LOS ANGELES — A photograph of what seems to be a cheerful – and smiling – black bear wanting over Pasadena, California has develop into a success on social media.
“I discover the place I see animal tracks or animal exercise taking place and a pleasant scene I need to set up then I set the digital camera there, and I go away it for a number of weeks,” mentioned Los Angeles photographer Johanna Turner. “Then I come again and see what occurred.”
Effectively, one thing definitely occurred two weeks in the past when that smiling bear stepped in entrance of her path cam.
“You recognize straight away that you simply received one thing good,” mentioned Turner.
Over the previous 10 years, Turner has photographed all kinds of California wildlife, together with mountain lions and bears.
“California has every thing close to the town that they’ve within the Sierra Nevada,” she mentioned. “I actually wished to indicate how shut this wildlife is to Los Angeles and all these folks.”
However capturing the blissful bear wasn’t simple. Turner picked a spot within the mountains above Pasadena and set her digital camera up a 12 months in the past.
“It is a Canon digital camera that you simply’d usually use, nevertheless it’s hooked to a movement sensor, so when the animal comes by, it senses movement, like your patio lights, and triggers the digital camera to go off,” she mentioned.
The favored photograph is now giving her a cause to smile as properly.
“After placing hours of labor into one thing and having it come all collectively and seeing folks get pleasure from it … it is every thing,” mentioned Turner.
Turner’s pictures are on the market with a portion of the proceeds go to varied animal conservation teams. Yow will discover extra data on her web site.
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