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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Bison, deer, foxes, and hares bathe, hunt, and play in his photos, living their wild lives. However, it wasn\u2019t these animals that brought Viacheslav Mishchenko global recognition, but snails. A photograph of a snail earned him awards in two categories at the prestigious International Photography Awards in 2014, and a book featuring his snail photography was published in Japan. Japanese publishers hailed him as a brilliant Ukrainian photographer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Viacheslav Mishchenko lives in Berdychiv, Ukraine. By day, he is a dental technician at a military hospital. Often, on the same day, he is also a wildlife photographer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Coming home from the hospital, slightly breathless and busy, Viacheslav eagerly tells us about his passion \u2014 photography.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text]\n

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Sunrise in Rudnia-Horodyshche, Zhytomyr region. Photo by Viacheslav Mishchenko<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n [vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Immersion in the Microcosm: How Mushroom Picking Can Change a Life<\/b><\/h2>\n

\u2014 Where was your latest photoshoot?<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2014 Yesterday, I went to the forest with my grandchildren. We found some mushrooms \u2014 honey fungus and oyster mushrooms. Oyster mushrooms are unusual, and I wanted to photograph them… and I found some! I love foraging. My father got me \u201chooked\u201d on it. He was an avid mushroom picker who made me a small basket and took me along to gather mushrooms.<\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s what got me into macro photography. While mushroom-picking with my father, I\u2019d see bugs, spiders, and snails moving about… It was so interesting for me as a child! This love for the micro-world has stayed with me ever since.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text]\n

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An ant on a flower. Photo by Viacheslav Mishchenko<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n [vc_column_text]My overall love for nature also came from my father. He was a mathematician by training, but in Berdychiv, he took courses and began teaching drawing, crafts, and drafting at school. He also worked as a freelance school photographer, so I witnessed the magic of photography as a child. He bought me my first small camera, a Smena, when I was ten years old \u2014 that\u2019s when my long journey in photography began.<\/span><\/p>\n

Then came the era of digital photography, but I didn\u2019t have a camera. Instead, I painted. It was a joy for me! I became the head of the Vernisazh Union of Independent Artists and Folk Craftsmen and led it for 11 years (2002\u20132013).<\/span><\/p>\n

One day, a friend sent me a camera \u2014 a Fujifilm \u2014 simply as a gift. That\u2019s when it all clicked! I began taking a lot of photos, especially macro shots. I\u2019d go to the forest and spend hours photographing.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text]\n

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A lizard among mushrooms. Photo by Viacheslav Mishchenko<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n [vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

On Land<\/b><\/h2>\n

\u2014 How do you find wild animals to photograph?<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2014 Whether I\u2019m photographing a deer or a snail, I first study the area where the animal is likely to be.<\/span><\/p>\n

Most of the time, I set up<\/span> A blind is a shelter used by hunters or nature photographers.\r\n<\/span>blinds<\/span> made of branches or camouflage netting. Sometimes, I pitch a tent and cover it with something. Occasionally, I shoot from my car or hide in a cornfield.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text]\n

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A blind<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n [vc_column_text]For example, let me tell you how I tracked black storks. I photographed them in Bystryk, a village near Berdychiv. It\u2019s very convenient for me to go there because I live on the edge of the city. <\/span>I brew some coffee, get in the car, and by the time I reach the location, I\u2019ve finished my coffee.<\/b> There are many lakes here, each home to its own birds. Over the past 15 years, I\u2019ve come to know their nests and feeding spots.<\/span><\/p>\n

Black storks are very rare. They build their nests far from people. Before migrating, they feed at lakes in Bystryk to gain some strength. In the summer, I saw them in the fields. I knew they\u2019d stay for 10\u201312 days before leaving, but I couldn\u2019t find the lake where they were feeding.<\/span><\/p>\n

Storks like to visit lakes at dawn and sunset, and then, they can spend the rest of the day in the fields. I drove around the lakes for several days until I finally found them.<\/span><\/p>\n

One evening, I prepared a spot where I could lie down. I brought a mat and camouflage netting. It\u2019s the kind our soldiers use to cover tanks. I added a few branches on top so I could see the birds, but they couldn\u2019t see me. Even the slightest movement makes them flee. <\/span>If they spot you, one screeches, and they\u2019re gone.<\/b><\/p>\n

