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upload_dateAug, 2013

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13 Comments |
seatonimages
 
seatonimages August 14, 2013
what a great moment!
juanlange
juanlange September 22, 2013
thanks! the bear was very cooperative.
mylene_ralph
 
mylene_ralph August 16, 2013
Great timing, nice shot.
juanlange
juanlange September 22, 2013
Thanks
FrankSomma
 
FrankSomma November 11, 2013
Wow, what a catch! Fantastic capture by both you guys Juan!
juanlange
juanlange November 11, 2013
He actually didn't catch anything at that time.
readysetgo
 
readysetgo November 11, 2013
Wow! love it!
juanlange
juanlange November 14, 2013
Thanks
BaxterMan
 
BaxterMan November 11, 2013
Very nice capture!
juanlange
juanlange November 14, 2013
Thank you very much
meshersmith
 
meshersmith November 14, 2013
Beautiful shot, what a moment!!
juanlange
juanlange November 14, 2013
Muchas gracias vecino
Timbo
 
Timbo November 16, 2013
Fantastic action shot....
juanlange
juanlange November 17, 2013
thank you, bears are great action shots all the time
debhall Platinum
 
debhall July 15, 2014
Spectacular!
brentmorris
 
brentmorris July 22, 2014
great capture
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agnesspel June 09, 2016
Full in Action Awesome
iansmith_6452
 
iansmith_6452 September 19, 2018
Join the conversation. Add a comment or even better, a critique. Let's get better together!
iansmith_6452
 
iansmith_6452 September 19, 2018
Great Gallery well done,fabulous images
juanlange
juanlange March 08, 2019
you are very kind
ppls6
 
ppls6 June 07, 2020
An amazing capture, well deserved awards.
juanlange
juanlange June 07, 2020
Thanks, you are very kind

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Behind The Lens

Location

I was a fishing guide in Alaska and we were fishing Brooks creek at Katmai national park. As always, I was caring my camera, hanging from my neck and into my waders when the bear, looking for the salmon that was just coming into the river from Naknek Lake to cross to Brook lake and saw he got the intention to make a charge into the river I got my camera out and made a perfect timing sequence.

Time

this was about mid morning, not that it matter much, since at the time, July, there was about 20 hours of light a day. Very lightly covered, so light was really nice for the shot.

Lighting

Even if there is only a few clouds, it softens the light and the shadows are not so hard, perfect.

Equipment

Nikon D600 with a 28 - 300 nikor lens. since I was guiding fishermen I wasn't able to carry a tripod and, at the same time, action is so fast and arrives so suden, that you don't have time to set a tripod.

Inspiration

Bears are great action shots, you never know what you are going to get. fascinating animals. When you are in one of the rivers with the more bears together, something interesting is always going to happened.

Editing

Just a little white balance.

In my camera bag

I have my Nikon D600, 24-85mm and 28-300mm, nikon D700Flash, at least 2 batteries for the camera and new aa batteries for the flash, several microfiber cloths, polarized filters.

Feedback

Keeping calm around bears is really hard some times, but get into the river with them, the platforms won't give you the proximity for a real shot. Only in Alaska, don't try this in any other place or you will become food.

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