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A well-fed female grizzly sits chilling on some deadfall on the river shore and seems to be debating about whether to continue fishing or to take a rest, Chilko River, British Columbia.
A mother grizzly has just caught a salmon as her cub watched from the shore and the cub wades into the water to join its mother, hoping to share the catch, Chilko Lake, BC./
06/10/2021 www.allenfotowild.com
A dark-coloured grizzly bear stands in the water by the river bank and puts its fantastic, world-leading sense of smell to work by sniffing the water surface to detect underwater salmon during the fall migration. Chilko River, British Columbia.
31/03/2023 www.allenfotowild.com
In past visits to Minnehaha Falls this downstream slide & cascade had always been covered in deadfall. With it all clear and the beautiful flowers as well I couldn't help but grab a capture here. :) -H3
A young bear in the woods with fall vegetation including red rose hips (best seen at large size), which are a part of the grizzly bear's fall diet, Chilko River, British Columbia.
11/01/2022 www.allenfotowild.com
In this evergreen forest it is the ground cover that changes colour in autumn. Photo taken on the Joffre Lakes Trail, about 65 km north of Whistler, British Columbia.
A closer look at the beautiful little silver-tipped grizzly cub, standing in the sedge grass by the edge of the Chilko River, Cariboo Chilcotin, British Columbia.
09/01/2022 www.allenfotowild.com
A grizzly bear sits in the water in front of a fallen log on the shoreline holding her half -eaten salmon with her long claws. Bulking up on nutrient-rich fatty salmon helps her put on the large amounts of weight needed for her months long winter hibernation. Chilko River, Cariboo Chilcotin, BC.
30/10/2021 www.allenfotowild.com
I like to walk these trails at least once a year to clear out dead fall etc.but with the thunder storm rolling throiugh had to call it and have a short day.
Rim-lit grizzly caught by a trick of the light walking with water sparkles making light stars, Chilko River, Cariboo Chilcotin, British Columbia.
04/02 2021 www.allenfotowild.com
A grizzly bear, sitting in the river, gets a good grip on its salmon carcass as it wraps its long sharp claws around the carcass. Chilko River, Cariboo Chilcotin, BC.
08/11/2021 www.allenfotowild.com
A grizzly bear starting to eat the sockeye salmon he caught after a successful lunge into the water from the Chilko River shoreline, Cariboo Chilcotin, British Columbia. Bulking up on lots of fish during the late fall salmon migration is critical to the hibernation and reproductive success of the bears.
07/11/2021 www.allenfotowild.com
A mother grizzly shakes off water after a fishing attempt, while her cub stands up with it paws on her back, Chilko River, BC.
02/01/2022 www.allenfotowild.com
A closeup look at the gnarled and textured tree bark on the deadfall of an old oak tree lying on the floor of our local woods.
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One of my favorite waterfalls in Yellowstone National Park, Undine Falls, cascades over a cliff formed by a 700,000 year old basalt lava flow. Lava Creek below the falls is littered with basalt boulders that have fallen from the cliff.
A dripping mother grizzly emerges from the water after trying for a salmon. If you look closely you can see her cub watching from the branches, Chilko Lake, BC.
A wet grizzly bear in search of a meal splashes along the shoreline past some driftwood while keeping a sharp lookout for signs of salmon, Cariboo Chilcotin, British Columbia.
08/05/2023 www.allenfotowild.com
Usually the salmon-fishing grizzly bears ignored our small boat coasting offshore, but occasionally we caught their attention. Here a female grizzly bear stands on the bank of the Chilko River and keeps a suspicious eye on us. Cariboo Chilcotin, BC.
25/03/2023 www.allenfotowild.com
Several delicate polypores (bracket fungus, shelf fungus) colonize a fallen tree in the dark understory of a moist lowland forest on the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. A ray of sunshine had penetrated the canopy and rim lit the fungus.
06/01/2022 www.allenfotowild.com
A large mother grizzly watches over her ~2 year old cub as they feed on salmon carcass on the shores of Chilko Lake, BC. Salmon die after spawning and their carcasses feed not only the bears but also many other wildlife and plants in the ecosystem.
14/05/2023 www.allenfotowild.com
A dripping grizzly bear takes its a salmon carcass up onto a deadfall log to eat its lunch. A few rose hips in the background are available to eat for dessert, Chilko River, British Columbia.
16/01/2022 www.allenfotowild.com
Burned logs and dead trees are scattered all along this mountain ridge that overlooks Utah Lake far below. This vantage point requires a long and rather challenging 4x4 drive. The elevation is well over a mile high!
Click on the photo a couple of times to zoom in and see the detail. There is a mountain in the background with snow on its peak... even though it is in the middle of summer.
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A large dark male grizzly pigs out on a salmon carcass on a 'table' made from a deadfall log, Chilko Lake, British Columbia.
9/02/2022 www.allenfotowild.com
A mother grizzly and her yearling cub head in opposite directions on some deadfall on the banks of the Chilko River, BC, although the cub looks a little unsure about its decision.
19/10/2021 www.allenfotowild.com
I made quite a few captures of Maxie Duke waterfall on this trip, and this photo is the first I'm sharing from very close to the top. This waterfall has a couple of different levels, but due to a large amount of deadfall it's really impossible to capture the entire scope of the falls in one (1) photo. The last time I visited there was a large amount of debris blocking the middle to bottom portion, and I didn't even realize you could get this close to the top. This time it just looked quite different so I took the opportunity. Not sure I had ever seen a capture from this vantage point before, and I'll also say that if there was no deadfall on Maxie you would probably have one of the most beautiful falls in the area (as if it's not already). We'll make our way down the falls in the next photos. :) -H3
Upper section of the main falls. The rhododendron thickets, numerous downed trees/deadfall, and steep slopes made for an intense bushwhack to reach these falls. And I won't even mention killing my phone when I stumbled into Fires Creek while crossing on the way out... This is one of those falls that requires some recent rain to look good.
Clay Co., NC
A mother grizzly bear, resting on some deadfall on the river bank, is joined by her almost fully grown cub, emerging from the bushes, Chilko River, British Columbia. The cub will normally branch out on its own in the coming spring.
07/04/2022 www.allenfotowild.com
A grizzly cub scavenges a large piece of salmon along the shores of the Chilko River, Cariboo Chilcotin, BC.
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A view of Utah Lake far below as seen from high up on a remote wilderness mountain ridge (elevation 7,318). The trail leading up to this spot was one of the most challenging that I had driven. I was told that quads had problems at times... and I think that side-by-side and quad drivers were surprised to see that a truck had made it up there.
The cool of the water in Lake Utah is amazing... I'm told that not only is the lake shallow but it has a bacterial growth that irritates skin when in contact with it.
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This tree on a mountaintop in Utah looks smashed and broken. There had been a fire here sometime in the past and it may have fell victim to the flames. It seems rather unscathed, however, and may simply have been torn apart by winds and time.
Elevation 7,318 ft. GPS Coordinates: 40.24669, -111.92776
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One of these young grizzlies had occupied the high ground atop a pile of deadfall in the lush Great Bear Rainforest, while the other was keen to climb up there too. Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary, BC.
23/06/2018 www.allenfotowild.com
At an elevation of well over a mile high, this view of an approaching rainstorm was photographed on a remote wilderness mountain ridge near Utah Lake in Utah (part of the lake can been seen on the left)-hand side of this image). After a long and precarious 4-wheel drive up a steep mountainside, I blazed my own trail by hiking through knee-high grasses and brush for the better part of an hour to get to the spot where I shot this image. Then I had to hike back to the truck before night fall to avoid getting lost... nor did I want to get soaked in the storm.
Elevation 7,318 ft. GPS Coordinates: 40.24669, -111.92776
PS: I processed this image using some techniques taught in the Photoshop Virtual Summit 5 last week. Did anyone else watch it... some really profound stuff for photographers!
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This is one of my favorite places along The Beartooth Highway in Shoshone National Forest, Wyoming. On this visit, the creek was still very full due to rains and snow melt. It is a good place to sit and look at wildflowers while listening to the rushing water
First new waterfall capture for 2021!...I had been thinking about returning here over the last few days. Late during October of 2019 I hiked through Andrews Cove attempting to find this waterfall. Basically, there is one hiking trail in, then there's a nasty, off-trail bushwhack at creek-side-left over downed trees along a tributary from the north...very large trees, tree branches, old growth rhododendron tangles, boulders and last but not least...briars...all shapes and sizes...everywhere...and no hiking trail, period. In 2019, I had sketchy instructions and it was a "nice try, no cigar" scenario. The instructions were out of date and described the hike as an "easy bushwhack". That may have been the case several years back before alot of those trees came down, but it sure wasn't easy in 2019 or today. I hiked all over the off trail areas in 2019, but it was a no go. It was too thick. So....I was determined to go back and find this waterfall, and today was that day. Why not?, so off I went. Start the new year off with a challenge, right?!:) I found a new way to bushwhack down to Andrews Cove Creek off the hiking trail and to the northern tributary the waterfall was on. I still had to crawl under and over a lot of deadfall and blowdowns (massive trees), fight the rhododendron and whack briar stems with my trekking poles. Honestly, there was a time I thought maybe I had missed again, but I kept on. Eventually I could see this towering waterfall dropping down about 90 feet up ahead of me in a distance of about 200 yards. I was relieved and happy to have found the falls and make my first capture at a new waterfall for 2021. Now that I know the way, I'll plan to drop by again in late Spring and flag my trail with orange flagging tape for other hikers. Besides, I would like to see the falls surrounded by the lush, Appalachian Spring Green. I'm sure glad I hiked it and found it! 📷