen a more relaxed studio photography job after graduating from university, but because of his love for big cats, he ignored his parents' opposition and chose to be a wildlife documentary photographer. Certainly dangerous work.

But also because of his serious big cat control heart, he can endure the difficult environment that other photographers can't bear, and took some extremely precious and beautiful shots, so in just a few years, he has accumulated a good reputation in the industry .

In the past few years, he has successively photographed many rare and endangered big cats, but there is one kind of big cat that he always wants to photograph—the Siberian tiger.

The largest living cat is on the brink of extinction because of poachers.And because of the surreptitious whereabouts of this kind of tiger and its vast territory, in recent decades, although photographers have tried their best, they have not been able to capture a few shots of wild western tigers.

Lin Yu's lifelong dream is to be able to produce a Xihu documentary composed entirely of footage shot by himself.For this dream, he has been working hard to save money to buy better equipment.

At an accidental photographer exchange meeting, he learned that this winter he had captured a short shot of wild Siberian tigers in the forests of Siberia.The fire of excitement in Lin Yu's heart immediately ignited.

As an activist, he immediately took care of everything within a month, and sneaked to Russia without telling his parents.Because Russia is in a high latitude area, even if it is summer now, it will not be very hot.But filming Xihu is a job that tests endurance. Lin Yu is ready to fight until winter, so he even prepared winter clothes.

With full of enthusiasm, Lin Yu ran to the big forest in Siberia with the equipment on his shoulders.

Siberia's forests are vast and vast. Although they are not as vibrant as tropical rainforests, high-latitude coniferous forests still occupy one-third of the land and are an integral part of the entire earth's ecology.

Because it was still summer, the forest was still full of greenery, and the rare warmth made some small animals go out to look for food.On the first day when he came to step on the site, Lin Yu saw a few little squirrels running through the big trees. These little furry guys were busy giving birth in the short summer.

After communicating with the locals in broken English, Lin Yu finally hired a Russian assistant who could communicate well.In order to shoot Xihu, he was already preparing to set up camp in the forest on the mountain, so someone had to send him the daily supplies up the mountain.It is summer now, and the snow on the mountain has melted. It is still easy to go up the mountain to deliver things, but in winter, when the forest is covered with heavy snow, it will be the real test for Lin Yu.

But for now, enjoy this rare leisure time.

Going up the mountain is not so easy, because you may encounter dangerous wild animals such as wolves and bears, as well as various emergencies. In order to ensure your own safety as much as possible, Lin Yu must be fully prepared.

In the first week in Russia, he did not settle down in the mountains, but went into the forest with the locals during the day to familiarize himself with the environment.

He is going to build a small camp for himself, a small camp that can meet daily needs.Then he also needs to determine where the camera will be fixed.

During the scouting, he found some tiger droppings. Although the droppings were not the freshest, it could be seen that they had been here for no more than a week.

In other words, this place is infested with tigers.God knows that Lin Yu was so excited that his heart was about to jump out.So he, who loves cats eagerly, decisively chose to set up camp on a highland not far away.This highland is a small cliff with a wide view, but there are forests on both sides as cover. It is difficult for large carnivores to find the small house covered by layers of branches, but they are very likely to pass through this place.

After all, there are quite a lot of elk in this area.

The place on the cliff is limited. In order not to be conspicuous, the hut that Lin Yu built was as small as possible, just enough to fit a bed and a table.Anyway, he doesn't need to start a fire to cook. As for the physical problem, maybe he can bring a urinal up in winter. After all, if he solves the problem in the field in the weather of minus [-] degrees, he may get frostbite.

After carrying all the equipment, his arduous squatting life officially began.He first installed cameras in the places where tiger droppings were found last time, as well as in places where elk frequented.As for other places, he is not in a hurry, he can install it while looking for the excrement of the tiger's paw print.

The summer in Russia is comfortable and comfortable. Compared with the temperature in China, which is always close to [-] degrees, this place is simply a paradise, and surrounded by green forests, the air is much fresher.

Such a comfortable environment made Lin Yu's work a lot easier.Although in the first week, none of his cameras captured images of tigers, and he didn't even see a few deer.But Lin Yu was not discouraged. He always believed in the saying that where there is a will, there is a way.

Life in the forest is boring. Every day during the day, he travels through the mountains looking for any possible traces of tigers. Because there is no snow in this season, it is difficult to find tiger paw prints. He can only look for tigers on tree trunks. scratches.At night, in order to avoid attracting wild animals, he could only light a small candle and curl up on the small bed to check the images recorded during the day.

Talking with his best friend every day has become his only pleasure.

Chen Xinran was his college classmate and became a wildlife photographer after graduation, but the animals he photographed were mostly flying in the sky.

When he learned that he was going to Russia to photograph tigers, Chen Xinran joked whether he was going to marry a Siberian tiger.But to be honest, Chen Xinran still admired Lin Yu's perseverance. At least he thought he couldn't compare to Lin Yu's persistence. If he was to stay alone in the forest for a few months, he would be crazy.

Before coming, Chen Xinran reminded Lin Yu to pay attention to safety. After all, he was in the wild. He was alone without other people's help, and he was almost waiting to die if he was exposed to carnivores.

Unarmed human beings are insignificant grains of sand in nature.

And it's not just animals that Lin Yu has to be careful of, but also his kind - poachers.It can be said that his status in this forest is no different from those elk gnawing leaves outside.

After the routine video with Chen Xinran, Lin Yu was about to blow out the candles and go to sleep.

Suddenly, a huge tiger's howl resounded through the sky, and Lin Yu, who was still a little sleepy, suddenly woke up.Before he had time to get dressed, he casually approved a coat and ran out.

He ran to his observatory and checked the situation with binoculars.

The roar of the tiger was so clear that Lin Yu was sure that the tiger must be not far away.But in the absence of artificial lighting, the telescope was dark, damn it, he thought that the eyes of cats would reflect light at night, and he could rely on this to find the tiger.

But the tiger didn't know if he had practiced some kind of invisibility, and there was no trace of it in his line of sight.

In the end, Lin Yu could only pat the door frame in frustration. This roller coaster mood was really unpleasant.

Early the next morning, he went out to look for the marks left by the tiger. Sure enough, on a tree under the cliff, he found the scratches left by the tiger.

Lin Yu was really taken aback when he learned that the tiger was right under his feet. He didn't expect that he was so close to the tiger.

Then, he followed the unclear tiger paw prints and walked all the way forward.Lin Yu, who was already addicted to it, didn't realize how dangerous it was for him to do so. If he had a face-to-face collision with the tiger, he would be killed in all likelihood.

But what was disappointing again was that his footsteps stopped in front of a small river, and Lin Yu was exhausted after searching all the way. He sat down on a rock by the bank, looking at the gurgling stream and sighing heavily .

"Really, are you playing hide and seek with me?"

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