The next morning, I left at 5 a.m., parked my car far away so they wouldn\u2019t hear it, and made my way to the blind. Ideally, you arrive before dawn, while it\u2019s still dark. I waited in the forest, wondering\u2014will they come, or won\u2019t they?<\/span>[\/vc_column_text]\n

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UAnimals Rescue Team Waits Donations Like Viacheslav Waits For Black Storks<\/p>\n

Before heading to frontline areas, UAnimals rescuers wonder also wonder whether they\u2019ll catch them or not. Their question pertains to Russian shells and the donations they rely on to buy fuel.<\/span><\/p>\n

Help answer at least one of these questions \u2014 support their next rescue mission.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Donate to evacuate animals<\/div>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n [vc_column_text]\u2014 Have you encountered any other rare animals besides storks?<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2014 There\u2019s the largest butterfly in Europe \u2014 the great peacock moth (<\/span>Saturnia pyri<\/span><\/i>). Its wingspan is 15 centimeters. I\u2019ve photographed it. There have also been bison. I made a special trip to Brody in the Lviv region to photograph them. Next year, I\u2019m planning to head to the Belarusian border to photograph capercaillie, which are also rare.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014 How did you photograph the fox cubs?<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2014 It was early May. I saw the vixen once, then a second time\u2026 Sometimes she\u2019d be carrying fish, other times she had a mouthful of mice. If she\u2019s carrying food, it means she has cubs. So I started looking for the den. You need sandy soil and a kind of slope. And I found it! She had made her den so well that you wouldn\u2019t notice it unless you were looking carefully. But it was very close to the village\u2026 Nearby, there was a cornfield, which is a perfect hiding spot for a fox. Corn is good for hunting birds that land there.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I arrived when she wasn\u2019t around and spotted the cubs first. They were curious about me and started coming out of the den. If the vixen hadn\u2019t returned, they would have approached me and cuddled up to me.<\/span><\/p>\n

But she <\/strong>caught my scent, yelped, and the cubs hid in the den! They didn\u2019t come out again until she returned and yelped once more. I spent three hours sitting there with my camera, but it was all in vain.<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

However, I outsmarted her. She went out hunting, and I started bringing chicken wings to the den. The cubs would come out just a little, and I photographed them.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text]\n

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Fox cubs. Photo by Viacheslav Mishchenko<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n [vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

On the Water and in the Water<\/b><\/h2>\n

\u2014 Do you often have to go into the water to take photos?<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2014 Yes, because many <\/span>birds<\/span><\/a> live on the water. There\u2019s the great crested grebe \u2014 a very photogenic bird. Their courtship rituals are fascinating. Then there are bee-eaters and kingfishers, which are so colorful! Just this November, I saw a kingfisher at a pond, even though it was cold, and they usually aren\u2019t around by then. There are also swans here \u2014 two pairs with their young. They fight for dominance on the lake: the stronger one chases off the weaker. There\u2019s also the night heron, or kwak, named after its call: \u201cKwak! Kwak!\u201d I\u2019ve photographed water voles, muskrats, ducks, coots, and herons \u2014 both red, white, and gray.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014 I heard you have a heron friend?<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2014 Yes, I\u2019ve been photographing her for many years. She lets me get very close. I\u2019ve named her Marfa.<\/span><\/p>\n

Marfa always arrives at the same spot first, as if to say, \u201cThis is mine, and I\u2019m not letting anyone else in!\u201d <\/span>If I get too close, Marfa scolds me too.<\/b> One eye keeps an eye on the fish, the other watches me. She sets a certain boundary, and if you cross it, she flies off, returns, and just yells at you. Then you take two or three steps back and sit in a blind, chest-deep in water.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014 Isn\u2019t it cold and wet?<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2014 That\u2019s what waders are for! <\/span>I put on my waders, get in up to my chest, and move through the water.<\/b> Above me, I have a little shelter shaped like an upside-down \u201cU.\u201d I made myself out of foam, plywood, and aluminum poles from an old cot. On top, there\u2019s a canvas cover. Birds are afraid of humans, but if something non-threatening moves through the water, they\u2019re wary at first, but they get used to it.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text]\n

