Kodiak 9/17 - Bears 06

While the cubs were napping and playing around with each other, mom was out in the river still fishing. These are NOT quality photos. I failed to manage the back-lighting and odd color balance as I continue to endorse my title as amateur photographer. To get rid of the blue haze and a better brown on the bear results in everything else golden. The first photo shows her snorkeling in some relatively deep water (with a nice gull capture in the back). The second photo shows her success! The third photo shows her continuing to cross a deep section of the stream. The final photo shows her take a quick look our way to make sure we were behaving before she continued the crossing to her cubs.

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