Wildlife Photo Competition 3 2014 : Entry Number 146

This is a great grizzly action shot with a lovely and vast wild background, i suppose Alaska. Your vertical composition crops down nicely to give the bears their deserved size whilst drawing our attention to this wild and natural scene. Wonderful shot and this round’s winner. Congratulations!

Thank you for the winning vote and you are right about Alaska. I shot this with a Canon 40D in Hallo Bay, which is a part of Katmai National Park in Alaska. My guide spotted some bears from the air, so we landed on the beach a couple hundred yards away. We walked up fairly close to where some bears were and then these two came out into the open in front of the mountains and glacier, from opposite sides, grunting and yelling at each other like they were long lost friends. I got very lucky with the light and the whole situation. They played with each other for 20-30 minutes before going back to fishing for salmon. Possibly the funnest 30 minutes of my life.:)