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Early morning hikes are great you never know who you will run into. This is not the clearest picture I have ever taken. I snapped 3 shots from behind a tree an...
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Early morning hikes are great you never know who you will run into. This is not the clearest picture I have ever taken. I snapped 3 shots from behind a tree and walked away in another direction. Mom and cubs are not what you want to get too close to. This was taken at the Sequoia National Park in California.
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20 Comments |
Joanna101
 
Joanna101 July 18, 2016
Glad you got to 'walk away' - somehow I remember being told to back slowly away (hope I never have to).
trainwoman Platinum
 
trainwoman July 18, 2016
Awesome................beautifully captured. Hard to hold the camera still when you see stuff like this.
mjhousto
 
mjhousto July 18, 2016
Wow Mark! That the quite an encounter. I'm glad the bears were content with being the subject of your photos.
AHogue
 
AHogue July 18, 2016
Oh, what a cool wildlife capture. My hand would have been shaking. I came upon a skunk once and I was out of there.
Looks like a book cover to me. Great work Mark!
AmandaJayne
 
AmandaJayne July 18, 2016
Oh my goodness me what a fantastic shot Mark , I think I would of ran lol :)
rmr731 Platinum
 
rmr731 July 18, 2016
Fantastic capture and edit!
Mother_Nature
 
Mother_Nature July 19, 2016
Mark, great Post pro/Edit, great DOF and colours, excellent Capture
sweetpea72
 
sweetpea72 July 20, 2016
Wow wow wow!! シ
Daisy00
 
Daisy00 July 22, 2016
WOW...Fabulous!!
DorisSeybold
 
DorisSeybold July 23, 2016
you must have nerves of steels not to collapse in such a moment
Natala
 
Natala July 25, 2016
stunningly
chuckrickman
 
chuckrickman July 26, 2016
Yikes. Close call Mark. Glad you at least got one photo of them all.
mihrt PRO+
 
mihrt July 31, 2016
I would have probably not had the guts to stay and take the shot!! Well done - Mama would have been pretty nasty to deal with.
Flosno
 
Flosno August 04, 2016
What a magic shot....awesome
nina050
 
nina050 August 04, 2016
Love love LOVE......!
heavenlyraine
 
heavenlyraine August 08, 2016
Awesome capture!
lizziemellis Platinum
 
lizziemellis August 08, 2016
Amazing capture..lucky escape, she looks a bit disgruntled:-))
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adavies August 09, 2016
Great image! Love the composition...and kudos to you for grabbing this awesome shot before high-tailing it outa there! :)
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KayBrewer August 20, 2016
Well done, my friend - and yes you were very smart to walk away. How far away is 3000/1 focal length?
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sophiedv September 01, 2023
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