Success at clamming!

[Gerald Kelberg]

Busy hunting for clams, this Coastal Brown Bear and her cub provided many hours of interest at Katmai in May of last year. She was packing them in before the tide rose and was getting pretty deep and covered in sand in her efforts. This is one of my favourite images from the sequence of shots - I like the combination of eye contact, dripping water and the clam.

Apart from a little crop for composition and some sharpening, the image is as it came. Any suggestions for further improvement would be appreciated.

Canon 1D Mk III, 500 f/4 on lowered tripod in the skiff
1/1600 sec at f/4, ISO 400
PP in LR2 & CS4

Thanks,

Gerald

[David Fletcher]

Lots to enjoy here Gerald. Best bit is that look in the eye. Thanks for sharing.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

I would not want to tangle with this fella. Love the look and the captured moment. Your timing was perfect and the drops of water add to this image too. Thanks for sharing Gerald.

[Steve Canuel]

I like this one for the same reasons as you. I also like the colors.

[Carl Gandolfo]

I wish this was hanging on my wall!! Beautiful image!!

[Phil Ertel]

Very cool! I can see why this is one of your favorites. I agree that eye contact, dripping water, and the clam combined to make this special. Well done and thanks for sharing.

[Arthur Morris]

Good head turn and a HUGE clam. How did you get there in May???

[Randy Stout]

Gerald:

Very nice. I might try to smooth out some of the specular reflections in the LUC.

I suspect she had no trouble opening the clams. Surprised it was enough flesh to make it worth their while.

Thanks for sharing

Randy

[Arthur Morris]

Randy, On big low tides, these guys are clam-eating machines. The clams are the main component of their diets in some locations for several weeks in June.

[Gerald Kelberg]

Good head turn and a HUGE clam. How did you get there in May???

Caught me that time! I left home in May and it was June by the time I got there ;) Image was actually taken on 8th June 08!

Gerald

[Gerald Kelberg]

Thanks for all the comments and feedback - appreciated.

This lady was one of the clam-eating machines that Artie referred to, and the tide was not particularly low. She was practically snorkeling to get as deep as she could and was very successful. And these clams were enormous!

The trip to Katmai Boat Trip was a fabulous experience that I would recommend anyone to do if they can. I'm still getting a big thrill from it!

Gerald

[Arthur Morris]

Caught me that time! I left home in May and it was June by the time I got there ;) Image was actually taken on 8th June 08! Gerald

:) That's what I figured.

[Harshad Barve]

beautiful compo and nice head turn , water adding so much
TFS