How did I get so close to this black bear? In August last year we went on a road trip from the Northeast to the Southeast of the USA and stopped on the way at Grandfather Mountain in the Blue Ridge Mountains in the Appalachians. The clouds had fallen down from the sky that day so we drove through swirling fog up the mountain. Part way up we parked the car and walked to a viewing platforms for one of its environmental habitats.
All was quiet then suddenly black bears slowly began appearing in the mist.
According to the North Carolina’s Wildlife commission, black bears are now found in 60% of the state’s land areas. On Grandfather Mountain my children could observe them in their native setting without worrying about clapping loudly and making a lot of noise to scare them off. No…we were completely silent as we watched these beautiful creatures wander near us.
I wrote about our trip to and close encounters in Grandfather Mountain last summer. And captured a shot of one of the black bears in the mist which you can view here – as well as used another shot for my post on how to draw a bear thinking.
That’s amazing. I’m not sure I would have been able to keep my cool to take the shot! #alphabetphoto
Oh my goodness, what a lovely shot. I would have been a bit scared though.
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Oh my goodness how beautiful and terrifying at the same time! A gorgeous capture! #alphabetphoto
Amazing photograph! It must have been quite scary to come across though x
Wow, what a magical experience and such a fab shot.
Fabulous shot. No bear expert, but judging by it’s expression, it seems unconcerned by your presence. A lovely moment. #AlphabetPhoto
That is a wonderful close up shot. How wonderful to be able to get that close without any fear from you or the bear
wow what an amazing photo! You were so brave, I don’t think I could have got that close! x #alphabetphoto
Wow, amazing to have been so close to black bears. I can just imagine watching them walk out of the cloud, fabulous. I remember your posts from last year, the Blue Ridge Mountains are still on my list of places I want to visit 🙂
OMG Kriss!That has absolutely blown me away and your bear in the mist photo is equally amazing.
We regularly camp in bear territory and haven’t been fortunate enough to see one yet although I know I will be over the moon and completely terrified simultaneously .
Wow how lucky were you, I love bears but think I’d be too scared to take a photo if they were that close!