[DGettisNC]

It had been around 10 months since my last trip to photograph black bears in eastern North Carolina and I had the chance to make a quick trip this weekend. 4.5 driving out there, and I spent Saturday evening and sunday morning photographing before driving the 4.5hrs back yesterday. So 9-10 hours of driving, about 7-8 hours of shooting, 6 miles or so of flat hiking, resulted in about 40-50 bears spotted.

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[Annamaria]

Awww, I especially like the tree limb ones. Nice capture with the eye.

 

[Patrick M]

what a great set of images. That first is my favourite ! Get ready to run ...

 

[Woodyg3]

A successful trip! Great shots.

 

[K9Kirk]

Very nice set, love the different comps/angles and the softness of the pics. #5 is my favorite of the bunch. Outstanding!

 

[jfredrick]

Awesome set! A few of these should find there way on your wall! Congrats.

 

[ssheipel]

Very nice!!!

 

[ElenaH]

WoW! Such a gorgeous photographs!

 

[foxysport]

A general question: how do you keep yourself out of trouble in such encounters with potentially very dangerous wildlife?