The Observer

Gallery: WildlifePosted July 17, 201492 views4 comments

From recent trip to Alberta's fantastic K-Country. I observed this black bear from my car for quite a while before it seemingly turned the tables and sat down to observe me before sauntering off into the woods.
5d mkII
f/2.8 300mm w/1.4 converter
ISO 1600
f/6.3 @ 1/500

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Gary Gulash on July 18, 2014 at 12:14 AM

Cute bear, he really appears to be curious about you. I'm not too sure about the composition here, one the one hand I like the inclusion of the little spruce in the upper right, but I think I might prefer more space in front of the bear and less behind. Have to admit, have lived in Alberta for 25 years but haven't made it to Kananaskis yet...!!!

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on July 18, 2014 at 9:32 AM

Nice capture of this cute guy. Black bears are notoriously difficult to expose correctly. While the body looks a bit dark, the face area has good detail. Love those eyes.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on July 18, 2014 at 9:50 AM

That's a fine looking bear, Brad, in a great setting with all the flowers staring very intensely at you. The larger version starts to let some of the details in it's fur show up, which is a good improvement.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on July 19, 2014 at 6:42 PM

Large version looks pretty darn nice. I, too, wondered about the composition, but I would not want to lose the flower accents on the left or cut the little spruce tree on the right. It is a little too bad about the small out of focus brush in lower right, but there was clearly nothing to do about that.

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