Black Bears Galore

Nikon D7200 body, Nikon 500mm f4 lens, ISO 400, 1/500 at f5.6, Induro Tripod, raw converted to jpg in CS6.

These past two months I've done 11 photo safari days into Sequoia NP in California photographing dozens and dozens of bears.  But this particular black sow and her two black cubs have been the best subjects almost every time.

Here one of the cubs (the other cub's foot is just above and right of this cubs head) stands on a moss covered pine branch next to a sequoia tree and watches as it's mother begins to graze in the meadow below.  This particular pine was used often by this sow, and a cinnamon sow with two cubs, making it the meadow motel for black bear cubs when their mom's were busy foraging.