Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Doug, very interesting. Quite different to interacting with dangerous marine animals, which I'm much more accostomed to. Marty On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 1:26 PM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote: > Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: > >> We have some small black bears around the Hudson >>Valley. The local state park is named Bear Mountain. But they tend to be >>rather shy and vanish onto the woods when you come across them. > > Lake Tahoe's bears are relatively accustomed to people, and the lure of > easy protein in many cases will overcome their shyness :) > > Marty Deveney wrote: > >>How do the bears display their awareness of your presence? > > They notice when I make an unusual noise or change posture > >> And how do you display that you are not interested in her cub? > > The first rule, with NO EXCEPTIONS, is to NEVER EVER get between the > mother bear and her cub. ?Never! ?I also back away from her when she or > the cub walks in my direction, and direct other people to do the same. ?I > figure out what her "flight" distance is and make mine a bit longer, so > that she is uncomfortably too close to me before I'm uncomfortably too > close to her. ?After a few days of this her "flight" distance will shrink, > and mine does too. > > Geoff Hopkinson wrote: >> >> This selection stand out for me because they well beyond that >> aesthetically >> as well. EVERYTHING works. ?These are perfection for the posture, light, >> character and marvellous wet log environs too >>?http://wildlightphoto.com/mammals/carnivores/L1490216.jpg >> http://wildlightphoto.com/mammals/carnivores/L1490239.jpg >> http://wildlightphoto.com/mammals/carnivores/L1490079.jpg >> http://wildlightphoto.com/mammals/carnivores/L1490285.jpg >> http://wildlightphoto.com/mammals/carnivores/L1490197.jpg >> > > Thanks Geoff, I'm very pleased with these photos too. > > Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > >>I remember reading that by the end of the salmon run, bears eat >>the head and roe of female salmon (most nutritious bits) and discard the >>rest. This must be why Blondie preferred the females. > > I don't know about the heads but Blondie was very clearly interested in > the roe. ?OTOH, BooBoo was so pleased to have caught ANY fish that he > wasn't fussy. > > Gene Duprey wrote: > >> I am amazed you got so close with those lenses. > > So was I! > > Thanks all for looking, and for the comments both on- and off-list. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information