At First Light
by hahn23

Comment by flaherma:
Richard! So glad to see you back. What a beautiful image! Congrats on the bear paw, well deserved. I am very happy to see you have joined the TPL as well, hope you will stick around longer :)

At First Light
by hahn23

Comment by Dennisheckman:
It occurred to me that this image might be yours Richard. Glad to see you make an effort for this challenge. We are coming to camp in Moraine RV park Aug 23rd-24th. Maybe we can hook up and take some pics somewhere?

At First Light
by hahn23

Comment by grahamgator:
So good to see your name again and on such a beautiful image.

At First Light
by hahn23

Comment by Cuttooth:
Great to see you came back for this challenge.
Superb shot and congrats on the paw.

At First Light
by hahn23

Comment by Art Roflmao:
Well done, Richard. Congrats on the paw - well deserved. I hope you'll stick around.

At First Light
by hahn23

Comment by Cory:
LOL, I soo remember what you last said.

Super glad you didn't stick to your word man!

Great entry, great to see you back.

At First Light
by hahn23

Comment by Ammie:
How nice to see you here. Great shot too. Thank you!

At First Light
by hahn23

Comment by CNovack:
Voted earlier coming back to comment.

What an amazing view and sight to see! Gorgeous landscape and love that moose in the water. My only wish is that I could see more. It be fabulous to see the moose more closer so that you could show off all the great details of this wild animal. Don't know if the large file would give an opportunity to crop closer so the the moose is larger and dominates the bottom left corner more. My eye would then gaze up from that corner to then see the beautiful mountains blanketed with the clouds. Still a fabulous shot and was surely amazing to experience in person.

At First Light
by hahn23

Comment by Bear_Music:
It's a little-known fact that bears like moose, feel a kinship with them. It's not uncommon to see groups of bears congregating in the early morning at the edge of shallow waters to watch the moose feeding and exchange friendly jibes back and forth with them. Clearly, this moose is in the act of formulating his riposte to the watching bears. Well done!

I miss the mountains. But I'd miss the ocean more.

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It's a Bear kind of place, and my spirit rests easy in it, even at this remove. For that sense of peace, that feeling of "all's well", I give you a Bronze Bear Paw.

Early Morning Solitude
by hahn23

Comment by bmartuch:
Great capture of a moose. Nice job.