HIGHLY COMMENDED CATEGORY HUMAN AND NATURE
Geoffrey Reynaud | Threatened by the highway

Name: Geoffrey Reynaud 
Picture title: Threatened by the highway
Category: Human and nature
Nationality: I’m originally from France, but I’ve been living in Canada for more than a decade now.
Occupation: Part-time photographer. Senior visual effect artist creating CGI special effects for the cinema industry.

Technical information
Camera: Sony a1, sony a7III, sony a7rIII
Lens: sony 100-400, sony 24-70, sony 200-600
EXIF: from slow to fast shutter speed depending on the image. Mostly high ISO due to the lack of light in winter at this latitude.
Accessories: Tripod, motion sensor, and iPhone for remote triggering

Geoffrey Reynaud​ says:

Every year a small herd of the threatened wood Bison in northern British Columbia suffer from road collision. When winter arrives, sometimes the snow is so deep the Wood Bison herds that inhabit the forest along the Alaska Highway tend to use the free-of-snow highway to move from one grazing area to another. Their journey is difficult, and many bison will succumb to the traffic. Records show that annually about 15 percent of the population in the region dies as a result of these collisions. Throughout my journeys into northern Canada, I encountered numerous distressing roadkill incidents as I ventured along this same highway. The devastating fate suffered by these magnificent creatures deeply saddened me and sparked a profound reflection, prompting me to return to this region with a renewed purpose – to intimately document the impact of this highway on this wood bison population. To capture the incredible story of the bison while ensuring their welfare and my safety, I implemented a variety of techniques. Remote triggering allowed me to photograph the bison from a safe distance without disturbing their behavior. In addition, motion sensor-triggered cameras were placed in key locations. I also utilized a drone for aerial perspectives.