Articles Table of Contents   Page 1: Keep and Use Classic Lenses For an Unusual Look Page 2: Shoot One and Only One Subject Page 3: Shoot One Lens, and Not a Zoom Page 4: Choosing a Lens by Focal Length Page 5: Fast Lenses—Shutter Speeds / Background Blur (Bokeh) Page 6: Shoot a Fast Lens at Dusk or Dawn Page 7: Blur Can Be Beautiful Page 8: Making Sharp Photos Handheld Page 9: Shoot Another Format (Size or Aspect Ratio) Page 10: Use Manual Exposure for Perfect Results Page 11: White Balance Tools Page 12: Understand Perspective and Size Variance Page 13: Look For Natural Patterns Page 14: Depth of Field Is Oh-So-Shallow Page 15: Depth of Field—How Far To Stop Down Page 16: Depth of Field and Megapixels Page 17: Never Go Traveling Without a Backup Camera Page 18: Don’t Assume a New Lens is Good! Page 19: Infinity Focus Requires Care! Page 20: How to Carry Large and Heavy Lenses Page 21: Shooting Tip: Use Mirror Lockup Page 22: Shooting Tip: Aurora Borealis Page 23: Shooting Tip: Grizzly Bear vs Black Bear Scat Page 24: A brief glossary of photographic terms

How to tell grizzly bear shit from black bear shit

An expressive idiom.

The way to tell grizzly bear shit from black bear shit is that grizzly bear shit has bells in it and smells like pepper spray!

 

This sample is definitely black bear—no bells. Let’s just not talk about bokeh here, ok?

Well, this image ain’t gonna sell as fine-art, but I maintain an objective eye wherever I go!

At least I think it’s bear shit, it isn’t dog, it isn’t feline and definitely not deer. Then again, I’m not into the finer points of scatology. This fine nugget was the last but not least in a four-foot long “trail” and from a purely scientific standpoint, I believe, as with humans, a juvenile was responsible.