Close encounter of the bear kind

Spinner of TalesSpinner of Tales Registered Users Posts: 528 Major grins
edited June 28, 2010 in Wildlife
I was in my blind this afternoon trying to get some photos of the fawns at my place when this guy showed up and decided to take a short siesta near me. :rolleyes

Spinner

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  • snowman1snowman1 Registered Users Posts: 272 Major grins
    edited June 27, 2010
    Wow, not often you get a a chance for a capture like that. great work.


    Doug



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  • rtronickrtronick Registered Users Posts: 22 Big grins
    edited June 27, 2010
    What a nice surprise! Great shots.

    Randy T
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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited June 27, 2010
    The treatment on the 2nd shot works for me.

    Wonderful captures! thumb.gif
  • ThwackThwack Registered Users Posts: 487 Major grins
    edited June 28, 2010
    Love that second shot! Nicely done.
  • WillCADWillCAD Registered Users Posts: 722 Major grins
    edited June 28, 2010
    Holy Smokey! That's a rare opportunity. I love #2; it's like he knew you were there and was posing just for the shot.

    How far away was he? Were you trapped in the blind for a while?
    What I said when I saw the Grand Canyon for the first time: "The wide ain't wide enough and the zoom don't zoom enough!"
  • Spinner of TalesSpinner of Tales Registered Users Posts: 528 Major grins
    edited June 28, 2010
    How far away was he? Were you trapped in the blind for a while?

    Thanks everyone I am glad you like the photos and appreciate the posts.
    The photo was shot at the edge of a meadow roughly 500 yds from my home. I keep a narrow edge mowed near the woodline which gives me a good place to set my blind up.
    This event took in the neighborhood of fifteen minutes to complete from when the bear appeared, plopped down for a nap and left. Had it not been for my neighbor starting my way with his tractor who knows how long I would have had to set in that blind. The second photo is when the bear heard the tractor start and he raised his head to look toward it.
    The bear was no more than sixty yards from me at any given time.
    The wind was in my favor also, it was very windy and that helped to cover the shutter noise allowing me to get 95 photos.

    Spinner
    http://spinneroftalesphotography.com/
  • Dennis KaczorDennis Kaczor Registered Users Posts: 2,413 Major grins
    edited June 28, 2010
    Nice captures, and I really like the second image and the effect that you used on that image
    Regards - Dennis

    Dennis Kaczor Photography
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