Salmon in a Hole

In early August, I took a photo trip with Ron Niebrugge in Alaska's Inside Passage aboard the yacht Discovery.  Since my return, I have been occupied with forming a new non-profit wilderness stewardship group for Arkansas, Illinois and Missouri and am only now getting back to my Alaska photos.  We spent a day at the U.S. Forest Service viewing area in Anan Creek, where at least two dozen Black Bears came down to fish the salmon run.  It was a very difficult environment for photography. It was a clear day, producing harsh light contrasting with the darkness of the canyon and the black of the bears.  I managed to get relatively even light on this bear as he retreated into a hole in the cliff face to dine on his catch. Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, Canon EF100-400mm @ 400mm, manual exposure 1/1600th at f/5.6 and ISO 2000.