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Ursus Americanus - Black Bear
Although there were probably once as many as two million black bears in North America long before European colonization, the population declined to a low of 200,000 as a result of habitat destruction and unrestricted hunting culls. By current estimates, more than 800,000 are living today on the continent. 100,000 of these are in my home-province of Ontario, Canada...
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photo was shot in the wild... zoom lens ... no tripod. I was lucky enough to use a faster shutter because he was basking in a bit of sunlight.
Tone mapped from a single RAW image.
Although there were probably once as many as two million black bears in North America long before European colonization, the population declined to a low of 200,000 as a result of habitat destruction and unrestricted hunting culls. By current estimates, more than 800,000 are living today on the continent. 100,000 of these are in my home-province of Ontario, Canada...
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photo was shot in the wild... zoom lens ... no tripod. I was lucky enough to use a faster shutter because he was basking in a bit of sunlight.
Tone mapped from a single RAW image.
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Very beautiful portrait. Really good. My kids can't take their eyes off it.