Here, at the remote Katmai National Park of Alaska, which could only be reached by float planes, I was with a small group of "crazy" photographers led by master photographer Chas Glatzer, searching for brown bears for days and finally sitting quietly at a river. The water reached my chest, I was wearing a chest wader and I was still freezing. But I wasn't sure the uncontrollable shivering of my body and my teeth was due to the ice cold water or the fear of facing the mighty animal in front of us. This wild grizzly bear was walking past us. All of a sudden, he changed direction. He looked at us. And he began to sprint towards us. One step, two step, and his 4 feet were almost air borne. Then with all his mighty power, he leaped into the sky and pounced down with his two extremely powerful arms. He was pouncing for a sockeye salmon which swam near us (If you can see the red color in the foreground). He was totally oblivious to our presence. And I still almost shxt my pants when I saw him approaching at lightning speed thru my viewfinder. The speed was so fast I couldn't even see clearly before I hit the shutter on my camera. And there, I witnessed one of the craziest wildlife moment in my life.
Canon 1D Mark IV, 500mm f4, ISO 800, f5.6, 1/1600s
LR4, CS6, Nik Color Efex
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