This was really just a quick "grab" shot. I was working on building a new mailbox stand after someone took out our brick mailbox. My wife came out on the porch and said "We have a rainbow" so sawdust and all I grabbed the Canon 6D and 70-200 lens (the newer 5DmkIV had the 500 mm on it for any...
These were taken with the Canon 5D mark IV and the first gen Canon 500mm f4 L IS with the Canon 1.4 Extender.
If you go back several pages you can see some bear images I did with the Canon 6D and the Sigma 150-600mm lens.
Too bad. We can go to the Smokies, spend 3 or 4 days and never enter Gatlinburg. There is however a drive that starts in Gatlinburg called Roaring Fork Motor Trail. It's a really nice drive and we have seen several bear over the years there too. Cades cove is however our favorite place anywhere...
This yearling and his mom and sibling were hanging around the same area for the two days. This one was the last to come down from the tree and decided this was the way to do it.
Nice image. I think the he is cool. He does seem to be keeping a good eye on you dog. Maybe he'll hang around and give you time to get to know him better.
Guy I have always wanted either the 500 or 600 Canon. The 500 is always a little less expensive and after watching both on a couple of reputable used equipment sites I decided at almost 60 years old that if I was ever going to get one and have time to enjoy it I better do it now.
So far I have...
Did you make it to Cades Cove on your trip? The concentration of bear in the cove the past several years has really been something to see. We saw 23 bears on Saturday and 29 on Sunday.
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This particular moma has 4 cubs. These images were of one cub. One sibling was a little higher in the tree and blocked by branches. Mom and the other two had wandered off for awhile.
Well it's that time of year here in the south and the Smoky Mountain National Park. The bear are out and about more than during colder weather (They don't truly hibernate here in the southeast) and new cubs are finding their way around the "new" world they live in. Moms and last years cubs are...