I had a request for another polar bear today and seeing as it’s about as cold in Brooklyn right now as it was when I was taking photographs up on the subarctic tundra, well, it seemed appropriate. Here’s a male polar bear, standing up to get a better view across the frozen Hudson Bay. Sure, they’re among the most fierce predators on earth, but somehow polar bears just don’t look quite as ferocious when on two legs like this as opposed to all four. Instead they can look more like Peter Griffin or Homer Simpson. Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 290mm) ISO 800, f/8 at 1/640th of a second
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great pic. is this only one seem in this area, or did you see more, or was it to early, for them to come out of their dens for winter season.
Love!
Dreaming of palm trees—-the Caribbean is near—-I can just smell it.
Love the Arctic light on this magnificent creature.
I see what you mean!
It looks like he’s standing on Pack Ice, pretty good balance if so.
Still, I wouldn’t call him ‘Homer Simpson’ to his face ;¬)
Snffff. Snfffff. Hmmmmmmm. Is that spring in the air.
Brilliant pic. Sean, I love the back lighting surrounding the bear. He is certainly a grand animal.