from my elk,
said the big red bear.
The elk were happy to have us around,
we distracted Mr. Bear.
I always agree with wild bears,
regardless of what they say.
I couldn’t bear that I didn’t have my wildlife camera,
and had to settle for shooting with my non-zoom lens,
when Mr. Bear showed up with barely a sound, and surprised us!
Cheers to you from The Sierra Nevadas~
cindyknoke.com 
Poor Mr. Bear, distracted by the crazy wildlife photographer. 😛 What beautiful images and setting Cindy.
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Laughing….. He didn’t need me disrupting his lunch!!! 😉
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Good thing he didn’t decide you were on the menu!
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Just gorgeous, Cindy!
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Grazie mille Sandy დ
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My pleassure.
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Wow! What a fabulous experience, even without the right lens. I feel your pain!
Alison
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I know you would! Love to you Alison & thank you დ
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Wise move Cindy, to stay away from those bears. Do you have any moose down there? You want to stay away from them too.
Leslie xoxo
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Moose can be touchy. I love them and photograph and follow at reasonable distance when safe. Most people don’t know:
http://www.highsierratopix.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=3816
But I only see them in other places.
Take good care Leslie & thank you for stopping by
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I think the bear will leave the elks alone. 🙂
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Yes. He found a potentially less quick lunch 🙂
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What a beautiful place to be. Love the elk and the bear being able to be wild and free. 🙂
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Wild & free is how a bear should be! დ
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Gr8 pix despite not having the zoom lens.
Looks like the bear is a color variant of what we call a “black” bear (Ursus americanus). The color here is just like the color of a “red” fox and was new to me as a color for some bears.
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Thank you very much and yes, it is the first red, black bear I have seen too. დ
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No worries about the camera, Cindy!
You delivered a lot of beauty, fabulously!
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Awww….. You are a thoughtful friend Resa. Thank you დ
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I think you got very good shots without the cameras. The camera that is with you is the one that is best. Yes, I would not disagree with bear too 🙂
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“The camera that is with you is the one that is the best.” I love this! Very Zen. And agree with you, bears can be unbearably disagreeable to humans who argue with them 😉
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Wow!
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Smiling……Thank you!! დ
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My pleasure.
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Wonderful experiences. I wonder sometimes if our cameras come between us and the wildlife but I long for a really good zoom camera!
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I think cameras on tripods would interfere for me. I want to move within nature. I don’t want to be stationary watching wildlife far away with a telescope camera. It is almost like not being there. დ
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Thanks for the follow, Cindy 🙂
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I followed you before and will again! Love your blog Rosaliene დ
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“I always agree with wild bears,” True wisdom, Cindy. 🙂 –Curt
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Yep. If he says, “That fish is mine.” The fish is his! დ
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That was the advice the ranger gave me ever so many years ago when I stepped off a float plane in Katmai National Park, Alaska. 🙂
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Beautiful landscape shots, Cindy, and I love the animals too! Bears always look so cuddly, but aren’t appearances deceptive!
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Yes appearances are, in people and wild animals! Thank you Helene დ
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If you weren’t using a zoom lens, that bear looks too close for comfort! Great photos.
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Thank you Eileen, there was some zoom, just not as much as my wildlife camera დ
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Good storyline for the pics … love the first overview capture!
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So good to be in touch with you Frank & thanks my friend დ
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Beautiful bear. Great shots…they truly are.
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Merci beaucoup mon ami Gigi დ
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What wonderful photos, both of the landscape and of the grizzly bears. Thank you for sharing, Marie
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Thank you more for your kind appreciation Marie დ
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I ‘m lost in the beauty! in awe of nature
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The soul of nature is our soul too! Happy you get lost in her beauty & thank you. დ
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second you on this, my pleasure
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Lions and tigers and BEARS, oh, my! And what a gorgeous view in those last photos!
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Thanks much Kathy & cheers to you my friend დ
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These are gorgeous!! You might now have been able to ‘bear’ not having your zoom lens, but you slayed!
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Smiling…… Mr. Bear was feeling photogenic! 😉
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Wow! These images and experience just breathtaking. Beautiful and exciting.
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I am so happy you enjoyed Thank you very much & take good care დ
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Amazing! 💕
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Grazie mille დ
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Wow, well, I’m impressed yet again with this blog.
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Ahhh, I’m honored Henry. Thank you very much & cheers to you დ
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wow! amazing! but do be careful, dear friend.
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I always actually am. Thank you very much for caring & be well დ
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Oh goodness! That wasn’t with a zoom lens? He looks so close! Are they dangerous? I’m glad you’re okay. Yes, agree with everything they say for sure. Except if he says, “Hello lunch.” They are omnivores, right? These photos are so gorgeous! Thank you for sharing them. ♥.
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Smiling…..It was with some zoom, but not enough. He was close-ish, but not too close for safety. Bears are omnivores. They eat lots of plants, but if they are looking at you like lunch, it would be a bad day for you. Love to you Niki & thank you დ
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Love you too! Oh well I’m glad he wasn’t hungry for people that day. Thank you for these beautiful photos. ♥.
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For the love of nature. That’s absolutely beautiful!
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Nature is our biggest gift. Thank you very much დ
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Absolutely 🤗
You’re very much welcome ❤️
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And, that is your “point-and-shoot” camera option! If you had the zoom what would we have seen? The bear’s eye? Beautiful. – Oscar
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Not point and shoot. It’s a Sony RX 7. I use it for landscapes. If I had my wildlife camera, I could how shown you his eyelashes! დ
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No more Brownie Cameras, huh? Camera lens technologies and mega-pixel digital formats capture some amazing images these days. – Oscar
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Hi Cindy, these photographs are extraordinary!
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Honored you think so and thanks so very much Charles დ
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How far away from the bear were you? He’s a beautiful creature, but the fact that he appeared without making noise is a little alarming.
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Bears can definitely do this, and it is alarming, but it usually is the other way around, a human appears, without making noise and surprises/alarms the bear, which is just never a good idea, for the human, or the bear დ
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Magnificent photos
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Thank you very much & cheers to you დ
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Once again: wowwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!! Sooooo great!!!!
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Wow… Thank you for these photos, great shots!
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Thank you more for you appreciation Amy & be well დდ
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The shot of the lake at a distance from up high takes my breath away!
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I am so glad it did. The view did the same to me დდ
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Reblogged this on Wolfgang Mutterer – Präsentiert –.
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Thank you for your thoughtfulness my friend & be well დ
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Oh my goodness – yes, always agree with the bears or you may barely get away!!
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I couldn’t bear that……. დ
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So lolevy to watch the wilderness and the happiness of the wild animals in nature. I’m so happy for that you that opportunity to travel around this wonderful areas.
Gorgeous to see awesome views and amazing photos of all animals 👌greetings from 🇷🇴
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What a beautiful comment. Makes me happy. Thank you very much. I love your photography of our beautiful natural world and I love the gorgeous Netherlands! Take good care and stay safe my friend დ
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Always a pleasure Cindy 🌷 Of course I will stay safe ☘️💚 Thank you so much for all your visits on my blogsite. I hope you can read and understand the language after translation 🤗
Best greetz to you too 💐
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Wow, looks a little bit close to me but you seem to know your bears! Bear hugs to you from afar.
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Bear hugs flying back to you!
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The bear is beautiful, magnificent, and scary. It looks like it means business.
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They are awesome creatures. But, I seriously do not like surprising a bear. დ
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