The big picture Brook's Falls

[Charles Glatzer]

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Brook's Falls '09

The bigger picture often tell the story better than a single element therein. We had at one time ten bears in the field of view, but the bears positions were not conducive to good comp.

1Ds Mark III, 70-200 @70mm
Manual, spot plus 2.3 EV off water highlight, 1/800 @ f/8, ISO 400
Post-production- LR2, CS4

See you where there is light, or at the computer

Best,

Chas

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Chas,
Very cool showing the falls! You were there this year?......I didn't get that many at one time at the falls in late July....heard the run was a bit early. Do like that you have a few salmon jumping also......gives a very nice perspective of the platform view.

[Charles Glatzer]

Roman,

I was there in late July with a group, salmon were slow, but the bears were plentiful and a wolf showing made a good day for all.

Chas

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Chas,
Nice environmental image. I like the composition. The salmon jumping up and the bear waiting to grab it adds a lot to the image. Lovely. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[David Fletcher]

Lovely environmental shot Chas. As Sabyasachi said, the Salmon leaping up with the bear waiting for lunch adds immensely.

[Kathy Reeves]

OMG-Look at all those bears! I reall like the big picture. It does look a little dark on my monitor by the bushes at the top. Fantastic image.

[Morkel Erasmus]

lovely scene. makes me want to go tomorrow!! the fish in the air tops it off...

[Connie Mier]

This is one of those photos that has a very interesting story to tell. The bear about to pounce on the midair salmon is classic, I can't stop looking at the part of the photo.

[Steve Canuel]

Nice to see the bigger picture of this area. They all seem to know where to look.

[DanWalters]

Love the overall view and the inclusion of all the bears. The salmon is a nice bonus!

[Ed Cordes]

Like the others have said, we see so many images of tightly cropped bear/salmon images. This overall view tells a more complete story. Do the bear wait their turn at the top?

[Charles Glatzer]

Do the bear wait their turn at the top?

No, their is a definite hierarchy. As in previous visits we only saw two bears alternate that position, and when the bigger guy would come the smaller would run ;)

Chas

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Awesome !!!!! I can just feel the excitement you must have been feeling at such a sight. I watched the grizzly man last night and I think if I had seen it before going to Katami I might have stayed home !!!!!! Just kidding of course. Your image is fabulous Chas and it tells such a wonderful story. Love it.

[Charles Glatzer]

Judy,

Thanks for the kind words.

FYI-I was photographing bears at Kaflia Bay a VERY short distance from the grizzly maze 2 weeks ago.

Chas

[Harshad Barve]

Lovely image Chas
would love to shoot at katmai some day
TFS