Recent content by BruceP

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.

Loved the way this gobbler was strutting around in the field of yellow flowers.

Nice. They can be hard to photograph. I've only captured one image that I liked of one and then lost it when my hard drive crashed years ago.

Thank You. I am really liking the lens in the short time I've had it.

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...

Thank You

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.

Thank You 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...

It doesn't happen often but the chance to use it does come up occasionally. :)

Awesome!

I work 2nd shift and a lot of times the email comes while I'm at work and the really hard to get stuff can be gone by the time I see it.