Thursday, 22nd March 2007
Brown Bear
by Ken Conger
Our Virginia Boy Scout Troop 518 took a trip of a lifetime. We did fundraisers for two years in order to visit several of the National Parks in Alaska. Our goal was to do some remote camping, view some incredible scenery and wildlife. The last park we visited was Katmai National Park. The salmon were running during our three day visit and the scouts were able to watch the Brown Bears catch fish at the falls. With camera in tow was hoping to capture a photograph of a salmon in the air just before a bear clamped down on the fish. Happy with the results and hope you enjoy the image.
Equipment: Canon Mark IIN with 400mm/2.8
Ken Conger
Ken is a career conservation police officer. His motivation and enthusiasm for wildlife protection carries over to his leisure pursuit of wildlife photography. Ken has a collection of images that range from birds to large mammals. None of the images on Ken’s site are caged or staged and are strictly of wild animals.
Website: www.kencongerphotography.com
Brown Bear by Ken Conger was photo of the day on Thursday, 22nd March 2007. It is tagged Alaska, Bears, Fish, River, Wildlife. You can leave a comment below.
20 Comments
Anna de'Capitani
This is a great capture Ken, thanks for sharing. I hope to go to Alaska in the future…Anna
Terry Astbury
Amazing shot!!!! absolutely beautiful, thank you for sharing Ken
Mark in Florida
Nearly perfect framing, timing and position…I don’t think you could have positioned them better if they were wax! Thanks for sharing.
Paul Dass
Wha. . .What a great shot, you must have fixed your camera to your eye and walking around!!!It is amazing.
Ken
Thanks all for taking the time to leave such kind comments!
Chris
Totally Incredible…!!
No words !!
Photo Buffet
Absolutely amazing, Ken! This wooly guy hasn’t sunk his teeth into his catch yet – what timing on your part! I hope you’ve framed this as a memento of your trip. Great shot.
Eli Shams
The decisive moment !
Pieter -sAner- van der Horst
Excellent shot! Great composition, well exposed and very sharp. This is indeed the decisive moment!
Albert @ ART OF PHOTOGRAPHY
This is certainly a gold medal shot! Excellent! Tks for sharing.
Ann
Less is more, so I will just say, WOW/WOW/WOW.
Anurag
Perfect timing!
syal
excellent timing…this is an incredible shot!!! keep up the good work! cant wait to see more…
Peter Cooney
This kind of thing has been happening for many hundreds of thousands of years, you’ve captured it wonderfully well! Great job.
Su
This must be my favorite earthshot, just wonderful, how close were you? Altyhough that bear has eyes only for the salmon!
Ken
Su,
Appreciate the kind comment. I used a 400mm lens with a 1/4x converter so as to frame the shoulder and head of the bear for this photo. I was 70-80 yards away.
Blue Skies,
Ken
renee
excellent times 10! great shot!
Su
This is one I just have to revisit, its still the best!
mike
I like salmon also.
Rajib Singha
Perfect timing!