Fishing By Feel

A sow Brown Bear, fishing for Pink Salmon. She would swish her feet around in the dirty tide water until she felt a fish and then make a grab for it.

Sony a6500, FE200600G @ 326mm, ISO-800, f/6.3, 1/2000, hand held.

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Gary - Bears are way out of my league so all I can really do it gawk and envy you for your experience of witnessing them in person. Great photo. At 326mm, you weren’t that far away. Do you ever get a little fearful, or is fear normal and you learn to live with it?

Hi Gary,

A nice behavior shot of a bear out at the fishing hole. Viewers need to look at the large version which shows the eyes clearly and excellent details. The gold color of the bear’s hair is an added bonus. Awesome fishing picture…Jim

A nice action/environmental shot of the bear. Large version shows good detail and colors.

Beautiful frame with some stunning details, I specially like the tone of gold on the bear !
However birds on the top need a better cut.