Papa Bear

ISO200 60mm f/4 1/160sec

Heres the last of the edits from the other days zoofari adventure. I always love the bear exhibit as the large beasts pace from side to side and occasionally take a dip in their bear pool.

I was drawn to this photo because of the motion that it had as the bear had sneezed as it was making its turn to pace back in the other direction, leaving a bit of motion in the paw and head. Last year at the exhibit I seen the two bears (One brown, one black) get in a bit of a brawl, and was sticking round hoping that I would be lucky enough to capture a similar quarrel through the lens. No such luck this time around.

As you can probably tell over the last few posts, Ive really enjoyed shooting and editing these “wild life” shots, and its made me kind of excited to go on some actual wildlife photo adventures in the future. Im not one for hunting and killing animals, but I am down to do some big game shooting with the ol’ canon!

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I love the detail and sense of motion. I feel as if I could reach out and touch this bear.

Nick Exposed
May 18, 2012 at 9:22 am #

Thank you Mona, I love this comment

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I like the painterly light in this one. If you are seriously looking to do a wildlife adventure trip with bear viewing can I recommend Knight Inlet Lodge in BC? I am not into posting links to my blog in comments on other people’s blogs (seems too pushy) but I did a long feature on the Lodge a couple of weeks ago and will happily email you a link if you’d like.

Nick Exposed
May 18, 2012 at 9:25 am #

Hey Rachael! You dont have to worry about that around here, post your links anytime I have some friends up in BC, I may just have to make the trip up there to get some pics of the bears in their actual habitats.

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Now that is the kind of bear I’d like to see in the wild! You know, because coming across a mother black bear with three cubs isn’t quite exciting enough