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Polar Bears greeting each other

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Posted by Danny Green on August 29, 2010 at 6:26 AM
Polar Bears greeting each other
I promise I won't post another bear so this is the last one. The story behind the shot has me slightly puzzled. It is an image of Male and Female and they were hanging around a recent seal kill. Now females avoid males at all cost but this pair were very affectionate to each other which I suppose is very rare. So it was great to get intimate images like this. The female was swimming amongst the ice and started to head towards the male, who then greeted her just as she came out of the water. A beautiful moment.

Canon 1D MK1V, 500mm lens, 1.4x Converter, F5.6, 1/500, ISO 200.

Danny :wavey:
Posted by Paul Rosser on August 29, 2010 at 6:34 AM
Another quality image Danny, these are very impressive, big animals.
Regards,
Paul. :wavey:
Posted by John Varley on August 29, 2010 at 7:08 AM
Splendid Danny. :toast: :toast:

John
Posted by Phil Mclean on August 29, 2010 at 8:23 AM
A lovely intimate moment Danny.Super shot.
Hope to see you at Battleby on sunday.

Phil. :toast: :toast:
Posted by Simon Litten on August 29, 2010 at 8:32 AM
Beautiful :toast: Lovely shots on blog, also.

Simon
Posted by keith mitchell on August 29, 2010 at 11:13 AM
Really excellent Danny.
:toast: :toast: :toast:
Keith.
Posted by Edwin kats on August 29, 2010 at 3:59 PM
Superb image. Love it to bits. Could it be brother and sister? Did she have any cubs? Think not. Good stuff mr. Green.

Ed
Posted by Justin on August 29, 2010 at 5:43 PM
An intimate moment perfectly caught :toast: :cool:
Posted by Ian Macdermott on August 29, 2010 at 6:23 PM
Hi Shorty :wavey:

lovely intimate moment captured :toast: :toast:
Posted by Ian Haskell on August 30, 2010 at 5:36 AM
Agree with Jules...I don't mind a few more...its not like we see Polar Bears on the forum everyday of the week. Having said that its a nice moment caught and everything looks spot on.

Ian
Posted by Barrie Courtenay on August 30, 2010 at 11:49 AM
Nice shot Danny

:toast:
Posted by Oscar Dewhurst on August 30, 2010 at 1:57 PM
Fantastic - great intimate moment. :toast:

Oscar :wavey:
Posted by Graham Goddard on August 30, 2010 at 5:49 PM
As said, an intimate moment very well captured.

Excellent work Danny.

Cheers, Graham
Posted by Geoffrey Baker on August 31, 2010 at 5:20 PM
A beautiful moment captured in pixels :smile:
Must have been a wonderful experience.
Well done Danny.

Geoff.