ENTRY DESCRIPTION
This image was taken in the summer of 2025 near Homer, Alaska. Where we were staying, many days started off very foggy. At first this seemed discouraging for photography, but we soon enjoyed the mystical, somewhat other-worldly, stage in which the Brown Bears were fishing, fighting, and foraging. Here two subadult male bears practice their fighting moves in harmless sparring. They are partly immersed in a layer of ground fog and appear as though suspended in a cloud because of the dense fog behind them.

AUTHOR
I have been curious about nature for as long as I can remember (my parents said at
least from the age of 4). My first camera was a small cheap plastic Kodak, but I
delighted in taking pictures of life in our garden. Over time, my equipment has
become fancier and my destinations more distant, but I still revel in the joy of
interacting with the natural world through my camera. I chose a career of studying
the behavior and ecology of animals, mostly primates, as a way of spending as
much time in nature as possible while still getting paid to do so! I used photographs
to document my study animals and their natural history, but had too little time to
develop my photography to the next level. Upon retiring from academia in 2018, I
devoted myself fully to improving my wildlife photography, taking advantage of my
knowledge of animal behavior. The most difficult challenge was to transition from
technical mastery of the camera to being a creative graphic artist. I could not have
succeeded without the mentorship of several outstanding photographers, most
recently Tin Man Lee, for whose inspiration and insights I am deeply grateful.

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