Chasing the Salmon

The bay is full of spawing Pink Salmon and the bears are having a great time! This young Brown Bear was grabbing salmon left & right, looking for the females. It clearly preferred caviar to salmon filets. This is just one of hundreds that I took of this bear.

[A lot more to look at & a lot more presence in the large view.]

Sony a6500, SEL200600G @ 356 mm, ISO-800, f/6.3, 1/2500, hand held.

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@garyminish

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Great body language and interesting behavior, I really like how you managed to capture the fish so distinctly (looking at it from Bear’s POV).
Also interesting is how everything in the frame from ear, fish and BG is from same color palette.

Cheers!