The photo was taken this past Thursday in Cades Cove, The Great Smoky Mountains Nat'l Park. Mama bear was less than 10 ft. away to the right and was sending her cubs up the tree while she then continued foraging. I tripped the shutter as one of the cubs looked my way.

Photographer: Allan Carrano
Camera: Nikon D5100
Lens: Nikkor 55.0-200.0mm zoom
Settings: 200mm, 1/320sec., f5.6, ISO 200