takesiteasy
Senior Member
Nice photos K6ON! The diversity of nature is a wonder.
I am up for more! A lot more! They're great!K6ON said:Thanks Andy, Great frog..we can hope they're doing better than here.
Almost all Africa photos were taken between 400 ~ 500mm and almost all were taken from a vehicle
as we weren't allowed to exit the vehicles. Not good press to have tourists eaten by the critters.
I have hundreds more photos so if anyone is actually interested I can post more. If I could afford to go back,
I'd be on my way now. Truly the trip of a lifetime.
Cool sighting -- and image capture, Andy.Lighthawk said:This guy was in our backyard this morning, cruising the fruit trees.
I was in our bedroom, just out of the shower when I saw this large black shape moving past the grape arbor. It was instant recognition.
He he is, looking over our garden goods.
I instantly ran to grab my camera (7D+400mm)and started shooting shots through the back screen door. With each burst of shots he looked my way. The bear was scenting the breeze with nose aloft.
When I first saw it, I thought maybe it was chewing something. The nectarine tree is right there and has been dropping soft fruit, which the deer have been eating.
I opened the door and crept down the stairs barefoot, shielded by the tomato beds. Mr. Bear sensed something was up and moved farther out into our orchard, behind a new trellis we built last fall. By the time I reached our back gate, he had moved another forty feet. I shot a few frames through the gate and the trellis, trying for a clean shot.
The dark bear against the dark forest was a challenge, and I started pushing my iso and slowing my shutter speed from 1/1000 to 1/320 to pull in some light. All these shots have +2EV adjustment to make them usable, but are still 'noisy'. [apologies for photo-geek talk, but I suspect WS, CM, MBC, S3P and others will catch my drift]
The local paper, The Union (since 1850!) has asked to run the images. I'm agreeable, but requested they run some bear-wise info for those that aren't country-wise. Truthfully, our area has had more than the usual sightings this year.