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Smiling Ice Bear


Smiling Ice Bear
Photo Information
Copyright: Eloise WP (Juniper) Silver Note Writer [C: 1 W: 0 N: 13] (46)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2010-07
Categories: Mammals
Camera: Canon Rebel T1i, Canon Zoom Lens EF 75-300mm
Exposure: f/4.5, 1/1600 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2010-08-10 9:39
Viewed: 4434
Points: 6
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Not my best photo technique-wise at all, but one still worth sharing, I think.
This Arctic day was hazy, but sunny. Our ship crept upon a polar bear just finishing a meal of most likely a ringed seal. He seemed quite pleased with himself, and I was happy to capture this moment.

Ringed seals are the favorite food of polar bears who are likely to eat forty to forty-five annually. The bear looks for breathing holes in ice created by the seals, and waits patiently for hours until a seal comes up to take his last breath.

Twenty-five to thirty thousand polar bears remain in the wild. At the top of the food chain in the Arctic environment, their only predator is man.
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To ingridshaul: Thank youJuniper 1 08-13 09:38
Animal Behaviouringridshaul 1 08-13 08:43
To carmia: CarmiaJuniper 1 08-12 17:29
To caspian: MehmetJuniper 1 08-12 17:27
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Hi Eloise! A beautiful nature scene,
Nice colors,
Good light,
Good composition!! Good work! TFS. Carme.

Hi Eloise,

Great timing and shot.
The details are very much alive.
Is really fun to watch this picture.
Thanks for sharing.

King Regards
Mehmet

A fine scene of the endander-species Polar-Bear in photo .
Great tele in use, and very authentic image.
Regards
Ike

Dear Eloise,
I like photos which tell a story - and this one is DEFINETLY worth telling. Thanks for sharing this interesting photo.

When I first joined TrekNature I enquired about the ''technical not so good photo'' side and was reassured, that this site's aim to educated be very important to the members.

In this particular case I appreciate very much the fact that you included the habitat, which not many of us have seen...

Enjoy your week-end
Kind Regards
Ingrid

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