Polar Bear by Flying Cow

Wednesday, 27th December 2006

Polar Berry

by Flying Cow

The polar bear and I were competing in a staring contest, to see who could go the longest without blinking!

Equipment: Canon SD450

Flying Cow

I love to travel and I deeply enjoy photography.

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15 Comments

Jack Pearce Says:
December 27th, 2006 at 4:24 pm
Beautiful shot. I’d love to travel places to see animals like these in the future.
ben Says:
January 14th, 2007 at 6:07 pm
great shot. was this in churchill?
cow Says:
February 7th, 2007 at 4:34 am
this was in quebec city.
kml Says:
June 27th, 2007 at 1:03 pm
Beautiful! Good to see you won the staring contest and could share with us this beautiful image!
Joshua Says:
July 17th, 2007 at 10:33 pm
I love polar bears so much. Polar bears are the biggest land predator on the planet. Great pose, great photo, Well done!
Anurag Says:
July 19th, 2007 at 7:26 am
Your shutter speed must be really fast, otherwise you would have got motion(shivering) blur!!!
Pieter -sAner- van der Horst Says:
August 6th, 2007 at 9:03 am
Very interesting overall scene. I just feel the crop is a little too tight in the bottom and in the righthandside. I also think you underexposed just a wee bit as the snow is not pure white (but perhaps it wasn’t in reality).
Thari Says:
September 5th, 2007 at 4:19 pm
I like your composition. I do agree with van der Horst on the crop being a bit too tight. Nice lighting on the polar bear. But is it me or is there a lot of noise in this picture?
Ann Says:
December 27th, 2007 at 8:34 am
Very brave of you to make eye contact with such a mighty creature. He looks so cute and cuddly yet at the same time looking as if he could pounce at any time. I like this image maybe not technically perfect but it has heart and soul and a great essence .
Su Says:
December 27th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
yes maybe not a perfect shot (other comments) but wonderful nethertheless and a true earthshot is about the diversity of our planet not trying to win on techinical details.
renee Says:
August 30th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
amazing shot! these bears are so stunning and you have captured it perfect!
su Says:
September 2nd, 2009 at 7:39 am
He looks so cute, but you just know hes not, awesome
mike Says:
October 4th, 2009 at 1:35 am
He is cute.
paul whitton Says:
December 27th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
what a big bear! cute though
paul whitton Says:
January 30th, 2010 at 11:04 am
I know the feeling, as I once did this with a black bear in alaska, I would love to share this moment with you, if you would take a moment to have a look at my site, there is a pencil drawing I did of the shot I took that broke the stare.

it was an amazing moment in my life as I am sure this one was for you, and I admire it with a special connection we have had in sharing similar experiences with one of natures most impressive animals, fantastic shot! I could look at it for hours.