Species: Alaskan Brown Bear | Location: Katmai National Park, United States of America
On an Autumn morning in Katmai National Park, a 900lb Alaskan Brown Bear wishfully drools over the salmon moving upstream. Katmai is most famous for its images of bears catching fish at Brooks Falls, but I wanted to capture the salmon frenzy in a different way. To make this image (with the help of an expert bear guide), I lied down in the grass where the bear was no longer visible and I used manual focus to keep the focus from being fooled by the swaying grasses. I was lucky to capture the perfect moment when the bear emerged from the grasses and drooled over the
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