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Alaskan Coastal Brown Bear

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Posted by John Swift on March 18, 2006 at 2:50 PM
Alaskan Coastal Brown Bear
D1x, 300-800 @ 800mm, ISO400, 1/1600 @ f5.6, incident, C1 pro, NN
One of the outstanding memories of my life.
Posted by Vincent Jones on March 18, 2006 at 3:05 PM
My god was this bear heading straight for you :eek: If it was & if I were you I would of definately needed to change me pants:biggrin:

What an amazing capture, greatly exposed & framed to :toast:
Posted by Tom_W on March 18, 2006 at 3:33 PM
Very impressive, but would have been more so if it was @300mm :wink:

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Posted by David Kjaer on March 18, 2006 at 3:52 PM
Wow John that is pretty impressive!

David :toast: :toast:
Posted by Philip Kirkham on March 18, 2006 at 4:38 PM
Hello John
Now that's what I call an action shot - superb.
Best wishes
Phil :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Justin on March 18, 2006 at 5:01 PM
Great stuff :eek: :toast:
Posted by Graeme Lee on March 18, 2006 at 7:32 PM
WOW!!! :jump: :toast:

Can't say anymore than that!

Graeme
Posted by Tim Munsey on March 19, 2006 at 2:28 AM
Yeah superb, great action shot, love to see it big must be so impressive.

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Tim
Posted by Simon Hawtin on March 19, 2006 at 3:58 AM
Hi John
Super shot - great action. :toast:
Posted by Clive_S on March 19, 2006 at 4:04 AM
You've gotta love this one. Love those huge claws. :rolleyes:
Posted by Dave Courtenay on March 19, 2006 at 6:05 AM
Great stuff John,Full of action,i like the crop,The frozen water really adds to the shot
Posted by John Chapman on March 19, 2006 at 7:41 AM
Hi John
a terrific action shot of the Bear. Quite right to be at the 800mm end of Lens!
John
Aberdeen :wavey:
Posted by Rob Ashton on March 19, 2006 at 7:56 AM
Absolutely superb shot of an advancing bear. The reason I don't go shooting these is that I only have a 400mm and that ain't long enough for me :eek:

Well done.

Rob :toast:
Posted by Malcolm Muir on March 19, 2006 at 9:46 AM
What can one say - absolutely outstanding. I can feel the adrenaline just looking at the photo.

Malcolm
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Posted by John Swift on March 19, 2006 at 10:57 AM
Thanks for the comments chaps, much appreciated.
Posted by Colin Pickett on March 19, 2006 at 5:10 PM
Stunning image.

Regards :toast: :toast:
Posted by PhilH on March 20, 2006 at 4:15 AM
Nothing more to add... simply outstanding.. hope you are considering entering it in WPOY....

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Posted by Mark sellings on March 20, 2006 at 9:54 AM
yep, nothing original from me and no nits - simply outstanding action shot
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Mark
Posted by writepic on March 20, 2006 at 11:21 AM

superb on all fronts......did you get any wide angle shots when it was biting your arm?

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