Cinnamon Black Bear

Gallery: WildlifePosted July 9, 2010139 views6 comments

This was taken a few days ago close to Mammoth in Yellowstone. This is a portrait of a sow with a single cub. More of the cub later.

Thanks for looking at my picture and for any comment.

50D 100-400
1/500
7.1
ISO 800
FL275 Slight crop

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by June Marie Wingert on July 9, 2010 at 10:10 PM

Wow, the large photo details every hair on this critter. Love the highlights on the bear.
Well done Jack, I really like this pic!

Registered on July 1, 2010, 8 Posts, 137 Comments

Comment posted by Melissa Olsen on July 10, 2010 at 5:01 PM

How fortunate you are to have gotten this capture. Yellowstone is my favorite place on earth and while I have been there many times...I have yet to get this close. The foreground of the bush gives your capture a very dramatic feel.

Registered on July 1, 2010, 4 Posts, 34 Comments

Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on July 11, 2010 at 3:47 AM

This is a very captivating image Jack. It is as if this bear is stalking prey (not sure if bear do that at all) and trying to make herself invisible in the bushes. For that reason I do not mind the nose being hidden at all. I quite like the DOF as is, retaining enough texture in the BG to given a good sense of habitat. The only thing that strikes me is the yellowish color of the bear. I have never seen a wild bear in my life, but compared images I have seen the coat color look so different. Or maybe it's because the bear lives in YELLOWstone?

Registered on February 24, 2006, 504 Posts, 7203 Comments

Comment posted by JACK NEAL on July 11, 2010 at 3:29 PM

Thanks for the kind comments, everyone! Vincent, black bears can be blond, cinnamon or black. This bear was a color phase between blond and cinnamon. In stong sunlight, I have seen her turn almost gold. Her cub is dark brown. She is a joy to see at anytime.

Registered on September 26, 2009, 131 Posts, 554 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on July 12, 2010 at 11:56 PM

This crop makes her feel huge!

Registered on December 9, 2007, 258 Posts, 9892 Comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on July 14, 2010 at 3:59 PM

jack, I like how this gives the feeling of her peeking over the branches at something that caught her interest (hopefully not you for dinner)

. I like your decision to crop this into almost a pano shot. Look forward to seeing the cub shots. How long have you been up in Yellowstone for this year?

Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments