Intelligent Eyes
Intelligent Eyes - A subadult Brown Bear peers at me while taking a break from foraging on grasses.
I've just returned from a 3 month trip to Haines, in Southeast Alaska and finally got to processing some files. Observing and photographing this wild bear was the highlight of the trip. This individual is likely a 2 year old female bear and was relatively small, but plump, probably weighing in between 175-200 lbs.
Brown Bears are distinguished from Black Bears not by color, but by their more rounded ears, longer claws, dorsal hump and steeper brow. This particular individual had a really well proportioned snout and nice rounded ears and was the most beautiful Brown Bear I observed during the trip.
The term 'Grizzly' is a colloquial North American term that refers to Brown Bears, often more specifically Brown Bears found in interior regions such as Yellowstone National Park where bears do not have access to coastal resources such as salmon.
Thanks to Bill McRoberts and Cheryl McRoberts for being kind enough to take me out and make this image possible.
Species: Coastal Alaskan Brown Bear (Ursus arctos gyas)
Location: Haines, AK
Equipment: Nikon D810 + 200-500mm f5.6 ED VR
Settings: 1/400s, ISO: 640, f/6.3, Handheld
Intelligent Eyes
Intelligent Eyes - A subadult Brown Bear peers at me while taking a break from foraging on grasses.
I've just returned from a 3 month trip to Haines, in Southeast Alaska and finally got to processing some files. Observing and photographing this wild bear was the highlight of the trip. This individual is likely a 2 year old female bear and was relatively small, but plump, probably weighing in between 175-200 lbs.
Brown Bears are distinguished from Black Bears not by color, but by their more rounded ears, longer claws, dorsal hump and steeper brow. This particular individual had a really well proportioned snout and nice rounded ears and was the most beautiful Brown Bear I observed during the trip.
The term 'Grizzly' is a colloquial North American term that refers to Brown Bears, often more specifically Brown Bears found in interior regions such as Yellowstone National Park where bears do not have access to coastal resources such as salmon.
Thanks to Bill McRoberts and Cheryl McRoberts for being kind enough to take me out and make this image possible.
Species: Coastal Alaskan Brown Bear (Ursus arctos gyas)
Location: Haines, AK
Equipment: Nikon D810 + 200-500mm f5.6 ED VR
Settings: 1/400s, ISO: 640, f/6.3, Handheld