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Viacheslav in his blind made from an old cot<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n [vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

It\u2019s morning, it\u2019s foggy, and you\u2019re in your waders, chest-deep in water, waiting for about an hour for them to arrive. The camera is mounted on a tripod. You are holding it like a machine gun.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Once, I fell in. I was photographing frogs in Polovetske, a village in the Zhytomyr region. It was their mating season, and <\/span>I wanted to get as close to the water as possible to make the shots more impressive<\/b>. <\/span>Well, I fell into the water!<\/b> Thankfully, my equipment wasn\u2019t damaged, but I got soaked. I even got a funny photo out of it, which I titled A Male Dilemma: the frogs are mating, and the male is watching a mosquito with one eye. You can almost see him thinking, \u201cShould I keep mating or grab a snack?\u201d<\/span>[\/vc_column_text]\n

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A Male Dilemma. Photo by Viacheslav Mishchenko<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n [vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Armed with Knowledge and Lenses<\/b><\/h2>\n

\u2014 What do you need to carry when you go on a trip?<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2014 A bunch of lenses, tripods. You can\u2019t do without them; they\u2019re your tools.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014 Have you ever weighed all of that?<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2014 I don\u2019t want to scare myself! I have three standard lenses: one with a long focal length, a macro lens, and a landscape lens. I don\u2019t use ghillie suits much. I bring a mat, sometimes a cushion for the camera. When I prepare a blind, I want it to be comfortable because you might need to sit there for 3\u20134 hours. Birds can fly off and come back, and you have to wait. When I was photographing black storks, a car passed by \u2014 they flew away but returned later. Sometimes they get scared of me too. <\/span>They got close to me. A stork came within six meters of me. It was too close to fit in my lens.<\/b> The moment I moved, all the storks took off.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014 Are there any animals that seem to want to be photographed?<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2014 There aren\u2019t. If you\u2019re photographing a snail, it doesn\u2019t care where it\u2019s crawling. Though <\/span>snails also have character<\/b>. In good weather, they sleep, in damp weather, they crawl \u2014 early in the morning or late in the evening when the dew is heavy. But even then, it\u2019s not always guaranteed you\u2019ll catch them out.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text]\n

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Snails. Photo by Viacheslav Mishchenko<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n [vc_column_text]\u2014 How do you entice a snail to pose?<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2014 That\u2019s a secret. I share those nuances during workshops. These are discoveries I\u2019ve made through work, dreams, and curiosity.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014 Have you learned anything about animals that you didn\u2019t know before?<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2014 Everything was new to me. I\u2019ve photographed bugs whose names I didn\u2019t even know at first.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019m not a biologist! I didn\u2019t know all the birds either. But when you photograph something for the first time, you get curious about what it is.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Whether it\u2019s a ladybug or a praying mantis, it\u2019s good to read up on them. It helps with photography. The same goes for mammals \u2014 deer, foxes.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014 Do you have favorite locations?<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2014 Over 15 years, I\u2019ve explored various places. I know where to go for dragonflies, snails, grebes, or where a heron is waiting for me. It makes photographing easier.<\/span><\/p>\n

Last fall, I went to Dzembronya. I wanted to photograph a bird that lives only by mountain rivers (<\/span>the white-throated dipper, Cinclus cinclus<\/span><\/i>). I took plenty of shots, but not the ones I wanted. You walk along the mountain river searching… but it\u2019s fruitless. That\u2019s what happens when the area is unfamiliar.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text]\n

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Dzembronya. Photo by Viacheslav Mishchenko<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n [vc_column_text]\u2014 What makes a photo stand out?<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2014 The first thing that <\/span>draws attention to a photo is the story<\/b>. <\/span>When there\u2019s some action<\/b> happening. It\u2019s not just a snail \u2014 it\u2019s a snail reaching for a droplet of water, or with a spiderweb in the background, or with an insect or a frog. And if the shot also has beautiful light and a captivating color palette, then you get a masterpiece.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text]\n

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Stylish frog. Photo by Viacheslav Mishchenko<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n [vc_column_text]\u2014 Do you follow any principles when photographing wild animals?<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2014 The main thing is not to harm or disturb the animals. Nature is so fragile, it needs to be protected.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019m against any kind of hunting. These animals \u2014 they\u2019re miracles created by nature.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

