Bear Prayer
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Polar bear mother praying for some ice so she may hunt to feed her cubs.
The sea ice is shrinking at an alarming rate, which has a huge impact for the bears as this is their main hunting ground. More and more bears are being found to have drowned while trying to find the ice, even though they can swim up to sixty miles or so!
I hope the ice does not completely vanish and that they always have somewhere to hut!
(Spitsbergen – Scandinavian Arctic)
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Marleia Main
This is so sweet and sad too. Beautiful shot Steve!!
shilohlin
you have been capturing and posting the most phenominal photos of these magnificent peaceful creatures….....this one brought tears to my eyes as I pray for the same thing she does. Bless you dear one for your compassion~
Marinapallett
wow i love this pic so beautiful !!
Kathy Nairn
Thank you!
Yool
How cute ….wat a catch !!!!
Krys Bailey
I love your interpretation of her pose, Steve! Beautiful shot and this helps increase our awareness of the plight of these magnificent critters!
cherylc1
awesome capture!!! so sad what’s happening to their enviroment!
justlinda
Wondeful capture, hope his prayers are answered !
cdudak
What an amazing shot, love it!
mlynnd
This is so sad. I also pray they get the ice they need. Beautiful shot!
Renee Dawson
A wonderful shot Steve. Pulls at the heart strings!
Avril Brand
Wonderful photo!!! Hope he gets his ice!!
Maria Dryfhout
Mark Cosgriff
as usual, great capture. thanks for raising awareness.
ApeArt
wow
Mindy McGregor
Beautiful work Steve!
Rhonda Thomassen
oh my gosh, that is such a sweet photo! Unfortunately it is very sad and true.
coppertrees
This is so necessary, thank you so much for adding this touching photo to you profile. It is a very touching photo.
julie08
Fantastic shot:)
naturelover
Just love your work- need people like you to make us aware- this is just brilliant Steve!!
Emily Peak
Beautifully captured!
Taschja Hattingh
Ahhh so adorable! Such a religious fellow hope I’ll see him in heaven one day!
Angel Warda
oh how wonderful…
KMorral
Beautiful shot- looks like she has already managed to hunt something, though lets hope her pray is heard to continue the hunt!
SandraRos
Exceptional, perfect, textbook stuff ! You are the master of all masters !
Marvin Collins
Brilliant!!
Cathy Cale
So precious!! Fantastic capture.
nesi
Awesome shot!!!! Thought provoking as usual!
Maximus
So long as she wasn’t looking at you just prior to the ‘prayer’... :)
elphonline
wow
Jan Cartwright
Such a perfect pose – this could be the poster image to make people take notice of global warming. Great shot!
DawsonImages
Certainly a reverent pose
sarah ward
love it : )
aroha
beautiful capture, i was just about to say she looks like she’s praying but then i noticed the title – doh! wonderful work :)
goddessteri211
Such a sweet cuddley huggable bear….from far away of course!!! Great title for this one! Awesome shot! TERI~
Lyn Evans
This is adorable, what a fantastic shot
Jody Johnson
great shot….do we need to wonder what she is praying for? :(
CindyG
Beautiful shot!
lloydsjourney
Awesome!!
Margot Kiesskalt
A magnificent shot – truly beautiful.
Nic Relton
Great shot Steve!
Tamara Bobst
Stunning
Arlene Zapata
You can help the polar bear by donating HERE
Arlene Zapata
Let’s try that donation site this way http://www.nrdc.org/
It’s The Natural Resources Defense Council.
Christopher E...
this is an amazing shot, and that pretty much sums it up, it is so heartbreaking to know, we humans are responsible for their non-repairable habitat disappearing. the lighting and detail, your composition and the telling a story, this surpasses a “10”, excellent shot steve, one im sure was hard to shoot..emotionally
Evita
Great capture!!Congratulations on your feature!! :D
Pamela Jayne S...
you made me cry! Your photo is beautifully captured and totally awesome along with your other work.
Steve Buffington
Just a beautiful shot of this powerful animal. Well taken. I am aware of the problem and it is scary. We don’t want to lose these guys.
Marleia Main
Featured in Bears : ))
Laurie Puglia
excellent work here :)
David Clark
amazing Steve – really does look like she is in deep thought – nice that you can take and post photos like this to raise awareness even if on a small scale—this should be a poster for global warming/climate change. – dave
Karen Moore
Great Shot! So sad as well as beautiful
Seosamh
cool photograph
Cheryl Dunning
fantastic shot!
Tania Birch
Oh my what an amazing capture and In so understand your story.
Skye Ryan-Evans
Another precious photograph and a definite “all time favourite” for me. Beautiful, sensitive work, Steve. Congratulations, this is just brilliant! Skye :o-)