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06-SEP-2009 Stuart Smith

Black Bear stands up looking-6219.jpg

Clark Fork River, Montana

While driving through Montana I pointed out to my daughters boyfriend Cameron,
a river bank that I told him I always envisioned a black bear being on and getting
the chance to photograph. As it turns out I hadn't driven but about a mile and
there was a black bear with his nose high in the air and chasing a scent that had
his attention. I wasn't able to get a very good image because he was running too fast
but I figured he would reappear further upstream so we beat feet... I got set up and
the bear came out of the trees still searching for the source of the scent. I finally
got him slowed down with a varmint call I had and was able to photograph him when
he came in to investigate the source of the noise.

Canon EOS 50D ,Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS USM
1/160s f/5.6 at 700.0mm iso400 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
Judi Hastings12-Sep-2009 05:38
Wow! Nice shot! He looks to me like he is saying "well can't find what I'm searching for...but those dudes look good enough to eat over there!!" lol I always wanted to see a bear in the wild. Next Alaska trip I want to go more into the interior...road trip!
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