Ozark Images

Sometimes life is so busy that I don't have a lot of time to go out and photograph.  My wife had mentioned that I should just photograph in our own backyard.  Well I do have 12 acres of all kinds of things to photograph, so I decided to do that project.  Starting next week I will be posting from "My Back Yard" project.  We will see all the things I come up with.  I will start some posting next week and we will see how it goes.

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Bob and I had been talking about going to photograph Tea Kettle falls for some time now and Sunday we had had enough rain to give it a try.  This is not the best image of the falls, but I wanted to show a wide angle view of this great area.  The falls flows through a hole at the top of the cliff and there is a ledge just below the hole that projects the water out like a "Tea Kettle", thus the name.  It is easy to get to, but bard to get down to the bottom to get a photograph.  Follow the direction in Tim Ernst's book and you will have no problems.

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Here is another mom and cub image.  After eating and playing they like to do some resting and mom is watching us carefully to make sure we keep our distance.

More bear and cubs.

I love this family shot of the bears together.  The young cubs hang close to mom.

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At McNeil it is always a joy to see the bears with cubs.  While this could lead to a dangerous situation, most moms will keep their cubs away from trouble.  It was several days before we saw this group.  Moms will sometimes keep them away from the other bears if there are lots of males around.  Males will often attack and kill the offspring.  It should be noted that there is no documented case of a male bear eating it's own offspring.  They will kill the competition's offspring.  Anyway, here is a nice family portrait on the beach.

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To start the year off right I will be joining my bear friend here and eating some salad this year.  Of course, he just eats the tasty grass till something else better comes around.  In my case I could always find something that tastes better than grass!  I am working on images again today.  I have a slide show to do in Feb at my studio and will need to get some images ready for this small group.  I need to get busy, so I may post a few images through out the day today and tomorrow.  Hope the new year is good to you.

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