Bear Tracks

Gallery: LandscapePosted February 12, 2011647 views12 comments

It seems people are placing images like this in the landscape section instead of close-up and macro section. So I will follow the herd.

Fall leaves and bear tracks, Eagle River, Chugach State Park, Alaska.

Hard to tell if they are black or brown bear. Can't trust tracks along the silty shoreline, they tend to get distorted. The left one is a rear and the right a front.

Carl
www.photographalaska.com

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12 comments

Comment posted by Richard Hartmann on February 12, 2011 at 1:28 PM

Bear tracks cool…..

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on February 12, 2011 at 2:53 PM

Looks like they did an abrupt right turn!

They're obviously pretty big tracks based on the size of the leaves. I like the how the color of the leaves really pops against the darker mud. Very nice Carl.

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Comment posted by Carl Battreall on February 12, 2011 at 3:19 PM

Thanks Bill, The whole area was covered with tracks. These are different tracks going different directions. There's a moose track bottom left, a brave soul to be wandering these parts when salmon are running.

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Comment posted by Paul Marcellini on February 12, 2011 at 3:45 PM

Interesting intimate Carl. I may prefer a touch more contrast in the mud to enhance the texture but otherwise a fine image.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on February 12, 2011 at 6:13 PM

Brave soul indeed Carl. Wonderful intimate image. I like the contrast of the leaves against the dark mud.

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Comment posted by Daniel Rappaport on February 12, 2011 at 7:22 PM

Nicely captured; great combination of naturalist interest and solid composition.

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on February 13, 2011 at 1:52 AM

Outstanding, Carl. Love the birch leaves and how they give wonderful contrast to the mud, and give some idea of the size of the tracks. Nicely done.

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Comment posted by Raymond D Smith on February 13, 2011 at 10:04 AM

The colour of the mud contrasts nicely with the leaves Carl. A real nice find. Cheers

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Comment posted by Paul Wegemann on February 13, 2011 at 10:46 AM

This is really nice, Carl. I love the color contrasts here.

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on February 13, 2011 at 6:48 PM

Great find! Looks like the bear wasn't sure wich way it was going.

Chris

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on February 13, 2011 at 6:55 PM

Love the colors here with the leaves and that black mud. The tracks just give me the shivers. You don't think he was trying to confuse you and in fact was really tracking you, do you?

Beautiful shot.

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Comment posted by Rafael Rojas on February 15, 2011 at 3:35 AM

Great juxtaposition of natural elements in just one shot. One can imagine things too...i saw a face with tears from the thumbnails! Well done!

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