Peek-A-Boo Bear

Gallery: WildlifePosted December 2, 2010128 views3 comments

Another Brown Bear shot from the Crescent Lake area near Lake Clark NP in Alaska. This was taken during a rare sunny moment on our trip and it was still early in the day so the angle was nice. Mom and cub spent a good half hour scavenging salmon just across the river from us before moving downriver and out of sight. What I like about this is that it shows how easily these large animals can disappear into the tall grass that grows along the banks of so many of these Alaskan rivers. C&C always appreciated. Thanks for looking!

Canon EOS 7D
Canon 100-400L @ 360mm
ISO 500, F11, 1/500 sec

Comments

3 comments

Comment posted by Sally King on December 3, 2010 at 11:02 AM

I really like the watchful cub. The light is very good. Low angle is good. Wish mom hadn't chosen to pose in those dead branches but completly out of your control. I really like how the image shows mom and cub interacting.

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Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on December 4, 2010 at 12:45 PM

Joe, I like the positioning of the two individuals and how you have chosen to compose this. It was a good choice to stop down for maximum DOF to get both bears in focus. I do agree that from this image it is not hard to imagine these big bears can disappear easily in that tall grass.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on December 5, 2010 at 1:51 PM

Very natural habitat image, I especially like the little one in the grass. The bears are looking in different directions and are in different poses. I feel you could take just a sliver off the right side to balance the composition just a little more.

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