They don’t always catch the fish! Water droplets hang in the air as this close-up reveals the disappointed expression of a coastal brown bear (grizzly), its eyes fixed on the salmon it just missed during a powerful, splashing pounce.
Coastal Brown (Grizzly) Bear Pouncing (Ursus arctos, ours brun) from my Ultimate Coastal Brown Bears of Katmai adventure workshop in Alaska. Image Copyright ©Christopher Dodds. Sony Alpha 1 Mirrorless camera & Sony FE 600mm f/4 G Master OSS Lens with Sony 2X Teleconverter @ 1,200mm. ISO 10,000, f/8 @ 1/5,000s Manual exposure.
