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Stay Perfectly Still and They Wont See You

We parked under this guy without seeing him while we photographed a larger male bear across the road. Only when we turned to leave did we see him plastered against the tree trunk, unmoving. A nanosecond after that we saw momma in a large branch directly over our heads. We were in a bad spot and left. I believe they were fleeing the large male we had been shooting.


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larose forest photos03-Mar-2016 02:19
This is one amazing shot! It is incredible the way the little one is plastered to the tree. I didn't see it at first! WOW! VV
Graeme10-Nov-2014 23:10
Talk about close encounters, Buz!! Amazing capture here through.BBV
Lloyd & Sandy Spitalnik07-Nov-2014 12:02
How cool is this shot!
Lieve Snellings06-Nov-2014 03:30
spectacular ! V
MarcViskens05-Nov-2014 19:15
fine shot Buz
Shayne02-Oct-2014 16:46
what a spectacular capture Buz
Alexander Kazakov18-Sep-2014 08:48
Fantastic! V
fotabug17-Sep-2014 22:11
Wow, had to look twice before I saw the bear! Probably good you left! V
Paolo Peggi (aka Bracciodiferro)17-Sep-2014 19:34
Excellent picture my friend.V
Paolo
Bryan Murahashi17-Sep-2014 03:36
A great shot of this young one hanging for its life. V
Simon Chandler16-Sep-2014 21:04
A very unique capture. Excellent find. Great info. v
Sam_C16-Sep-2014 09:18
Excellent shot Buz, great eye on this, I almost didn't see it! V++
Jean D16-Sep-2014 02:24
Terrific shot although a little to close to mother. ~V
Jean Chiasson15-Sep-2014 23:43
Beautiful composition Buz vote
Pierre15-Sep-2014 23:11
Une rencontre imprévue illustrée par cette belle image! V
Jeff Real15-Sep-2014 13:18
This is an incredible image. I am just stunned to see it and can only imagine what this moment was like ~V~
Stephanie15-Sep-2014 12:33
What a fantastic, take a second and third look, image!!! Great story! BV
fredrcox15-Sep-2014 11:26
A very nice capture!
Gayle P. Clement14-Sep-2014 22:17
Poor little thing. He looks frightened. Great experience!
Karen Stuebing14-Sep-2014 20:30
What an outstanding capture of this almost invisible bear. I never thought they would blend in on a tree trunk so well. V.
Colin Storey14-Sep-2014 17:09
Fantastic image of this encounter. v
joseantonio14-Sep-2014 16:33
Must have been a great experience.V
Fong Lam14-Sep-2014 04:26
Wow, well spotted and captured, Buz...V
Tom LeRoy13-Sep-2014 19:56
Truly an unexpected encounter. Glad you got this amazing shot, Buz! V
Guest 13-Sep-2014 15:46
A tight situation, to say the least..
At least you got a shot and left safely.
Your encounter brings back an in counter I once had while fly fishing on a stream in Idaho. I was so in grossed in my fishing I neglected to notice a Black Bear on the far bank looking at me, I slowly backed from the stream and beat feet to my truck.
Gerard Koehl13-Sep-2014 05:50
Superbe rencontre. V
woody3413-Sep-2014 04:37
Wow,you were lucky to see him...he blends in so well.V
Richard Vance13-Sep-2014 03:41
A memorable event! While you were shooting this cub, you neglected to tell me he and mama were right over my head!! :) Great shot of an exciting event. Big Vote
Dick:)
Gill Kopy13-Sep-2014 00:42
Glad you knew when to leave !! Amazing capture of this suspended guy ! V
PS What a gorgeous tree
bill friedlander12-Sep-2014 23:35
Wow! I didn't know he was there until I read your description. Fantastic find! V
Tomasz Dziubinski - Photography12-Sep-2014 23:32
Great find indeed, Voted !
Tom Munson12-Sep-2014 22:06
Great find and image, Buz.
Ken Chambers ARPS12-Sep-2014 21:14
Buz you must be competent at nature photography to be able to capture such amazing pictures.
janescottcumming12-Sep-2014 20:56
Incredible! What an amazing catch. V
Guest 12-Sep-2014 19:48
Now this is a scary story. It could have turned out differently. Lucky stars for you. Its outline looks like a silhouette carving in the tree. V
Helen Betts12-Sep-2014 19:22
Wow, what an experience, and what a capture! I think you did the wise thing by exiting the scene. V.
Johnny JAG12-Sep-2014 19:10
Well spotted!
Char12-Sep-2014 18:57
That is one major amazing capture, Buz! At first I didn't know what I was seeing when it popped out at me it startled me. How outstanding!! \/
Walter Otto Koenig12-Sep-2014 18:31
What an encounter. Fascinating image, I've never seen this kind of bahavior before. "V"
Jim Coffman12-Sep-2014 18:27
Wow, what a find! There are some situation that need careful consideration and this is one...
J. Scott Coile12-Sep-2014 18:23
Could have been quite dangerous for sure. Momma must have sensed no danger.
Zeeby12-Sep-2014 18:21
Superb capture! V
Nestor Derkach12-Sep-2014 18:08
Amazing shot , love this capture.
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Karin Doeling12-Sep-2014 17:57
Great capture!! V