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Close encounter

On a recent trip to Lake Clark National Park, I was on the beach at sunrise and I noticed a group of photographers out on the mud flats at low tide, silhouetted against a fog bank. A grizzly cub, catching some nice rim light, was passing very near to them. Several of them at the left were turned to watch the mother grizzly who had just passed by and seemed to be unaware that the cub was so close. Cook Inlet, Alaska.

Linda, they were photographing the mom and cub coming along the beach and cub was lagging a bit behind. The mother passed them at a safe distance and the cub was trying to catch up and got a bit close to the people. The mom, the cub and the photographers were all pretty chill.

grizzly bearcubrim lightphotographersreflectionsfog banksunrisemountainsmud flatslow tideLake Clark National ParkCook InletAlaska

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  • Arnold Dubin

    on August 28, 2021

    Terry, That's an awesome photo you captured of this grizzly club so close to all these photographers.

  • Terry Allen

    on August 25, 2021

    Many thanks everyone for your nice comments!

  • jimholmquist

    on August 25, 2021

    Outstanding shot Terry! Great timing on your shot of this very unlikely moment.

  • geoghanart

    on August 25, 2021

    Wonderful capture of the silhouetted photographers and the warm rim light on the bear cub makes it perfect.

  • TruImages

    on August 25, 2021

    Excellent composition!

  • Donna McCommon

    on August 24, 2021

    Oh my! What a wonderful capture!!

  • Greg&Rose Photography

    on August 24, 2021

    Wow !!!

  • Lgood

    on August 24, 2021

    This is a spectacular image Terry! It's hard to imagine that the group of photographers were so unaware of the nearby Mother & Baby Grizzly. Outstanding shot of the people in silhouette, and Baby too of course.

  • fotoeffects

    on August 24, 2021

    Incredible shot, Terry! Glad you were in the right place to see this and get this wonderful photo...hard to believe the cub was so close and none of the folks realized it....

  • Rick Willis

    on August 24, 2021

    What a moment to get a shot of 😃...

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