Photo Of these two, which is the better fisherman? Bear 1, Human 0 by Jim Griffin

As one can see, the bears seem to do better when it comes to catching the fish. I guess in one way though, at least the fiserman doesn't have to worry about the bear taking HIS fish. Katmai National park Alaska.

published:

Sat 2 Dec 2006 10:06

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lens Nikon 80-400 VR

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Chet King #1 Sat 2 Dec 2006 10:46

Great shot Jim.

== #2 Sat 2 Dec 2006 11:19

Excellent photo. All has ended well?

Jim Griffin #7 Sat 2 Dec 2006 16:23

zyes, all ended well. The bear has got his fish and plenty of others. Still, they tell all the fisheman to cut the line if the bear starts coming for the fishermans fish.

Yuriy MS #3 Sat 2 Dec 2006 12:13

Interesting shot !

Nada Vujanic #4 Sat 2 Dec 2006 12:40

at least the fiserman doesn't have to worry about the bear taking HIS fish

Does he?
GREAT MOMENT, but focus on the bear could be little better.

Jim Griffin #6 Sat 2 Dec 2006 16:22

Nada,
I guess on my screen the bear looks very sharp. Fisherman is slightly out of focus due to depth of field, but that's not what I'm focusing on. I know some phtogrophers on this site and others tend to over sharpen to make it look sharp on the screen, but that's a metter of taste in my opinion. Thanks for the comment though.

Vigen Hakhverdyan #5 Sat 2 Dec 2006 12:42

wow....great moment you captured!!!

Jim Griffin #8 Sat 2 Dec 2006 16:31

Thanks Vigen.

Mike Lee #9 Sat 2 Dec 2006 16:52

Great shot Jim!! Very well done

silvia marmori #10 Sat 2 Dec 2006 18:12

you are right.. the best fisher .. and the faster eater also!..
excellent, jim!
hope you are having an excellent week end!

George Mashkovtsev #11 Sat 2 Dec 2006 19:40

Interesting photo!!!

Dmitrij Shkirjov #12 Sat 2 Dec 2006 20:32

Excellent work!!! The bear and the person at all are not afraid each other?!

Billy Holmes #13 Sat 2 Dec 2006 22:58

They need to rename this park to Brave Fisherman and Photographers National Park smile Great shot Jim ! I read in the other comments about cutting the line... So what do they tell you to do when you look tastier than the fish ? wink

Jim Griffin #14 Sat 2 Dec 2006 23:29

Anything but run. smile Do you know that these large animals can run in excess of 35 mph. Fotunately, the fish look a lot tastier. smile

Billy Holmes #15 Sun 3 Dec 2006 03:18

I didn't know how fast they went I just knew they go faster than us smile I was chased by a momma black bear as a child in the smokies. The only thing that stopped her was a ranger with a very loud whistle in cades cove smile I know I was lucky it was a short chase and a lucky abrupt end, They ended up catching her and cubs and moved them higher in elevation.

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