The perfect Camouflage

Mar Silva
The perfect Camouflage by Mar Silva
The perfect Camouflage by Mar Silva

The perfect Camouflage

Yosemite’s Black Bear

This bear was on the trail before Little Yosemite.

Fascinating Bear Facts:
Bear cubs spend a little over a year with their mother. Bear cubs that were born last year may still be with their mother now but will likely be separating and going off on their own by June. If you see a small bear without a mother, it is probably a yearling that has left its mother and is on its own.

SLOW DOWN!
Seventeen bears were hit by cars last year, along with an unknown number of deer, squirrels and other park animals. Slow down and save Yosemite’s wildlife. (all wildlife everywhere)

The perfect Camouflage belongs to the following groups:

Cards - Best of the Best and Forests
  • Rocketchook

    Rocketchook, 2 months ago

    Cool pic Mar , the perfect camouflage.

  • VanSnuG

    VanSnuG, 2 months ago

    Yup! I almost miss that bear. Hey, what bear? ;-P

  • WOLF

    WOLF, 2 months ago

    GREAT SHOT I WOULD STILL WATCH MY *%#

  • Leena Hedman

    Leena Hedman, 2 months ago

    Fabulous!!!!! =D

  • Nat Hall

    Nat Hall, 2 months ago

    wow – cool, very cool pic, Mar :)))

    Nat

  • Joanne Bradley

    Joanne Bradley, 2 months ago

    Oh that is perfect camouflage. It took me a few seconds to find him! Great shot!

  • John Wright

    John Wright, 2 months ago

    What bear? The camouflage is so good I almost couldn’t find the bear! Well done, and interesting facts I never knew.

  • cherylc1

    cherylc1, 2 months ago

    gorgeous

  • Ranald

    Ranald, 2 months ago

    Looking for Yogi again!

    Nice capture. (see one of my works was featured on “The Scots are Coming” page?).

    Going to go & pack for Steornabhagh or I’ll sit on here all night.

  • CATNIPMEOW

    CATNIPMEOW, 2 months ago

    so cute and cool ! I did not even see that cutie at first…........You rock thats an amazing capture Maria !
    I am so glad his Mommy was not near or she might not have appreciated your awesome talent :)

  • mlgkats

    mlgkats, 2 months ago

    cool shot love the bear , very nice view

  • Richard Veal

    Richard Veal, 2 months ago

    Mar. You surely capture the best of nature.

    The cammo works so well.

    Excellent capture dear Mar. xx

  • Mar Silva

    Mar Silva in reply to CATNIPMEOW’s comment, 2 months ago

    Thanks for the comment… you really made me laugh!
    xoxoxo
    Mar

  • hilarydougill

    hilarydougill, 2 months ago

    Fantastic capture, beautiful bear and you are right perfect cover. Lovely legend too.

  • Dorothy Youst

    Dorothy Youst, 2 months ago

    Great capture!

  • tomg

    tomg, 2 months ago

    Fabulous capture Mar. Excellent ..

  • Rany Lutz

    Rany Lutz, 2 months ago

    Well seen! I have never seen a bear while walking, always from the car.

  • Carlos Teófilo

    Carlos Teófilo, 2 months ago

    Fantastic beautiful Maria.

  • Ben Pacificar

    Ben Pacificar, 2 months ago

    Way to close there for me Mar, guess I better get a bigger Zoom! Nice Shot.

    ...Ben…

  • Spiritinme

    Spiritinme, 2 months ago

    very cool and how many bears are there? kind of scary to be around a mama bear, was it not? I think I’d be leaving instead of shooting! great shot though and very brave one too!

  • whisperingruth

    whisperingruth, 2 months ago

    Oh Mar! LUCKY YOU!! Wonderful to see this little baby and I love your write up to go along with this image….......xx

  • Stacy Rodriguez

    Stacy Rodriguez, 2 months ago

    Wow great shot. :)

  • keleka656

    keleka656, 2 months ago

    Very good shot. I had to search a bit to spot the bear. Camouflage he wanted and camouflage he got!!!! Well spotted and photographed.

  • joak

    joak, 2 months ago

    bear whit bear ah think yer kiddin me on only jokin ah think a kin see it yer awfy brave pal

  • David Parkin

    David Parkin, 2 months ago

    I need someone to point the bear out to me, I’ve looked and looked and don’t know where it is. lol

  • Angela Harburn

    Angela Harburn, 2 months ago

    Fabulous how he blends in so perfectly – well spotted Mar! xxx

  • Mar Silva

    Mar Silva in reply to David Parkin’s comment, 2 months ago

    Hi David,
    See the little black patch at the bottom in between the fern?
    Follow that up to the thickest trunk. Right beside the bigest trunk, in the middle to the right of the trunk, is the little Yosemite bear.

