Bear with me....

[timberland]

I have been trying my rental Canon 28-300 L lens out.

[Big Bass Man]

Nice shots I would have been kinda scared to get close the the bears with the bear cub around.

[JohnM]

[timberland]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by Big Bass Man &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">Nice shots I would have been kinda scared to get close the the bears with the bear cub around.</td></tr></table>

I'm a lot smarter ...what you don't see in these photo's is a person close to me that I can out run. ....Most of these are at 300mm zoom.

We were in Cades Cove ( Smoky Mountain National Park ) yesterday and seen a sow with triplets, two pair of sows each with twins , a sow with one cub and two sow / boars roaming by themselves. The National Park Service must of let them all out for the holiday at once

[Big Bass Man]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by timberland &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">

what you don't see in these photo's is a person close to me that I can out run. .. </td></tr></table>

Its always good to have somebody with you, that you can out run

[mike mck]

just a sugestion. When shooting with a busy background use the single point focus. i noticed in many of the images the focus was on branches and not the bear.
Cool shots non the less.
mama bear and cubs I would be wanting a 1200 mm with a 2x tc and a partner in a leg cast.
keep shooting memory is cheap
Mike