Saw this dude hanging out this morning in my backyard :)

[mindfulNJ]

He was posing...what an awesome site!

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. Cool, but maintain social distancing

[mindfulNJ]

6. haha

I will...he wasn't wearing a mask so...

[TheCowsCameHome]

9. Beautiful animal. They are a joy to watch

as they go about their business.

Thanks for sharing.

[mindfulNJ]

10. Yes they are

Such a privilege to see them in the wild...well the backyard anyway!

[handmade34]

15. well, yes unless...

they break into your chicken coop, kill your bees, destroy your compost and try to get into your house

(all the things that bears do at my house)

[Talitha]

2. Beautiful animals!

How far away were you?

[mindfulNJ]

5. About 20 feet

I had my 70-200 and was inside my house

[flamin lib]

3. Yes, I thought having a few deer was interesting.

And my deer won't lose.

Pretty spectacular.

[mindfulNJ]

7. Thanks :)

I rarely see the deer in my yard...probably because of this guy

[blm]

4. Wow

[flamin lib]

8. BTW, I had a look at your website up in the list of Pinned posts,

(Photography websites of DU users).

The bear probably knew who he was dealing with tried his best to take advantage of your skills!

[mindfulNJ]

11. Haha!

Thank you!! I was yelling at him to "work it" He took direction better than a lot of my clients! lol

[SheltieLover]

12. Ikr? 🤣🤣🤣

Awesome pix! Ty for posting!

[kiri]

24. bear must wash face

Very dirty snout.

Effective bear removal: Get a large pan, a big spoon, run towards the bear while banging on the pan, making as much noise as possible, waving your arms to look big; if you have wild, BIG, headgear, so much the better.

I have encountered many bears in mountain campsites, back yards, front yards, biking trails, and this works every time. Every bear has retreated quickly, and after 3 or 4 attempts never returns.

[SheltieLover]

28. You are braver than I am lol

No desire to take on a bear here.

[flamin lib]

29. He may be ugly, he may be fat,

but I'll be damned if I tell him that.

[HarikaKasireddy]

13. Nice picture

Nice picture! Loved it.

[niyad]

17. Welcome to DU

[flamin lib]

14. I can't help it, have to comment again.

I'm pretty sure you didn't actually go out there and adjust his pose but that is THE CLASSIC posture for a CEO Portrait. He's leaning slightly forward, has weight on the forward shoulder with the forearm crossed in front and making eye contact with the camera from a slightly off center position. I have used that very pose for city officials in their official portrait. Of course they were usually behind a desk in front of a book case with makeup instead of lying in the grass in front of city hall.

[mindfulNJ]

16. LOL

You're right! Too funny.

[niyad]

18. What a gorgeous being. Thank you for sharing!

[calimary]

19. OOOOOOooooh!

Handsome!

What a wonderful portrait!

[Canoe52]

20. Whew, mid click I thought, I hope this isn't a spider again!

[Pisces]

21. He's definitely posing!!!

[LW1977]

22. Thank God you didn't leave your kayak out.

[Doreen]

23. Beautiful.

It looks like he is purposely posing.

[xxqqqzme]

25. He needed a current head shot/

n/t

[CrispyQ]

26. What a face!

Lucky you! Great shot!

[mnhtnbb]

27. Serendipity strikes!

Lucky you to get the shot!