Jaime Johnson
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Asher Kelman
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Jaime,
It's one thing photographing bears and risking your life in the process, it's another actually getting a well composed shot of bears showing behavior that has an affinity for our own feelings of kinship.
This trio is one of your best! Kudos. I hope yo have one with the cub's face too? Or maybe that's pushing it too far just to hang around for that? Were you on flat ground or on a river bank shooting down, I cant quite make out the angle. BTW, where would you rin?
Asher
It's one thing photographing bears and risking your life in the process, it's another actually getting a well composed shot of bears showing behavior that has an affinity for our own feelings of kinship.
This trio is one of your best! Kudos. I hope yo have one with the cub's face too? Or maybe that's pushing it too far just to hang around for that? Were you on flat ground or on a river bank shooting down, I cant quite make out the angle. BTW, where would you rin?
Asher
Peter Fitzpatrick
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Wonderful photo, know it must have been difficult to capture
Tom Robbins
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Jaime,
Your image is beautifully captured and beautifully processed. The subtle tones combined with incredible detail is an accomplishment.
Tom
Your image is beautifully captured and beautifully processed. The subtle tones combined with incredible detail is an accomplishment.
Tom
Charlotte Thompson
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Jaime
Beautiful!
the grace of the couple with
the cub is just exceptional! what a charming catch-so clear -
Charlotte-
Beautiful!
the grace of the couple with
the cub is just exceptional! what a charming catch-so clear -
Charlotte-
Jaime Johnson
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There is some risk photographing the bears, but really not as much as one might expect. On this trip, we didn't have guns or bear spray. We carried one bear flare (like a road flare) that would burn the bear if it attacked. We were two miles from our boat with nowhere to run. We see the bears at a distance and set up our gear (tripods, etc.). After an hour or so, they decided to approach our location and then proceeded to go about their lives in a meadow right in front of us.
There are only two bears in the photograph -
I spend a bunch of time around grizz and forget most people don't ever see them in the wild! I've attached another outtake of this encounter that shows that there are only two bears. I have several sow/cub encounters that I'll eventually get around to posting..
Boars are really aggressive this time of year. Often popping their jaws, drooling and urinating on themselves as they walk. They often do the "cowboy walk" to show their superiority. A sow would never let them near her cubs. Boars kill the cubs frequently - sows will fight to the death to keep them away from her babies. There are several theories on why they kill the cubs, to bring the sow back into heat, to keep only his lineage and stop other boars... etc. I'm not sure why it happens, I believe that some boars just enjoy predation - they learn to kill cubs and just do it because it is what they do..
In this encounter, the boar (who is really aggressive towards others) nurtures and follows the female for several hours. He treats he with tenderness and gives her tons of attention. Eventually she let him breed her. The actual process of breeding takes between 45 and 60 minutes. Again, I have several images..
ISO 400
f4.5
1/320th
Canon 1D Mark III / Canon f4 500mm
There are only two bears in the photograph -
I spend a bunch of time around grizz and forget most people don't ever see them in the wild! I've attached another outtake of this encounter that shows that there are only two bears. I have several sow/cub encounters that I'll eventually get around to posting..
Boars are really aggressive this time of year. Often popping their jaws, drooling and urinating on themselves as they walk. They often do the "cowboy walk" to show their superiority. A sow would never let them near her cubs. Boars kill the cubs frequently - sows will fight to the death to keep them away from her babies. There are several theories on why they kill the cubs, to bring the sow back into heat, to keep only his lineage and stop other boars... etc. I'm not sure why it happens, I believe that some boars just enjoy predation - they learn to kill cubs and just do it because it is what they do..
In this encounter, the boar (who is really aggressive towards others) nurtures and follows the female for several hours. He treats he with tenderness and gives her tons of attention. Eventually she let him breed her. The actual process of breeding takes between 45 and 60 minutes. Again, I have several images..
ISO 400
f4.5
1/320th
Canon 1D Mark III / Canon f4 500mm
Gary Ayala
New member
Good Job.
Gary
Gary
Steve Robinson
New member
That's a really nice family portrait. It's great to see them in their natural habitat. Even in Yellowstone bears can get pretty ornery at times and do the unexpected.