Tuesday, 3 May 2011

Black Bear Diaries 2011 Part 7: Bea...

..vers! I should rename my blog to "Beaver Diaries 2011" and see if the blog gets more hits ;) I came across a Beaver this evening at about 7:45ish on my way along the trail and wanted to share some photos.

As usual I went out in search of Bears tonight but none were around. The males Bears have started to make an appearance so this has made the mum and cubs a little scarcer for the time being. Because the males are looking to mate, they will attack or chase off the cubs thus putting the mums on edge. I have a photo of the first male I encountered this year (last Friday night) but it was taken at 9pm so I'll wait until I get a better quality image before sharing. He is a decent size and I have seen him twice.

Back to the Beavers. A local had told me the beavers were out again so I decided to go see for myself and to my luck one was chomping away on the river bank. Because it was late I had to really push the ISO so I could get a useable shutter speed for making a sharp image. If you read the Image Tech information below you will how the ISO change affected the shutter speed. The light was not on my side this evening but I mounted my gear on a tripod and this was crucial for getting the Beaver sharp.

I love this first shot of the Beaver stretching out of the water in oder to reach some tasty vegetation.

 
Techs: 400MM @ F5.6 // 1/60 // ISO800
Canon 7D with 400MM F5.6 L
Image © J M Douglas|Photography 2011 


Techs: 400MM @ F5.6 // 1/80 // ISO1250
Canon 7D with 400MM F5.6 L
Image © J M Douglas|Photography 2011


Techs: 400MM @ F5.6 // 1/125 // ISO2000
Canon 7D with 400MM F5.6 L
Image © J M Douglas|Photography 2011


Techs: 400MM @ F5.6 // 1/500  // ISO3200
Canon 7D with 400MM F5.6 L
Image © J M Douglas|Photography 2011


Techs: 400MM @ F5.6 // 1/60 // ISO800
Canon 7D with 400MM F5.6 L
Image © J M Douglas|Photography 2011

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