I just returned from a trip to photograph the brown bears in Katmai National Park and a rapid change of gears has me headed for Arctic Alaska, in pursuit of polar bears, aurora borealis and Arctic wildlife. I’m co-guiding a group of photographers, who are very excited for what lies ahead in the next 10 days. I’ll try to share a few pics along the way depending on connectivity and time.
While this brown bear appears to be staring me down, he was far more concerned with the action that had happened behind me between a couple other bears. I just happened to be in a good spot to capture his deliberate look.
Brown bear, Katmai National Park, Alaska. Canon 1D Mark IV, 500mm f/4L IS w/1.4x, 1/500 sec @ f/5.6, ISO 200
Hi Patrick,
I breeze through several photo blogs daily. There are SO MANY incredible photographers out there! Click, click, click, the beauty, inspiration, and talent just whiz by. But when I get to what you’ve posted, I usually have to stop and stare. I’m often taken by surprise, and left trying to figure out why yet another of your photos is so uniquely captivating.
Wow! This is a great shot!!! 🙂
Have fun in the Arctic!
Seeing this photo one does wonder.. What would you have done if the bear was indeed staring you down? As a true Alaskan, you might be comfortable sitting in between bears. As a Dutch person, I wonder if I would have been able to stay put, let alone take the time and have the concentration to take a photo. So yeah, well done! I’m impressed 🙂
Tim,
Thanks for your overly generous words and I’m glad you find something in my image captures compelling.
Inge,
I was using a mighty long lens in this case and the bear was very well fed on salmon. He did not seem to care much about me, in spite of that look.