It's been a while since I had anything to post. Been super busy with work and haven't shot anything for a long time. Spent 2 1/2 days on the road to get to Yellowstone, so I thought I would post an image from last Spring to get into the swing of things.
This is an image of a huge male bear who was on a hot pursuit of a female. The female took him on a courtship ritual that may take a few days to test his endurance and fit to be the father of her cubs. There were a good 30 photographers waiting for them to come out of the wood about 1/2 mile up the road. We took our chances to move down the road near a bridge where our guide thought the bears may cross. As soon as we set up our tripods, first the female popped out of the wood across from where we were standing, then a minute or two later, the huge male bear. He stood up on his hind legs to look for her. He turned one way and then the other as if saying to himself "Where did she go?"
Canon 1DX II
600 f4 II + 1.4X III
1/1250
f5.6
ISO-800
Induro Tripod, RRS Ball Head
Shot landscape, cropped for vertical.
Removed his ear tag.
Hope you like it.
Merry Christmas Everyone
Loi