[AGL] Fw: Bear Story & Once in a Lifetim

[michele mason]

WOW!  MM

On Aug 30, 2008, at 5:53 AM, bakhirun bakhirun wrote:


> That doesn't look like a very long telephoto there, fella. 

>

> Like maybe about 150mm or so I'd say. Nor is there much cropping.

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> In short Sparky, get the fuck outta there while the gettins good.

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> bbbbbbbbbbbbbb

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> (Still haven't seen the bear film)

>

> 2008/8/29 Frances Morey <frances_morey at yahoo.com>

>> Wow! Claude, these are absolutely wonderful. I am a bit of a 

>> photographer, too, but not as patient or lucky as Tom Sears. Do you 

>> know him, or did this just come to you through Internet 

>> sources? These are remarkable jewels of wild life photography. As you 

>> can see I'm sharing it with other email enthusiasts, too. Thank you 

>> so much.

>> Best,

>> Frances

>>  

>> AustinGhettoFolks,

>> I think you'll love this one.

>> Best,

>> Frances

>>

>> ----- Forwarded Message ----

>> From: Claude Biediger <claudedbiediger at hotmail.com>

>>  To: Frances Morey <frances_morey at yahoo.com>

>> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 9:04:40 AM

>> Subject: FW: Bear Story & Once in a Lifetime

>>

>>

>> Nice Story

>>  

>> Claude

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>>>>> THE BEARS AND I

>>>>> Black bears typically have two cubs, rarely one or three. In 2007, 

>>>>> in northern New Hampshire , a black bear sow gave birth to five 

>>>>> healthy young. There were two or three reports of sows with as 

>>>>> many as four cubs but five was, and is, extraordinary. I learned 

>>>>> of them shortly after they emerged from their den and set myself a 

>>>>> goal of photographing all five cubs with their mom, no matter how 

>>>>> much time and effort was involved. I knew the trail they followed 

>>>>> on a fairly regular basis, usually shortly before dark. After 

>>>>> spending nearly four hours a day, seven days a week, for six weeks 

>>>>> I had that once in a lifetime  opportunity and photographed them 

>>>>> in the shadows and dull lighting of the evening. Due to these 

>>>>> conditions the photograph is a bit noisy as I had to use the 

>>>>> equivalent o f a very fast film speed on my digital camera. The 

>>>>> print is properly focused and well exposed with all six bears 

>>>>> posing as if they were in a studio for a family portrait.

>>>>>

>>>>> <unknown.gif>(Read on)

>>>>>

>>>>> I stayed in touch with other people who saw the bears during the 

>>>>> summer and into the fall hunting season. All six bears continued 

>>>>> to thrive. As time for hibernation approached, I found still more 

>>>>> folks who had seen them and everything remained OK. I stayed away 

>>>>> from the bears as I was concerned that they might become 

>>>>> habituated to me, or to people in general, as approachable 

>>>>> friends. This could be dangerous for both man and animal. After 

>>>>> Halloween I received no further reports and could only hope the 

>>>>> bears survived until they hibernated.

>>>>>

>>>>> This spring, before the snow disappeared, all six bears came out 

>>>>> of their den and wandered the same familiar territory they trekked 

>>>>> in the spring of 2007. I saw them before mid April and dreamed 

>>>>> nightly of taking another family portrait, an improbable second 

>>>>> once in a lifetime photograph. On April 25, 2008 I achieved my 

>>>>> dream.

>>>>>

>>>>> <unknown.jpg>(Read on)

>>>>>

>>>>> When something as magical as this happens between man and animal, 

>>>>> Native Americans say we have walked together in the shadow of a 

>>>>> rainbow.

>>>>>

>>>>> And so it is with humility and great pleasure that I share these 

>>>>> photos with you.

>>>>>

>>>>> Sincerely, Tom Sears

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AS FOR ME  AND  MY HOUSE, WE SHALL SERVE THE LORD
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