Alaskan Brown Bear with Cub - Denali

bristlecone · August 9, 2014

An Alaskan Brown bear with cub in Denali National Park. Handheld (out the window of a bus), Canon 6d, 100-400 @ 370. Took about 50 shots, this was the best.

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Spinner of Tales · August 9, 2014

Very nice!

Spinner

Stumblebum · August 9, 2014

Sweet!

Hunter58 · August 10, 2014

Very nice.

Earache · August 11, 2014

Great catch Len... mother and cub no less!
I did the same thing out the bus door in Denali, and bagged me a Moose.

sapphire73 · August 21, 2014

Great capture!

wtlwdwgn · August 21, 2014

You took good advantage of a great photo op. :cool

bristlecone · August 26, 2014

Thanks everyone for taking a look.
-Len

ian408 · August 27, 2014

At least your bus didn't catch fire like ours did

IntrepidBerkeleyExplorer · September 2, 2014

I recall that nobody is allowed off the bus in Denali when Grizzlies are sighted. The rules impose safety to the detriment of photography. Foolish bravery not allowed.

Easy to remember taking video from bus windows at Denali. Photographed my first Moose that way, while he was in motion.

No such luck with Grizzlies on the bus. A mother and two cubs were sleeping close to the road. I kept wasting video film on them, although they hardly moved over a long period of time.

Congratulations on doing so much better.

When I finally got off the bus and looked for wildlife, all I found was the Ptarmigan, state bird of Alaska. Thought it was an arctic chicken at the time. Wrong! At least video was good for recording the Ptarmigan's call.

bristlecone · September 9, 2014

Thanks Berkeley..... you are right, no getting off the bus. It stops for wildlife, but you don't get out. Most of the wildlife was so far away you would need the Hubble to see them. We took the 11 hour bus ride out to the end of the road.... kinda grueling, and oh my, the driver was a talker.
-Len

IntrepidBerkeleyExplorer wrote: »

I recall that nobody is allowed off the bus in Denali when Grizzlies are sighted. The rules impose safety to the detriment of photography. Foolish bravery not allowed.

Easy to remember taking video from bus windows at Denali. Photographed my first Moose that way, while he was in motion.

No such luck with Grizzlies on the bus. A mother and two cubs were sleeping close to the road. I kept wasting video film on them, although they hardly moved over a long period of time.

Congratulations on doing so much better.

When I finally got off the bus and looked for wildlife, all I found was the Ptarmigan, state bird of Alaska. Thought it was an arctic chicken at the time. Wrong! At least video was good for recording the Ptarmigan's call.

wtlwdwgn · September 11, 2014

Nice catch!

Alaskan Brown Bear with Cub - Denali

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