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I was hoping to capture the speed, grace and power of the coastal brown bear. One of the advantages of being at a place like the Katmai Coast is there are endless opportunities to photograph the bears chasing salmon. In this case a used a very slow shutter speed (1/15th of a second) to blur the action. Interested in opinions, does this “work” for you?

Details: 1/15th of a second, f/10 ISO 100. Olympus OM-1 body, Olympus 150-400mm lens at 150mm.

Serious focus! Brown bear on the Katmai Coast, Katmai National Park, Alaska.

Watching brown bears chase down salmon after salmon never gets old! Last week in Katmai.

This sow and two cubs patiently watched a larger boar catch salmon in the fishing hole while they waited their turn. The biggest males typically have first pick of the best fishing spots. Katmai National Park, Alaska.

A brown bear on the Katmai Coast with a big pink salmon. Katmai National Park, Alaska.

Backlit water flies everywhere as this brown bear chases off another one last week on the Katmai National Park Coast, Alaska.

This week on the Katmai National Park Coast, a brown bear sow chasing a salmon as one of her two little cubs watches.

A bear passing by the viewing area at Pack Creek.