This guy was alone and his demeanor seemed more threatening. His glance was wicked and we were definitely in his space. Needless to say, we did not wait for him to reach the road. Whewwww!!
It's at times like these that you want to take your camera off auto-focus and adjust it manually (unless, of course, you really WERE 3 feet from the bear). The shot is good because it's a rare one, but the camera focussed on the berries instead of the bear. I don't know what kind of camera you use but the Canon EOS Rebels have an A-DEP setting that tries to expand on the f-stop setting for the shot (the higher the f-stop, of couse, the longer your depth of field). A good one to add to your portfolio of National Park photos.
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