Posted by Lightscape (Redondo Beach, United States) on 21 February 2007 in Animal & Insect.
This is the second pciture of this trip. This time instead of one lazy bear sitting on his butt literally, we have three really lazy bears fishing. I say lazy becasue if the fish swimming up stream did not jump into the bears mouth, the bear made no move to catch it. A little left or a little right, the bear let it go by. This was such a cool trip.
thank for sharing, fantastic picture, how close where you?
21 Feb 2007 2:01am
@Dimitrios: I do not know the exact distance, but this was shoot with a 200mm lens. We were pretty close, up on a platform. But I don't think the bears looked over at us once.
Superb moment caught...that's photography!
21 Feb 2007 3:10am
@badala: Thank you. It was also an experience of a life time.
Wonderful natural moment! Love the trio effect.
21 Feb 2007 4:03am
@Manuela Photography: I got lucky, it was one of the few moments tha all three were there.
Good shot!
21 Feb 2007 6:22am
@Victor: Thank you.
"Hmm... didn´t you said this place is full of fish... can´t see none!!!"
Great shot!
21 Feb 2007 7:01am
@Ins@no: The salmon were swimming up stream and trying to jump the falls. They did not always make it the first time. Every now and then a bear got lucky.
I can imagine this was a cool trip. Cool picture too! Great moment.
21 Feb 2007 7:17am
@Yvon: Thank you. I have been to every state in the U.S. except Hawaii, and Alaska was the best of the best. It is a place I would recommend everyone see in their lifetime. And I will be going back.
This is amazing! Great capture. I wonder how close you were as well.
21 Feb 2007 3:02pm
@Lynne: Thank you. We were pretty close. Close enough to shoot this with a 200mm lens.
This is the sort of brilliant shot I have only even seen on programs by David Attenborough ( we have one poor old bear at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, and he sits with his back to the crowds - who can blame him).
21 Feb 2007 3:05pm
@Sidonie: Thank you, but if you take a trip to Katmia Island in Alaska, you will be able to take the same kind of images. And you will not regret it.
Great Shot. Exposure bang on target. Thanks for sharing
22 Feb 2007 6:30am
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