p.2 #17 · **UPDATED: Katmai, Brown Bear and a 24-105.
angel manguel wrote:
Wow!!! 105mm!! That bear must be well fed! What did you do after you took the shot? Hopefully stayed veeeerrrrryyyyy still. Thanks for sharing an awesome image.
Alan
Thanks Alan. I was part of a group. We were 'parked' and the bear approached. It really (and fortunately ) did not care about our presence.
p.2 #18 · **UPDATED: Katmai, Brown Bear and a 24-105.
eyelaser wrote:
Henrik...is this the one about being faster than the guy next to you?
Super shot and glad you made it home to post it. Interesting parallel with the grizzes back humps and the mountains in the distance.
Eric
p.2 #20 · **UPDATED: Katmai, Brown Bear and a 24-105.
RikWriter wrote:
The Katmai bears are indeed well-fed---it's salmon running season and they are fattening up nicely about now. They have never seen humans as a food source so they basically ignore us.
Yup, spot on. Now I was told about a guy who wore a jacket he had worn while fishing a few days earlier. That wasn't a good idea. But the rules are very specific and they are to be followed (one rule is to NOT bring anything that smells like fish obviously).
I'd have been using a 500mm with a 1.4 x TC on a crop sensor (=1050mm) at (a much safer) 10 times the distance 
105mm!! 