Canon 200-400 L IS Captures Black Bear Cub and an Iris

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With the amazing Canon EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM Lens (www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Canon-EF-200-400mm-f-...) getting a nearly-equally amazing $800.00 price reduction (www.the-digital-picture.com/News/News-Post.aspx?News=14865), I felt compelled to share an image captured with this lens.

In the spring, black bears come out of hibernation black bear cubs enter their new world, full of first-time experiences waiting to happen. This little cub may have never seen an iris before and though it was still nursing from its mom, must have thought the iris looked like candy. After pulling some unopened flower buds from their stems and carrying them around like toys, this little cub approached the big open flower. It proceeded with great effort to pull the flower off of the stem. Too cute.

With a cub this young, you can count on the mother being close by. The zoom focal length range of this lens allowed me to frame the cub reasonably tightly at 560mm with the built-in 1.4x extender switched into the optical path (with some cropping) and then quickly zoom out to 270mm sans extender to vertically capture the momma bear standing upright with a cub between her legs. No single prime lens would have worked in this situation (unless the widest-needed focal length was selected with most images needing significant cropping).

Gear Used:
Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Canon EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM Lens
Gitzo GM5540 6x Carbon Fiber Monopod

Camera and Lens Settings:
560mm f/5.6 1/250s, ISO 1000, 3914 x 2609px

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Taken on: June 6, 2014

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Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III, f/5.6, 1/250 sec, 560mm, ISO 1000 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Lens:	EF200-400mm f/4L IS USM EXT
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.004 sec (1/250)
Focal Length:	560mm
ISO:	1000
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CC 2014 (Windows)
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