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Re: Photography thread
mac #2112381 05/10/25 09:31 PM
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Originally Posted by mac
jfan..good pics...how close were you to the mom and her cub..?

About 30 yds when they were in the tree, about 20ft up. They had a nice sleeping area up there. We backed up a bit when mom climbed down. It was an awesome site. Mom climbed down and the baby kept looking over the limbs trying to see her and crying loudly, then it climbed down itself. They both climbed back up after a few minutes. My wife has cool video of it. Mom wasn't bothered by our presence at all. That last bear though, he made it clear he didn't want to be followed so I gave him his respects and called it a night. Luckily I had my camera up to my eye when he gave me the look.

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Re: Photography thread
jfanent #2112659 05/14/25 01:56 PM
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Originally Posted by jfanent
Originally Posted by mac
jfan..good pics...how close were you to the mom and her cub..?

About 30 yds when they were in the tree, about 20ft up. They had a nice sleeping area up there. We backed up a bit when mom climbed down. It was an awesome site. Mom climbed down and the baby kept looking over the limbs trying to see her and crying loudly, then it climbed down itself. They both climbed back up after a few minutes. My wife has cool video of it. Mom wasn't bothered by our presence at all. That last bear though, he made it clear he didn't want to be followed so I gave him his respects and called it a night. Luckily I had my camera up to my eye when he gave me the look.


Obviously you and your wife knew what special moment that was, getting the pictures and video..to be that close to a mom and her cub. I would have been crapping my pants when the cub joined mom on the on the ground wondering if mom was about to defend her cub. 

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Re: Photography thread
jfanent #2112660 05/14/25 02:00 PM
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These are Jfans pictures..I just wanted forward them to this page to make it easier for folks to see
them.


Originally Posted by jfanent
Here are some bear pics from a quick trip to the smokies. Lighting conditions were horrible, an overcast but bright sky that was backlighting dark subjects. I had to use much more post processing than usual. In the last pic, the bear gave me that "I don't like being followed" look so I took the hint and backed off before getting an open shot.




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