Since the bear cubs didn't really show themselves on our workshop visit in May, we decided to visit them once again in June.
Because it was quite hot outside, the bears spent a lot of time hidden away inside their cave where it was cooler. A couple of times a day they would all come out to play though so waiting patiently all day always paid off in the end!
Here are some of the pictures I took myself.
Mama bearEurasian Brown Bear (Ursus arctos arctos)
200mm, f/5.6, 1/500″, ISO 800Bear in a treeEurasian Brown Bear (Ursus arctos arctos)
210mm, f/5.6, 1/500″, ISO 900Bear in a treeEurasian Brown Bear (Ursus arctos arctos)
280mm, f/8, 1/400″, ISO 2200Mother and childEurasian Brown Bear (Ursus arctos arctos)
240mm, f/5.6, 1/320″, ISO 1250Bear familyEurasian Brown Bear (Ursus arctos arctos)
220mm, f/8, 1/500″, ISO 2000Two little bears playingEurasian Brown Bear (Ursus arctos arctos)
600mm, f/5.6, 1/500″, ISO 4000Little bear in a treeEurasian Brown Bear (Ursus arctos arctos)
280mm, f/5.6, 1/500″, ISO 2800Little bear in a treeEurasian Brown Bear (Ursus arctos arctos)
200mm, f/4, 1/640″, ISO 6400Two little bears playingEurasian Brown Bear (Ursus arctos arctos)
280mm, f/5.6, 1/320″, ISO 3200LynxEurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx)
600mm, f/5.6, 1/80″, ISO 1600Two wildcat kittensEuropean Wildcat (Felis silvestris silvestris)
600mm, f/4, 1/125″, ISO 5000Wildcat kittenEuropean Wildcat (Felis silvestris silvestris)
280mm, f/4, 1/250″, ISO 640Wildcat kittens playing togetherEuropean Wildcat (Felis silvestris silvestris)
280mm, f/5.6, 1/500″, ISO 180Two little bears playing in the waterEurasian Brown Bear (Ursus arctos arctos)
600mm, f/8, 1/1250″, ISO 1250Two little bears playing in the waterEurasian Brown Bear (Ursus arctos arctos)
600mm, f/8, 1/1250″, ISO 1800Two little bears playing in the waterEurasian Brown Bear (Ursus arctos arctos)
600mm, f/8, 1/1250″, ISO 1100Two little bears chasing each other in the waterEurasian Brown Bear (Ursus arctos arctos)
600mm, f/8, 1/1250″, ISO 1250Two little bears playing in the waterEurasian Brown Bear (Ursus arctos arctos)
600mm, f/8, 1/1250″, ISO 720