By the way, hunting is banned during martial law. And there are more wild animals now! I\u2019ve never seen so many as I do now. In Bystryk, I\u2019ve seen roe deer, even though there\u2019s no large forest there. But I think that once the war ends, they\u2019ll all be killed.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014 Have you encountered poachers?<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2014 It happened in Brody. We saw a car in the forest. I took a picture of the license plate and gave it to the forester. They investigated it, but I don\u2019t know the final result.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text]\n

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Life Full of Adventures<\/b><\/h2>\n

\u2014 What are the most interesting moments you\u2019ve witnessed?<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2014 So many! This year, I captured a fox trying to hunt a hare. That area was also frequented by marsh harriers, particularly young birds. The harriers hunt and then land in the fields to eat. But foxes can smell food from half a kilometer away, so this one liked to drive the harriers off and take their meal.<\/span><\/p>\n

A marsh harrier, a fox, and a hare \u2014 all in one photo. It\u2019s incredibly rare for everything to align like that: the weather, the presence of these birds and animals in the same spot, and me being there! In 15 years, it\u2019s the first time I\u2019ve gotten such lucky shots.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\u2014 Don\u2019t you feel like saying, \u201cForget it!\u201d and giving up?<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2014 Haha, that\u2019s what makes it fun. It\u2019s wonderful to have a dream.<\/span><\/p>\n

I have so many photos of the white heron Marfa \u2014 a million of them! Yet every time she comes, I dream of capturing a shot I haven\u2019t taken before. The fog, the splash of her wings\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\u2014 Deer in June in Bilokorovychi (<\/span>Korosten District, Zhytomyr region<\/span><\/i>). That shoot was tough. The area is swampy, and there were <\/span>so many horseflies and mosquitoes, and they were huge! I thought they\u2019d eat me alive.<\/b> I brought repellent, but you can\u2019t use too much because deer can smell it from afar. And if the wind blows their way\u2026 So you just lie there in the swamp, not moving.<\/span><\/p>\n

Last spring, I had a similar experience photographing buzzards. There were lots of mosquitoes, and it was very hot. Inside the tent, I was sweating buckets!!!<\/span><\/p>\n

Then the bird comes closer \u2014 five or ten meters away. Mosquitoes are sitting on your fingers, on your nose. But you can\u2019t move. You just endure for the sake of a successful shot! Afterwards, you\u2019re so bitten up it\u2019s hard to look at yourself in the mirror.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\u2014 Most people at the hospital know. Although, earlier, I was better known abroad than in Ukraine.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2014, my photo of a snail won the International Photography Awards in the \u201cWildlife\u201d and \u201cDiscovery of the Year\u201d categories. That same year, a book featuring my snail photos was published in Japan. Japanese author Hisui Kotaro wrote Haiku is a genre of Japanese poetry.<\/span>haiku<\/span><\/span> to accompany each of my images.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis warm photo book reminds those of us who rush and bustle daily of the importance of pausing for a moment and feeling gratitude for every day,\u201d reads the book\u2019s description.<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In 2015, I attended the International Nature <\/span>Festival<\/span><\/a> in Namur, Belgium. Filmmakers, amateur naturalists, foresters, and photographers from various countries gather there. That year, King Philippe of Belgium also attended the festival!<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014 Don\u2019t people ask, \u201cHow can you be both a dental technician and an artist?\u201d<\/em><\/b><\/p>\n

\u2014 They say, \u201cHow do you find the time? Here you are photographing animals and insects, and here you\u2019re off to work.\u201d <\/em><\/span>Almost every day, I leave at 5 a.m. to catch the sunrise.<\/b> By 7 a.m., I\u2019m back home, because at 7:45 I head to the hospital.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text]\n

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\u2014 Do you still paint?<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2014 Painting is in another life now. But I\u2019ll return to it because I\u2019ve taken so many beautiful landscape photos of the Zhytomyr region, Dzembronya. It\u2019s the highest-altitude village! There\u2019s an enchanting forest there. I visited it in the fog \u2014 it was magical! I\u2019m setting aside photos that I want to turn into paintings. There are so many amazing places, and I want to immortalize them on canvas.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text]\n

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