Brown Bear Sow and Cub, Artist Proof Prints, $75 each

Hello and happy Thursday, friends! I am grateful for the overwhelming response to the photos of the brown bear sow and cub that I shared recently. I have added both images to my online store, available on canvas, metal, or high-gloss photo paper. I have also decided to release the first ten artist proofs, 18x12" high-gloss prints, signed and numbered, for $75 each

It's never too early to begin shopping for the holidays! Follow the link to my online store: http://www.colintyler.com/online-store/

As always, thank you for following my journey. Every purchase helps to keep me out exploring and sharing with the world. Feel free to share!

Peek-a-Boo!

It never ceases to amaze me how an creature that weighs several hundred pounds can retreat into a small stand of brush and suddenly appear out of nowhere. This is why it's a good idea to make a bit of noise to announce your presence, rather than startling a bear that could be protecting a food source or a cub. Stay alert, my friends!

Colin

Grizzly Discovery

Spring reveals many things, including Mother Nature’s brutal side. If you pay attention to details, the forest floor often tells stories of seasons past, this was the case today when I discovered the remains of what appears to have been a good-sized brown/grizzly bear. Judging from how the skull had been absorbed into the earth and moss, this bear met its match a number of years ago, probably the result of fighting with another bear. Based upon the way in which the bones were scattered about, it’s also quite possible that it was cannibalized by its assailant, and so goes the circle of life.

Editing

I've been catching up on some long overdue editing recently, perusing thousands of images from the past year and narrowing down the list of keepers. It's always fun to look back on your experiences and recall what was going through your mind or what you were feeling at that moment. A picture may be worth a thousand words but when you have a personal connection to an image, it holds memories and emotions as well.

Here are two photos I came across from this past fall. The bear was taken at the Nature Center in October and the bull moose was in Denali National Park in September. Thank you all for continuing to follow along and share my page, which just passed 1,600 likes today (unsponsored) - not bad for being launched less than a year ago! As always, I'll do my best to keep exploring and sharing.

Cheers,

Colin