Brown bear among the driftwood along the shore of coastal, Katmai National Park, Alaska Peninsula, southwest Alaska. Canon 5D Mark III, 100-400mm f/5.6L IS, (135mm), 1/320 sec @ f/6.3, ISO 400
After a rainy night along the Katmai National Park coast, I was startled by a brown bear when walking from my sleep tent to the cook tent. Both tents were encircled with a portable, battery powered electric fence. The bear curiously walked around the cook tent and I took this shot after quickly grabbing the camera, and popped a few frames when the bear paused for a second to investigate. I was photographing from within the electric fence, which explains the focal length of 135mm. The fog and clouds looming over the distant shore offer nice background and give a little context to this coastal scene. Bear commonly walk along the beach when traveling too and from their feeding forays in the many luscious meadows.
