Hello from the US, Germany and Canada

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Calgary 617

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Thanks all!

jdeg, I took these shots with my Nikon D300 and a Sigma 100-300, hand held from a boat on a river in BC on a guided photo tour I went on last October during the salmon run.
I can post some more in a new thread from that tour, just wanted to show something in my introduction to introduce myself.
 
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kanteen

Banned
Calgary 617 said:
Hi, I was born in the US, grew up in Germany and now work and live in Canada!
I started with photography about 2 1/2 years ago after buying my first dslr, my main interests are landscape and wildlife photography.

My favorite subjects are birds of prey

Bald eagle fly by by Calgary617, on Flickr

And bears

Sow yawning by Calgary617, on Flickr
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Oh my where you find such big bears, you not scared I live here in Canada 2 years and no see big bear. I like to shoot to, I have D200 and 18-70 good camera no,
 
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Calgary 617

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It was a guided tour and we were never in danger. Only once the wind blew us closer and we were around 4 meters (13' I think) away from a massive grizzly sow in the water next to us fishing for salmon.

The largest I've seen here in Alberta was a grizzly last year, was desperately trying to find one just to see it. Then I ran into this sow and she let me photograph her for two hours.
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Grizzly by Calgary617, on Flickr
 
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happlegate11

New member
Calgary 617 said:
It was a guided tour and we were never in danger. Only once the wind blew us closer and we were around 4 meters (13' I think) away from a massive grizzly sow in the water next to us fishing for salmon.

The largest I've seen here in Alberta was a grizzly last year, was desperately trying to find one just to see it. Then I ran into this sow and she let me photograph her for two hours.


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Grizzly by Calgary617, on Flickr
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She is a beauty! I would LOVE to do something like this one day! Wonderful photos.
 
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Calgary 617

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Thanks Heather. The last one was just a matter of time, I spent six days straight in that area looking for signs of bears, tracks, scat and then one morning while driving up the road for the first time I saw her. The days before I saw nothing at all. A good place to watch bears is in South Alberta, Waterton Lakes NP. I took my parents there last October who were on a visit and we saw 15 bears in 4 hours which is a pretty good day.
 
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jcottone45

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Welcome aboard Calgary 617, this seems to be a good place to be (they keep me in the site anyway).
To Pavement Pilot I read your piece & agree with you.
 
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jcottone45

Senior Member
Viewing this great picture is as close as I'd want to get to a grizzly nowadays (my fighting grizzly days are long since gone).
Great shot I love it.!!!
 
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