What kind of Wildlife Photographer Are "YOU"

So cool, MedicineMan

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Yeah big animals in snow or mountains preferred but next up the she-ruler is scheming snakes, bugs, birds in the jungle.
I think after that one I get to go back up north.
Hope you get your rig back from Canon sooner rather than later

From this past weekends hike. I was doing a 'pondrader' and actually off trail hiking parallel to a mom and two cubs. Never got a good shot, got back to the trail and this
little momma was standing right in the middle. Later in the day we found a hickory tree and a bear bonanza. Amazing how high they can climb before they
get big and fat-

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These are back before I was more competent with my camera, but these where taken off the Alaskan highway. I just got out of the car and snapped these. The mother and her cubs were very close, you can actually see a bit of the gravel from the road in the bottom left of the frame and I was standing in the road.

Most of our blackies look like little dogs comparatively. Most....

You have convinced me to put whale watching on my bucket list.

Yes, go! If you have a look at Blue Ocean Whale Watch on the internet, Kate has awesome photos & videos everyday out of Monterey Bay.

Respect the creature: always. If they're not happy that I'm there, then the camera stays in its case as I leave. Except for that one time when the tide left me stuck in the silt and a black bear decided to check me out. I figured that if I were about to be mauled, I might as well document it... plus, he crept closer to me.

What a wonderful image! The rock serves as a really unusual and interesting habitat element. Great eye contact/catchlight and a great pose. Love the fact that the claws are clearly visible.....that helps to keep my eyes moving throughout the frame.

ckjm wrote in post #17725104
Respect the creature: always. If they're not happy that I'm there, then the camera stays in its case as I leave. Except for that one time when the tide left me stuck in the silt and a black bear decided to check me out. I figured that if I were about to be mauled, I might as well document it... plus, he crept closer to me.

Great shot and story to match!

Tom Reichner wrote in post #17725207
What a wonderful image! The rock serves as a really unusual and interesting habitat element. Great eye contact/catchlight and a great pose. Love the fact that the claws are clearly visible.....that helps to keep my eyes moving throughout the frame.

Great critique Tom!

Hey Jeff, (Pondrader) This is still a great thread, one of my favorites!

Have you seen this one?

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This is on of my all-time favorite wildlife photos. This was taken off the southern California coast a couple of years ago. Our boat was surrounded:

great bear portrait.

the water streaming off is soo cool. great shots.

Let's go back in time, could have petted this one-

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Beautiful wildlife in this thread guys!

Last spring in Yellowstone's Lamar valley.

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