Peano2 wrote:
I hope you were in a car. Shooting a bear cub with a 50mm lens is not something to do standing on the same ground.
I was around 75 yards away.
Momma seemed quite comfortable, to the point of napping/nursing on the other side of a tree. About an hour of watching, waiting, positioning.
Rest assured, that when she started grubbing her way down towards our location, we pushed back to keep some spacing. Looking at a bear with a 600mm lens from about 50 yards gets a little nervous when it's coming your way ... even if the bear does seem 'comfortable'.
The cub shot is cropped quite a bit ... the momma bear is almost full frame (slight comp crop only).
Scott, yes I've got the RAW's (these are from the small jpgs). Yes, that was another cub on the right frame edge.
Given the subject matter hiding out in the shade of the canopy, the blown highlights are no surprise. Nice job on the crop ... brings it to life a bit more.
I usually rent a cabin when I go up there. I had one about 300lbs. come up on the wrap around deck and tear into the trash cans about 1 am one morning. I'll never rent another with a wrap around deck lol With nothing but a glass door separating the two of you...too close for my comfort lol Also say a mother and four cubs in a tree on the loop rd.
You are not supposed to put your garbage outside in bear country. Keep it in the house or in the garage. We have bears going through the yard all the time here. Stay bear aware and there won't be any problems. Garbage draws the bears in.
