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Grizzly in fall color

I was trying to capture grizzly bear in their environment, and with fall colors abounding all around, that meant I wanted it to be present, but not distracting. We went out at dawn looking for great color... and grizzly bear when we saw this little guy fishing along the banks. Just as he looked up to see who what we were, we maneuvered ourselves in a better position to get a shot which he checked us out.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 10.2024
Date Uploaded: 10.2024
Photo Location: Vancouver, Canada
Camera: Canon EOS R5
Copyright: © Kathy Ritter