  • Travis Easton

    Travis Easton, 2 months ago

    Wow, in oz we only have a plethora of deadly snakes, spiders and jellyfish etc. mostly poison based scaries which leave you alone if you leave them alone (although the number of times I’ve almost stood on snakes having a sleep in the sun in the lee of a log is not good to think about). We have no huge predators like this, all I know is what I see in movies which portray them as blood thirsty killers. What are they really like and how safe are you with these beauties around? Obviously you got pretty close to take this pic. thanks for sharing Mar.

  • David Parkin

    David Parkin, 2 months ago

    Ohhh yes, I see him now, it must be a great feeling seeing animals like this in the wild Maria. You go to amazing places and take exceptional photographs.

  • Steven Joyce

    Steven Joyce, 2 months ago

    Great capture Mar, when I take the family bushwalking I have to keep reminding them to be quiet, only then will they spot the animals.

  • Mar Silva

    Mar Silva in reply to Steven Joyce’s comment, 2 months ago

    Thanks..xo…You are so right. I actually stopped to listen and look,,and that is when the discovery begins! Which is when I saw the lttle bear I named “Forest”
    Cheers,
    Mar

  • Jan Landers

    Jan Landers, 2 months ago

    wow, oh wow…..how blessed you were to meet bear on your journey…..that gave me chills….. have never seen one while hiking, though one wandered into our yard once in arkansas…only for a few seconds, then she was gone…..this is an amazing capture…..thank you for sharing it, mar…..

  • cherylc1

    cherylc1, 2 months ago

    incredible!!

  • wynity2

    wynity2, 2 months ago

    The depth in this image is awe inspiring! A magnificent photo, Mar!!!

  • Mui-Ling Teh

    Mui-Ling Teh, 2 months ago

    Great camoflage! The bear hides in the shadows even while the trees are brightly lit.

  • Mar Silva

    Mar Silva in reply to Mui-Ling Teh’s comment, 2 months ago

    You are always so poetic Mui-Ling. Thank you for your comments and artistic interpretaion.
    x0
    Mar

  • Mar Silva

    Mar Silva in reply to wynity2’s comment, 2 months ago

    Thanks so much wynity! For ALL your comments and time.

  • George Lenz

    George Lenz, 2 months ago

    nicely presented

  • Mar Silva

    Mar Silva in reply to Travis Easton’s comment, 2 months ago

    Hi Travis, I never was really on their menu: Black bears eat mainly a vegetarian diet that consists of grasses, herbs, berries and nuts. Manzanita berries & acorns are some favorites in Yosemite. Other sources of food include ants, termites, yellow jackets, bees and various insect larvae they pull out of logs or from the ground. It is less common for black bears to eat meat but when in dire need of food they will kill small deer and consume animal remains left by other predators.
    Thanks for the comment!
    Did you see my perfectly Camouflaged rattlesnake? :)
    Always with respect and distance do I approach :)

  • Mar Silva

    Mar Silva in reply to Travis Easton’s comment, 2 months ago

  • brirose55

    brirose55, 2 months ago

    great shot mar hope you kept your distance l.o.l briliant

  • kim Davitt

    kim Davitt, 2 months ago

    This is wondeful capture mar well done

  • stephfine

    stephfine, 2 months ago

    THIS IS AWESOME~ I LOVE THE BLUE IN THIS ONE!!!

  • Tony Szeghalmi

    Tony Szeghalmi, 2 months ago

    Great work yet again love the photo

  • LindaR

    LindaR, 2 months ago

    what an amazing encounter ~ and capture~!! I’ve never seen a bear in the wild ~ thank you for sharing it here :)

  • Mar Silva

    Mar Silva in reply to Jan Landers’s comment, 2 months ago

    Thanks my friend. I almost missed bear. Did you ever just have a “feeling” to stop, look and listen? Your so in-tune, of course you have :) Well that’s how I spotted him. I watched him for about 5 minutes. He was beautiful.

  • Mar Silva

    Mar Silva in reply to Ranald’s comment, 2 months ago

    Always looking for Yogi! This time I found BoBo! I just checked out your featured work. Good job. There’s that handsome man again :)
    Have a safe and wonderful adventure!

  • Mar Silva

    Mar Silva in reply to cherylc1’s comment, 2 months ago

    Thank you so much Cheryl! It was an “incredible” moment in time.
    x0×0
    Mar

  • Mar Silva

    Mar Silva in reply to mlgkats’s comment, 2 months ago

    Thanks Mel! It was a great moment.

