stuny Posted November 8, 2010 Share #1 Posted November 8, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) The polar bear, a descendant of the grizzly bear (which is an omnivore vs. U. Maritimus being a carnivore) fasts most of the year 'round, and begins to congregate in various places northerly awaiting the sea ice to form so they can go out of the ice, hunt seals, double their weight and mate on the ice. They can smell their prey up to 32 kilometers away, and walk nearly triple that distance on any given day. Probably the best place to view polar bears in the wild is around Churchill on Hudson Bay in Manitoba, between mid October and mid November, when nearly 1,000 of them await the freeze.. You can see photos from our Manitoba visit on our site in the Churchill gallery and in the Winnipeg gallery. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted November 8, 2010 Posted November 8, 2010 Hi stuny, Take a look here Ursus Maritimus - World's largest land predator (x2). I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
MarkP Posted November 8, 2010 Share #2 Posted November 8, 2010 Beautiful pictures. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernstblofeld Posted November 8, 2010 Share #3 Posted November 8, 2010 Beautiful pictures. I second that. Ernstblofeld Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richam Posted November 8, 2010 Share #4 Posted November 8, 2010 I second that. Ernstblofeld I third. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
michali Posted November 8, 2010 Share #5 Posted November 8, 2010 Stuart- +4 Wonderful pictures of a truly magnificent predator. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauledell Posted November 8, 2010 Share #6 Posted November 8, 2010 Stuart, Marvelous pictures of a remarkable animal. I hope you weren't as close to the bear as it looks or you would have been a tasty meal. Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
albert Posted November 8, 2010 Share #7 Posted November 8, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) Stuart, What a beautiful animal. What a beautiful body. What beautiful photographs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steinklicker Posted November 8, 2010 Share #8 Posted November 8, 2010 Perfect. Hope you used a 200 mm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted November 8, 2010 Author Share #9 Posted November 8, 2010 Karl-Alber, Ernst, Mark, Michael, Mike, Paul, Al & Steiklicker - Thank you. Both of these are with R8/DMR/80-200 and APO 2X extender. I have other shots made with the D2 that are genuinely close, and perhaps I'll post some of those soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allamande Posted November 9, 2010 Share #10 Posted November 9, 2010 Stuart, These are absolutely gorgeous! I hope you do post more. Ece Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted November 9, 2010 Author Share #11 Posted November 9, 2010 Ece - Thank you. I'll do that several times over. Look for my "Attentive mother with twins" thread which I'll post shortly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
roguewave Posted November 9, 2010 Share #12 Posted November 9, 2010 Stu, another fine set. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted November 9, 2010 Author Share #13 Posted November 9, 2010 Ben - Thank you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hiles Posted November 10, 2010 Share #14 Posted November 10, 2010 Fine pictures Stuart - what an animal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted November 10, 2010 Author Share #15 Posted November 10, 2010 Michael - Thank you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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