Black Bear

[Steve Canuel]

40D, 1-400L @ 300mm, f5.6, 1/100s, ISO 800, hand held.

[David Fletcher]

Excellent shot Steve. Love the details and look back. Neat ps work too. Thanks for sharing.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Steve,
Congratulations on your first sighting! I am sure many more will come. I like the details. It is good that the bear turned its head. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Ed Cordes]

Congrats on your first bear image. It is a nice environmental/behavior image. If I were to make a suggestion I would think about cropping some off the bottom to reduce the presence of the OFF leaves.

[DanWalters]

Nice shot. I like the detail in the bear and the eye contact. I also like the red in the tree.

[Morkel Erasmus]

nice one Steve - I like the naughty glance over the shoulder. great colours!

[peter delaney]

well done on this capture.. look forward to seeing more hopefully...

peter

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Wonderful detail in the blacks and a great pose. Big congratulations Steve.

[Steve Canuel]

Thanks for the comments and suggestions.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Steve, I like your control on the blacks, showing good detail. Good looking animal, and love the slight glimpse he's giving you. Serious question - as Im not familiar with bears, How can you walk in his presence and not be attacked. Is it only certain bears that one doesnt venture out in their presence, eg Grislies? I presumed man and bear dont go together.

[Steve Canuel]

Hi Steve, I like your control on the blacks, showing good detail. Good looking animal, and love the slight glimpse he's giving you. Serious question - as Im not familiar with bears, How can you walk in his presence and not be attacked. Is it only certain bears that one doesnt venture out in their presence, eg Grislies? I presumed man and bear dont go together.

Thanks for the comments Stuart. Black bears are for the most part quite secretive. I've had one approach me and stand up on his back legs but he was sniffing the air trying to figure out what I was. All the others I've encountered ran away/climbed trees as soon as they saw/heard me. They do have occasional instances of predatory black bears but they are pretty rare. Mother's with cubs are another story but even they aren't likely to attack unless you surprise them or threaten the cubs. Hiking in areas with grizzlies requires some extra precautions, as to my understanding they are more likely to attack if surprised, rather than flee. We don't have grizzlies here so I don't have to worry about them.

[Stu Bowie]

Hey thanks Steve. Interesting reading, and Ive learnt something. There again, any wild animal mother and cubs/babies is a no no. Dont ever separate an elephant and their calfs. You may not get away in one piece, even in your car, where you should have been anyway. Cheers.

[Harshad Barve]

lovely pose with nice details,
TFS