Awareness
Uploaded: August 21, 2009 16:00:53
Our bear guide told our group of photographers and bear viewers to never walk directly towards the bears. Always walk alongside them in a non-threatening manner so that they can detect and monitor our presence. Used a 200-400mm zoom lens with a 1.4x teleconverter. Taken in Lake Clark National Park, Alaska.
Exif: F Number: 5.6, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/500 seconds, Flash: did not fire., ISO: 500, White balance: Manual white balance, FocalLength: 550.00 mm, Model: NIKON D3
Eugenio Diaz August 21, 2009
Gorgeous capture, with great clarity and color!
Denny E. Barnes
August 21, 2009
Val Feldman
August 22, 2009
Linda Blair August 22, 2009
How cool....hope you had a very big telephoto lens...lol....excellent capture Debra!!!!!!!! #7877629Janet Daniel August 22, 2009
Awesome capture, Deb! Everything is picture perfect!
Ken Smith
August 22, 2009
Kathleen Rinker August 22, 2009
Great series my friend, love them all!! #7878346JO ANN CLEVELAND August 22, 2009
And I bet you all paid attention to that tip Deb! lolThis is just awesome, gorgeous color, fine detail, wonderful comp, you are going to have more than one recognized in August I bet! Amazing pictures girl
jo ann c. #7878448
Tammy Scott August 23, 2009
I love this series! Great in the wild shots! #7880241Renee Doyle August 23, 2009
Tack sharp Deb!!!!! Another excellent addition to this incredible series!! #7881803
Becky J. Parkinson
August 24, 2009
A P August 24, 2009
Just wonderful Deb. I don't know what this cost but it was worth every penny. And you actually saw all these bears. Let's so see Polar Bears together!! #7884733Dianna Murphy August 26, 2009
Amazing colors and light. Trilling to look at, I can't imagine what it must have been like to be there! #7889704Summer A. Kozisek September 14, 2009
You have been busy!! I love this whole bear series, but I think this one is my favorite. The textures are fantastic!!! #7941063Courtenay Vanderbilt November 23, 2009
CONGRATULATIONS, again Deb!!! #8154866Shawn Jennings November 23, 2009
Congratulations on this fantastic finalist, Deb! #8155411Melissa McCabe November 23, 2009
Congrats Deb, I'm so glad you reentered this : ) -mm #8155781
Linda D. Lester
November 23, 2009
Amy M. Wilson November 23, 2009
HUGE congratulations on this absolutely OUTSTANDING Finalist... love it, Deb!!! #8157241Robin R. November 23, 2009
The detail of this capture is wonderful. Congrats. #8157355
Stefania Barbier
November 23, 2009
Nancyj E. Hovey
November 23, 2009
Renee Doyle November 23, 2009
WTG JSB!!!! Winner to me!! Congratulations!! #8158354Phyllis H. Burchett November 23, 2009
Great shot, congrats on your finalist! #8158978Sam Britt November 23, 2009
Congratulations, Deb! #8160313Lois Adomite November 23, 2009
great photo, congratulations #8160427Summer A. Kozisek November 23, 2009
Congratulations on your fantastic finalist Deb!!! #8161103Donna La Mattino Pagakis November 24, 2009
Incredible Deb, congratulations on your finalist! #8163523Carol L. Fowler November 24, 2009
Wonderful colors! Congrats #8163526
Leslie McLain
November 24, 2009
Val Feldman
November 24, 2009
Mary Beth Aiello
November 24, 2009
Judy V. Kennamer
November 24, 2009
Ken Smith
November 25, 2009
Erica Murphy
November 25, 2009
Jessica Jenney November 25, 2009
Congratulations, Debra on your fantastic win! #8166874Amy JACKSON November 25, 2009
Excellent!! Congratulations, Debra!! :) #8167032
Agnes Fegan
November 25, 2009
Marcel J. Fernandez November 25, 2009
A rich high quality image. Congratulations Deb on your Win. #8167153
Leslie McLain
November 25, 2009
Bojan Bencic
November 25, 2009
ROLAN NARMAN November 25, 2009
Huge congratulations on your terrific winner Debra! #8167221
Nikki McDonald
November 25, 2009
Stefania Barbier
November 25, 2009
Amy M. Wilson November 25, 2009
HUGE congratulations on your OUTSTANDING win, Deb!!! WTG #8167491Kelly S. Cavanaugh November 25, 2009
Wonderful win, Debra! Congratulations! #8167595Daniella Puente November 25, 2009
CONGRATULATIONS on ths wonderful winner Deb ;))))) #8167674
Linda D. Lester
November 25, 2009
Renee Doyle November 25, 2009
WTG JSB!!! Awesome shot and soooooooo deserving of GOLD!! Love this shot - huge congratulations to you!! #8167767
Nancyj E. Hovey
November 25, 2009
Ivan Chacon November 25, 2009
Congratulations! :) #8168068
Becky J. Parkinson
November 25, 2009
Susan Fox November 25, 2009
Congratulations Deb :-) #8168285Valentin M. Armianu November 25, 2009
Congratulations Deb!! Fabulous winner!! #8168303
Kathleen Rinker November 25, 2009
Huge congrats my friend, very much deserved, a very striking image!! #8168553
Patrick Rouzes
November 25, 2009
Judy V. Kennamer
November 25, 2009
Sam Britt November 25, 2009
Big congratulations on this second place win, Deb! #8168972
Guy D. Biechele
November 25, 2009
Jennifer L. Alder November 25, 2009
I expect nothing less from you ;)
Usman M. Bajwa
November 25, 2009
UB. #8169297
Tommy E. Burgess November 26, 2009
Huge congratulations on your outstanding winner Debra!!! #8169497
Mitch Spence
November 26, 2009
Jeana Clark November 26, 2009
~J~ #8170313
Alex T. Mizuno November 26, 2009
You are really a world class photographer Deb! This is an amazing wildlife capture. Terrific details and expression! Congratulations on your win!!! #8170896Lester A. Garcia November 26, 2009
Congratulations, Debra. A beautiful WINNER! #8171023Anita Hogue November 26, 2009
WOW, Debra, this is absolutely perfect! Congratulations! As Linda said, you should have this hanging on your wall!!!!! #8171176Gord MacEachern November 26, 2009
So very well deserved Debra WTG !!! #8171216
Cindy Bendush
November 26, 2009
Dominick M. Dimacale
November 27, 2009
Dominick #8171869
Courtenay Vanderbilt November 27, 2009
BIG CONGRATULATIONS on this awesome winner, Deb!!! Incredible wildlife capture! #8172090
Christine Lobsinger
November 27, 2009
CHRIS
SMILING #8173397
Phyllis H. Burchett November 27, 2009
Congratulations on your win! #8173669Renata Gusciora November 28, 2009
Wow!Congratulatons on this awesome win,Debra!!!:-)Fabulous!!! #8174100Susan M. Campbell November 29, 2009
Way to go Debra. An awesome winner. #8177010Dianna Murphy December 01, 2009
Yay! So deserving. You should get a bravery award too. Congratulations on your wonderful image! #8182510Anne McKinnell December 01, 2009
Outstanding shot Debra!! Huge congratulations on your fabulous win! #8183814
Stephanie Laird
December 16, 2009
Donna La Mattino Pagakis December 14, 2010
This is such an incredible wildlife capture Deb. A belated congratulations on your win! #9102579Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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