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Grizzly on high alert

Grizzly on high alert

In November many Grizzly's were looking for food in Teton National Park. I felt very lucky to see them together with the little ones playing in the meadows...
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In November many Grizzly's were looking for food in Teton National Park. I felt very lucky to see them together with the little ones playing in the meadows.
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Behind The Lens

Location

I made this photo in grande Teton National Park USA

Time

Afternoon , hard light but so happy to see a bear in the wild :)

Lighting

There aas enough light to have a fast shutterspeed to prevent motionblur

Equipment

Canon 5Ds 500 mm F4.0

Inspiration

I had never seen a grizzly in the wild before so that day a wish came through

Editing

A liitle sharpening and croptool, at the end define 2 denoise software Google NIK

In my camera bag

50mm 1.4 17-55 mm 4.0 150-600mm sigma sport 70-200 mm 2.8 Canon 5Ds body + battery grip

Feedback

Before I start traveling I use Google maps to write down the road names where I can drive, also roadconditions , wheather forcast , Sunrise and sunsettimes downloading maps for offline use , checking memorycards, harddisks for backups , apps like all trails can be usefull

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