Bears in the North

Bears in the North · Posted by PePe, 07-12-2009, 02:11 PM

Earlier this week I spent a couple of nights in north-eastern Finland not that far away from the Arctic Circle. It is a good time for spotting bears as that far up it doesn´t really get dark at all. This trip was also the first serious field trials for my Sigma 500/4,5.
The weather turned out to be a bit overcast, which assured the wide-open capabilities of the Sigma got thoroughly tested. To put it short: the more I use this lens, the more I like it!
Here are a couple of encounters from this latest trip.

*skinja* · 07-12-2009, 02:18 PM

Those are some great shots PePe, looks like that lens is working out well for you.

John

*Heinrich Lohmann* · 07-12-2009, 06:25 PM

Two different grizzlies in two days, not bad. Thanks for posting them.

scott-devon · 07-13-2009, 09:50 AM

Beautiful shots, great job on those.

JMR · 07-13-2009, 10:44 PM

Excellent work!

JMR

*gawan* · 07-14-2009, 01:49 PM

Good job! You have captured those kings of the forest well! I just hope I can do similar shots some day..

Irek J. · 07-14-2009, 04:42 PM

Very interesting to see bears in such a natural environment. I'm just wondering if these creatures were aware of your presence, were you alone or in a group?

RonMexico · 07-14-2009, 05:49 PM

you look at bears and think they're beautiful, but I'd be deathly afraid to get near one.

Good thing you had that 500mm.

beautiful pictures

PePe · 07-15-2009, 12:35 AM

Originally Posted by Irek J.

I'm just wondering if these creatures were aware of your presence, were you alone or in a group?

I was on my own in a booth, so the bears were not aware of me being there. I prefered to keep it that way and spent the whole night there, got a couple of hours of sleep and only came out in the morning once the bears were gone.
Initially the idea did sound a bit weird, but it worked out all right !