Brown Bear with a Broken Jaw. Wildlife photograph by Shane Morrison, finalist in the Shoot The Frame Wildlife photography award, August 2020

Finalist Wildlife · August 2020

Brown Bear with a Broken Jaw

Photographed by Shane Morrison

While photographing bears in Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA, we encountered a huge male coastal brown bear. He was in a very foul mood. As he came toward my pilot and me, we noticed that his lower jaw was hanging loose. Apparently he had his jaw broken in a fight with another male. Undoubtedly he was in pain. This was the one time I picked up my camera and tripod and moved a good ways backward.

Award
Finalist — Wildlife, August 2020
Camera
Canon EOS 7D
Focal length
371mm
Shutter
1/640s
Aperture
f/5.6
ISO
ISO 1000
  • bear
  • brown bear
  • fishing
  • nature
  • river
  • wildlife

The August 2020 Wildlife award

Winner and finalists

All 2020 Wildlife
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