My buddy told me that he had been seeing game fairly regularly on a piece of public property not far from the house so I decided to take my new camera and see what I could see. I was expecting to see some deer and turkeys, but I was hoping I might get a glimpse of a bear since they frequent the property as well.
Monday after work I parked at the designated parking area and eased down a grass cut road with my new camera in hand. I had come straight from work and was still in my shirt, pants and dress shoes, sans tie. I had barely made it 300 yards down the road when I heard sticks breaking in the woods to my right. I stopped and listened, but didn't hear anything more. I was just about to start walking again when I heard more sticks breaking. I said to myself, "That's a bear!"
I eased off of the grass road and tried to peer through the thick growth near the road. I could see that it opened up within about ten yards. I found a game trail and slipped into the woods. After it thinned out I stopped and looked around slowly. It took me a second to realize that I was looking at a bear 30 yards away. He was looking at me too! I eased the camera up and snapped 5 quick pictures before he departed the premises.
Unfortunately, the camera was on auto focus and there was a lot of junk between us, but I still got a little memento of the encounter.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v611/dudleyg/nikontestrun093.jpg)
Cool photo and encounter! Thanks for sharing that with us. :thumbsup:
Awesome! Thanks for sharing.
What is your camera?
You are taking some really cool pictures!
Killdeer
Wow! That will make the hair on the back of your neck stand up!
... mike ...
:thumbsup: Very cool!
Thanks, guys!
Renee just bought me the Nikon D5000 for my 40th birthday. My birthday isn't actually until the 16th, but Best Buy had a great deal last weekend. She spoils me.
I got a 18-55 and a 80-300 (might be 70-300). I need to get something in the middle too. Maybe Christmas if I am good!
I had only had the camera for one day when I got this shot.
Nice camera. I had the biggest buck I had ever seen in front of me and took some shots. That's when I ran into the autofocus syndrome. When you are looking at all that antler, the viewfinder loses its impact... :rolleyes:
Killdeer
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Killdeer/TG%20Uploads/Deer/Img_0851Nov142008.jpg)
Happy B-day a few days early bro. Enjoyed the picture. You going to make it to JC's this year. We would love to have all of you up to shoot but I know it sure is a long way.
OO that autofocus!!! I hardly ever use it anymore and my current cameras manual focus is Extremely hard to use :( ! Seems to always focus on the foreground when you dont want it too and the background when you want the foreground. BUTTTTTTT, with all that said, I still really like the picture! Kinda a loomy type vibe, cool!
Thanks for sharing Gregg. That is something I need to work on. I ususally depend on brother DW to take the pics when we are out and about and he does a great job ! However, I am missing lots of memories I need to be getting on film. Note to self..... get a better camera and get to taking good pics like Mr. Dudley and DW !!!
nocams
Hey guys! Not going to make JC's...going to Howard Hill a couple weeks later. You boys going?
Thats real cool.