  • Mar Silva

    Mar Silva in reply to Richard Veal’s comment, 2 months ago

    Thank you dearest Richard!
    x0×0

  • Mar Silva

    Mar Silva in reply to Spiritinme’s comment, 2 months ago

    Thanks so much! He was all alone. No others that I could see. If the mom was around she wasn’t threatend. I kept my distance, made sure I shot without a flash and was very respectful of my surroundings.

  • Mar Silva

    Mar Silva, 2 months ago

    Thank you EVERYONE for ALL your kind words!!!
    Mar

  • Gary L. Suddath

    Gary L. Suddath, 2 months ago

    Great shots of wildlife blending into its their world,specially the rattlesnake….great job with interesting background facts

  • Mar Silva

    Mar Silva in reply to Joanne Bradley’s comment, 2 months ago

    Thanks so much Joanne. I’m glad I stopped for a minute on my hike and just look around.

  • BarryNorton1

    BarryNorton1, 2 months ago

    Beautiful capture, of one of these lovely creatures

  • Mar Silva

    Mar Silva in reply to BarryNorton1’s comment, 2 months ago

    Thank you Barry :) He really is !

  • Gary Rondez

    Gary Rondez, 2 months ago

    great shot Mar

  • lurline

    lurline, 2 months ago

    Fascinating shot and text. :)

  • Mar Silva

    Mar Silva in reply to stephfine’s comment, 2 months ago

    Thanks a million Steph. And x0×0 for the fav.

  • pinkyjain

    pinkyjain, 2 months ago

    That is so cool to actually see a Bear, & then to get his photo, too, awesome Mar. And your commentary is great. Thank you for the Slow Down Message, So Needed!!!!!!

  • Mar Silva

    Mar Silva in reply to pinkyjain’s comment, 2 months ago

    Thanks Pinky for those kind words. And thanks a million for the Fav.

  • Warren Mackenzie

    Warren Mackenzie, 2 months ago

    Last summer we met a black bear while hiking along the Bruce Trail in Ontario. It took one look at us and moved on. We took one look at it and froze, scared stiff to move. Hours later we were still still trying to figure out what we would have done if it wanted the lunches in our backpacks.

    This is a great shot Mar and one I’d feel very proud to enlarge and hang. Did you?

    I agree with Pinky, your commentary is very useful. Thanks for passing your knowledge and information along to us.

  • Andrew S

    Andrew S, 2 months ago

    Great shot Mar, it must feel good to be able to capture scenes like this….

  • Michele Duncan IPA

    Michele Duncan..., 2 months ago

    Extraordinary capture!

  • Mar Silva

    Mar Silva in reply to Warren Mackenzie’s comment, 2 months ago

    Hi Warren, If he wanted your lunch in the backpack it would have been time for a picinic with Yogi :) Thanks for your kind words. I only have a small picture of this. Maybe someday when I have a little bit more $$$ to play with I will. And if I win the lotto I will give you one.
    Thanks againg.

  • Irish

    Irish, 2 months ago

    THIS IS Awesome…love it!

  • jacqi

    jacqi, 2 months ago

    Fantastic Mar. I wanted to see a bear when we visited Yosemite but never saw one, only saw a print in sandy soil when I took a short walk off the road. There was a very musky smell around, like a fox, so I reckoned Mr / Mrs Bear wasn’t far away. That was close enough!!

  • buddykfa

    buddykfa, 2 months ago

    This is a very well taken shot, Mar.
    At first I was admiring the shot of the forest
    and the effects of the light on the dead branches.
    then, center frame, I spotted your little buddy again.
    You certainly had a lucky day.
    happy trails, Mar, ...........buddy

  • Aphoto4You IPA

    Aphoto4You IPA, 2 months ago

    magnificient colours mar….i like the rich deep in it..

  • Mar Silva

    Mar Silva in reply to jacqi’s comment, 2 months ago

    Thanks xxx
    Your probally right about the musky smell! In the last 15 years I have only seen 2 beers in the valley. 1 by mirror lake and one by Curry Village. All the others I’ve seen have been in the High Country :) Guess the Rangers do a good job scarring them away :)

  • Mar Silva

    Mar Silva in reply to Irish’s comment, 2 months ago

    Thanks Mil! xxx

  • Mar Silva

    Mar Silva in reply to buddykfa’s comment, 2 months ago

    Thanks so much Bud-ster!!!!

  • Mark Peterson

    Mark Peterson, 2 months ago

    Nice camouflage shot of the bear, and the snake :) great addition to your portfolio and one day when I see your book on the shelves I will expect to see these in it :) you have a good evening Maria!

  • Krys Bailey

    Krys Bailey, 2 months ago

    Aw bless! He’s well camouflaged for the dense forest! How great is this! ;o)

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