Them’s Tourist
A young bear with mom looking at all the tourist piled up in the middle of Laurel Creek Road…. one of the biggest problems in the park and especially Cades Cove is people stopping in the middle of the road to take pictures. Due to low light and being hand held I had to use an ISO of 800 to get this shot…imagine the results from the many cell phone shots that were in use also….Black Bear, ursus americanus…Mama’s ear tags were digitally removed if anyone wants the shot with them in, please let me know….Shot was taken in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park…noise may be visible on larger prints……Black bears in the park are wild animals, caution should be use in approaching them…The bear in Cades Cove are a little more tolerable to people than these would be. Those in the cove see 1000’s of people daily. People thinking that because they got close to one in the cove, they could anywhere in the park. Mama bear did a false charge to some that were trying to approach them a few minutes after this shot….Those in the cove and elsewhere can kill you. A young child was mauled in the park this year as he bent over to play in the water..To the bear he probably looked like a small deer…
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Laurel
Good Shot Gary! They are very hard to capture in the woods with limited light!
Elf Evans
And limited DISTANCE….nicely done!
Glenna Walker
Great shot…well done!
Tim Denny
Great capture Gary, and also lighting and composition
shotzbyjay
Very nice shot Gary, glad you got close enough!
riverotter
Great capture Gary (and thanks for adding the written information as well) ... so many folks, not necessarily here on RB, do NOT know about animals in the wild. LOL though, I can almost hear the Mom Bear saying “Now, those are people, a strange lot, you’ll see them often around here … they have these strange things attached to them with flashy lights … just smile and keep walking …”
budrfli
nice capture. i like the way they are in the same pose
Mammalia
What a great shot of the bears, you have a beautiful wildlife collection here!!
jadeast
Excellent series Gary!
Pat Abbott
Nice capture!
Lori Peters
I would love to get a shot like that, Gary. So precious. XX
Susan Bergstrom
Awesome, breathtaking, superb, fantastic…I can’t think of any more words!!!LOL
cdudak
What a grea shot of these bears. You should put them in the Bears of the world group also.
Sherri Hamilton
Great work my friend….. and the information that you posted along with these wild animals is so important! Some have no clue that their life can be gone in minutes if they get to close.
Mundy Hackett
Marvelous Gary!
Sherrianne Talon
Great information and absolutely fantastic shot!
Lori Walton
Super shot Gary. Tourist will never learn!!
Chris Snyder
Beautiful shots Gary!
I was in the Cove last Thursday. Didn’t get to see any bears. I did hear about some cubs off of Sharps Road. Saw one right before daylight on Little River Road. Too dark to photograph.
Lots of deer and of course beautiful scenery.
Sande Elkins
We took visiting friends horseback riding in Cades Cove years ago and encountered some of the black bears that live there. They are extremely tolerant with the presence of all those tourists but my horse wasn’t as tolerant about their presence..lol…all turned out well but I wasn’t as fascinated with the bears as my friends. I was like my horse, ready to put some distance between us and them. Beautiful creatures though and this is a great chapter. The high ISO doesn’t show.
Joyce Dickens,...
Wow….awesome capture Gary….......very nicely done!
Ellen
How beautiful this photo…..i also like the colors a lot, well done Gary!
amarica
Excellent caputre Hun!
Seth Weaver
Magnificent shot and great info Gary. I’ve had a Mom Bear run at me when I stupidly got between her and her cub. I can’t believe now that I could move that fast back then.
Joanne Bradley
Amazing capture Gary!
Margot Kiesskalt
Excellent capture!!
Kimberly Palmer
Awesome sight to see, I’m sure! Great shot Gary.
Steve Chapple
Great image of ‘nature’ and I love the way you explain in text…it gives us a real chance to appreciate your world.
dc witmer
nice shot Gary
Sharon Davey
GREAT shot and capture Beautiful work WELL DONE!!!!!
satsumagirl
Wow! What a rare capture!
Secretwomen
What a great shot!!!
Charlene Aycoc...
wow a iso of 800, how did u get it so clear without noise?
Steve Buffington
Great shot Gary. Well composed. An impressive animal and as you say, not to be taken lightly.
Jim Harmon
Great shot.
AnnDixon
This is gorgeous,