Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: > We have some small black bears around the Hudson >Valley. The local state park is named Bear Mountain. But they tend to be >rather shy and vanish onto the woods when you come across them. Lake Tahoe's bears are relatively accustomed to people, and the lure of easy protein in many cases will overcome their shyness :) Marty Deveney wrote: >How do the bears display their awareness of your presence? They notice when I make an unusual noise or change posture > And how do you display that you are not interested in her cub? The first rule, with NO EXCEPTIONS, is to NEVER EVER get between the mother bear and her cub. Never! I also back away from her when she or the cub walks in my direction, and direct other people to do the same. I figure out what her "flight" distance is and make mine a bit longer, so that she is uncomfortably too close to me before I'm uncomfortably too close to her. After a few days of this her "flight" distance will shrink, and mine does too. Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > > This selection stand out for me because they well beyond that aesthetically > as well. EVERYTHING works. ?These are perfection for the posture, light, > character and marvellous wet log environs too >?http://wildlightphoto.com/mammals/carnivores/L1490216.jpg > http://wildlightphoto.com/mammals/carnivores/L1490239.jpg > http://wildlightphoto.com/mammals/carnivores/L1490079.jpg > http://wildlightphoto.com/mammals/carnivores/L1490285.jpg > http://wildlightphoto.com/mammals/carnivores/L1490197.jpg > Thanks Geoff, I'm very pleased with these photos too. Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: >I remember reading that by the end of the salmon run, bears eat >the head and roe of female salmon (most nutritious bits) and discard the >rest. This must be why Blondie preferred the females. I don't know about the heads but Blondie was very clearly interested in the roe. OTOH, BooBoo was so pleased to have caught ANY fish that he wasn't fussy. Gene Duprey wrote: > I am amazed you got so close with those lenses. So was I! Thanks all for looking, and for the comments both on- and off-list.