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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Da Bears, All Sizes From N Carolina Y'all


From a GREAT recent trip with DGDG out to photograph black bears in Coastal NC. We had much better weather than expected, but while there was no shortage of bears to be seen the thick summer vegetation (including tall corn) worked against getting as many good ones as I would have liked. Heat rising off of gravel roads and fields, and high humidity (lens fogging) also hampered shooting at least for me.

The young man in the corn and water was by far the best subject and provided lots of good photos... but for here I selected to variety instead of quality.




























Jul 08, 2015 at 02:13 PM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Da Bears, All Sizes From N Carolina Y'all


You guys get so many great shots of them standing on their back legs.

Great set.

Thanks for sharing!



Jul 08, 2015 at 06:00 PM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Da Bears, All Sizes From N Carolina Y'all


I really like the closeup in #2 with the corn pattern background. We were fortunate catching this youngster on the edge of the field.

Next time we'll catch some clear skies and shoot the milky way in the light pollution free Pettigrew State Park.

David



Jul 08, 2015 at 08:25 PM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Da Bears, All Sizes From N Carolina Y'all


Nice set and how exciting it must have been. 2 and 3 are my picks.

Birdie



Jul 08, 2015 at 09:28 PM
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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Da Bears, All Sizes From N Carolina Y'all


Really like 2 and 3, not often you get to see a bears pictured in a corn field


Jul 09, 2015 at 03:00 AM
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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Da Bears, All Sizes From N Carolina Y'all


Nicely done with 2 and 3 the standouts Pablo ~ Ron


Jul 09, 2015 at 07:09 AM
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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Da Bears, All Sizes From N Carolina Y'all


The third is my pick Pablo

Morris



Jul 09, 2015 at 07:49 AM
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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Da Bears, All Sizes From N Carolina Y'all


The last bear in the last photo is the one that I really regret not being able to get a closer shot at... that old man was HUGE. This bear was far and away the largest one I saw out there, so much so that I had to look up how large they get... interesting the largest black bear ever found was in NC (road accident apparently) and weighed in at almost 900 lbs!

When I took this he was really far away... to give you an idea this was taken with at 510mm (w some slight cropping) on my full crop camera. There was a lot of heat distortion coming of the soy (? field), so most of the photos are really unusable... but I was able to see (but not photograph well) him doing some interesting behavior -- rolling around... marking?

David -- looking forward to possibly going out again in the early to mid fall to try again with the bears in better conditions... maybe some of those other large mammals in the area as well??



Jul 09, 2015 at 08:21 AM
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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Da Bears, All Sizes From N Carolina Y'all


Great stuff, Pablo! Looks like you and David had quite a few opportunities and made the best of them! Heat shimmers are a real challenge, for sure. Fortunately, it looks like you had some close encounters which helps to reduce the impact of the shimmers .


Jul 09, 2015 at 02:15 PM
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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Da Bears, All Sizes From N Carolina Y'all


nice ones Pablo.. #3 for me also


Jul 09, 2015 at 06:38 PM
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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · Da Bears, All Sizes From N Carolina Y'all


#2 is great. Pungo or Alligator?


Jul 11, 2015 at 09:05 PM
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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · Da Bears, All Sizes From N Carolina Y'all


Alligator River NWR


Jul 12, 2015 at 12:57 AM
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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · Da Bears, All Sizes From N Carolina Y'all


excellent bear set


Jul 12, 2015 at 05:02 AM





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