Bear Silhouette

A brown bear looking for clams along the coast, Lake Clark National Park, Alaska.

If I was to expose this enough to show detail in the bear, I would have blown out the warm beautiful sunrise light. So, I purposely underexposed this so that I would just have the silhouette and the wonderful light.

This was captured with a 600mm at f/4.5, 320 iso and 1/2500 of a second on a Canon 7D.

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Renate

August 18, 2011 at 8:25 am

That’s just an amazing shot! It would even be so, if the bear wasn’t in it, because of the colors and -light! 🙂

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Ron

August 18, 2011 at 9:07 am

Thanks Renate!

Calvin Hall

August 18, 2011 at 9:57 am

That is a very sweet shot Ron! Silhouettes are a wonderful thing, and the wonderful morning light does amazing things for the mudflats.

Ron R.

August 18, 2011 at 10:11 am

O.K. Ron, I have to ask. Just how early did you get up for these sunrise pictures?

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Ron

August 18, 2011 at 10:39 am

Thanks Calvin – yep, it sure makes a world of difference!

Ron For this one I think I got up at 5:30 – about the same time we were getting up in Kenai Fjords – not too bad, at least compared to earlier in the summer.

scott

August 18, 2011 at 12:20 pm

Most bear photos you see are close-ups, cute cubs, catching fish, etc. These last few sunrise pics are definitely something I’ve never seen before. Very cool!

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Ron

August 18, 2011 at 1:21 pm

Thanks Scott! This is one of the second year cubs you were asking about – lot bigger then last year huh. I’ll share some more of them when I get a chance.