Bear Country

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• bracasha75 (14800)
• [2007-08-19 11:57]
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Hello John
So nice shot from this distance...
If you ask me i came so close,no chance, with a rifle to make shot and not wiht a Olympus..
Very brave
Cheers,Braca
PS I now that this is a park...

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• delic (6574)
• [2007-08-19 12:54]
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Hello John,
That looks like a healthy family. You are right in that grizzlies are easier to photograph in terms of exposure control. You did well though. The polarizer may have increased the contrast, which is not desirable here. Regards,
Hakan

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• kiwi_explorer (12183)
• [2007-08-19 18:31]

Hi John,
I suppose you have to walk briskly in case these bears will take you as easy tucker :) Lovely to see these animals in their relax mode... they look sooo cudly when they are in this state. Well seen and captured. Well done! tfs
Cheers,
Renier

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• gunbud (20064)
• [2007-08-19 18:57]

Hi John,
Very nice look at these magnificent well fed creatures securely behind the fence. They appear to be healthy as they are seen in fine colors and excellent details.
Regards, Tom

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• isabela_sor (34820)
• [2007-08-19 21:42]
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It's funny,we have in Romania a city of bears,named Brasov, because there you can see in the summer time, especially in winter time the families of bears coming to eat directly from rubbish carts :)A real combination of wild life and urban life for bears :)Lovely scene and I wonder how close can you get :)
A nice week

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• happypoppeye (3748)
• [2007-08-20 0:49]

Good catch John. Although in a "bear park" it's not often that you see so many bears in one place at one time. I had to look at it for a few seconds, at first thinking the horizon wasn't straight, but the tree trunks really make it tough to tell and I think you "straightened" in well. Yes, the bears are a bit underexposed but not bad at all...

Your note reminds me of one experience a few years back. I was about 10 miles off the road, plus about 100 yards off the trail, in Kootenay NP up on the border of BC & Alberta. Just sitting in a flower filled valley, next to a swift running stream of bright blue glacier water, taking photos of the landscape...and I turn around to see a grizzly staring right at me from across the stream...now, I have seen grizzlies in a zoo, but to be alone, in the forests of BC and have one staring you down from about 20 yards...is, well, different. The first thing I did was clap the legs of my tripod together and spin the bottom grommets so all the sharp points were sticking out, than got up slowly and started walking to the trail backwards...slowly...and when I got to the trail, basically jogged for about a mile before feeling semi safe...and looked over my shoulder all the way home...didn't even think of taking a picture!!!....good times, thanks for the memories. - and why I did that with my tripod - I was young, I could fight off a big grizzly, hell, those little points were at least 1/8 of an inch long. Hahhhaaaaa, again - thanks for the memories.

Sorry for the long story that has nothing to do with the photo.
I guess the moral of the story is - you got the shot, I didn't.
Great work.
John

- and I do like the second WS also, but think, overall the original and other WS are pretty close. Maybe a bit more "technical" correctness to the WS but their still both very good. John

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• UnTrained (0)
• [2007-08-20 2:50]

Hi John,
I like all three of them as they all have a unique impression. The playing one alone, the leaving three and this group as the most astonishing, because regularly they live alone, don't they? The best composed is the playing one for me.
Lieben Gruss, Ulf

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• evanrizo (772)
• [2007-08-20 3:16]
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Hi John!
Can you go so clear to them?!
I like bears very much, I never seen a bear so close, only in photos.
Very good cropped with very good light.
Cheers
Evan
later...

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• vinu (129)
• [2007-08-20 14:52]
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Hi John.
Brave ...You are very brave to be there so near.
Good shot.
Regards,
vinushka

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• jurek1951 (17981)
• [2007-08-20 21:11]

Hi John,
very nice picture! Godd compo and DOF,wonderful scene,Beautiful composition with nice colours,
Georg

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• pboehringer (19600)
• [2007-08-21 8:26]

John, that would have been definitively an interesting walk ... through these bear infested place :-)
I'm sure that you would not have come outof this place intact. Nice documentary snapshot of the place. Also sad to see this beautiful animal locked up in what was original its free habitat.
Regards, Peter

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• danyy (54821)
• [2007-08-24 2:15]
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Hello John,
rares les photos d'ours, il est vrai que les approcher est chose dangereuse. Je te trouve donc très courageux, d'avoir pris cette photo pour la partager avec nous.
Une photo bien sympa , ils ont l'air si calmes.

Regards,
Daniel.

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• rigoletto (23298)
• [2007-08-25 5:02]

Hi John :)
So charming photo of this group of Teddy Bears.
The group seems to enjoy themselves and posing for you.
It is true prelude to the afternoon of a group of bears :))
Cheers,
Deniz

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• Polonaise (18025)
• [2007-09-07 5:11]
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Is it even humanly possible not to love this picture ?

Thrill of an emotion...

Calmness and relax of having them - the wild life- still around us.
Well and kicking.

Thanks John, for this beauty

george

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• Greg1949 (6208)
• [2007-09-17 18:08]

John, four years ago we took our grand sons out to Mt Rushmore and of course we went through this park, and they loved it. Nice shots you have here and thanks for causing thoughts of our tri to surface again.

Greg