Dominant male bear

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Posted by Edwin kats on August 23, 2009 at 9:38 AM

Not much into photography right now but still a lot of unprocessed images in my archives. I was looking trough the bear files and came across this one. A dominant male scratching a tree to mark his territory. Quite far away so I cropped this image by about 20%.

iso 200 1/60 sec. f/5.6

Edwin Kats

Posted by Patrick De Paepe on August 23, 2009 at 11:38 AM

Hi Edwin,

Like the composition and the light, a bit pity of the branches of the tree in the foreground.
BTW congrats with your youngest fellow photographer...

Posted by Mark Davies on August 23, 2009 at 12:01 PM

Ah! both them B*&^%$D's together .One from Holland the other Belgian .Nothing like a bit of good old anglo/ euro relation building ! B&^$£*D's all on them. Can't trust them one bit you know . Claim they get nothing and.....LOL
I can almost feel the relief from that scratch.Nit covered . Nice one.

Posted by David Taylor on August 23, 2009 at 1:46 PM

A very nice behavioural shot of the bear in its environment.

Posted by Peter Edge on August 23, 2009 at 2:10 PM

Avery nice beast in habitat scene. I would have removed the tripod from the foreground but a nice shot.
Pete

Posted by Edwin kats on August 23, 2009 at 2:21 PM

Thanks guys,

I know about the A-shaped tree but it's just part of the scene. Not only do they scratch but they also break down little trees to mark their scent and show their strenght. It's just part of their natural habitat.

cheers,

Edwin Kats

Posted by Austin Thomas on August 23, 2009 at 4:03 PM

Very nice behavioral image Edwin,

tfs

Austin

Posted by David Kjaer on August 23, 2009 at 5:27 PM

Hi Edwin

Well composed and I love the bear's posture!

David

Posted by Lewis Thomson on August 23, 2009 at 6:00 PM

Hi Edwin,

Great shot, love the habitat shown, the bushes don't worry me much! Nice one!

Cheers,

Lewis.

Posted by Richard Peters on August 24, 2009 at 3:14 AM

I've got to be honest this one doesn't do much for me I'm afraid - not sure what it is but it just doesn't hold my attention. Maybe it's the branches in the foreground, I'm not sure though, just can't quite put my finger on it

Posted by PhilH on August 24, 2009 at 5:57 AM

Like Richard I cannot quite put my finger on why this doesn't work for me either, perhaps the image is too busy... I find my eye is drawn around rather than to the subject.... I guess a lot is personal preference.

Posted by Lee Newman on August 24, 2009 at 6:22 PM

A fine image of this bear showing its surroundings.
good behaviour too.
Lee

Posted by Brett Lewis on August 25, 2009 at 2:51 PM

All been mentioned but it really is a good behaviour shot and very well captured at that.

Kind regards,

Brett