After making what I consider to be a lucky photograph of a bear (see the previous photograph in this gallery), I followed it for about two minutes as it ambled away from the road. The bear seemed unconcerned by my presence, although it would occasionally stop, scratch its claws on tree trunks, and look back at me, seeming to say, "Are you still here?" My subject finally made a little jump onto a tree trunk, and allowed me to make its official portrait. Then it jumped down and headed off at a faster pace, which told me that it was time to leave the bear alone.