Dining with Black Bears - ISO4000.
It is not everyday you get to sit on a creek bed while a young black bear dines on a chum Salmon a stones throw away. I was blown away while I was photographing salmon in the local creek on Saturday when this bear showed up. Eventually the bear felt comfortable enough to pick a salmon close by to me and then lye down to eat while I sat on the bank. The rapid firing of the shutter got the bears attention and also got me a few sharp images while I sat shaking with adrenaline.
Unfortunately it looks like either the bear found a pot of green paint recently while scavenging in nearby bins or someone took a pot shot at it with a paintball gun - which sadly wouldn't surprise me. This image is more about documenting the moment rather than being a show piece and I am pretty impressed with the IQ at ISO4000.
I went back to the same spot this afternoon and counted that the distance between me and the bear was just shy of 16ft. Still getting over it.
Canon 1d mark IV | 70-200mm F2.8 IS | 175mm | F2.8 | 1/400 | ISO4000 | Manual Mode
Edited in LR and PS CS6
1x round of NR at strength 6 and 1x round of USM sharpening.
P.S I need to call it a night so I apologise for not leaving any comments on other images this evening and I'll be back tomorrow to chip in.







. Still getting over it.
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