19th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Cool Grizzly Bear

On the 12th of September 2019 I was filming a documentary with some people of the First Nations in Canada. On our way through the forest, we saw this big guy sleeping across the river. We stayed for a bit and at one point he woke up and rose his head. For me, the perfect time to take this portrait of him.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 09.2019
Date Uploaded: 11.2021
Photo Location: Canada
Camera: ILCE-7RM3
Copyright: © Marc Baechtold