I woke up crazy early this morning to drive out to the Icefields Parkway between Banff and Jasper National Parks. Turns out, it was well worth it. Found this grizzly sow with two cubs (just one cub visible in the picture), grazing casually in the tall grass. It was hard to get a clear shot of the cubs, since they were shorter than the grass. But I'm quite happy nonetheless. By the way, all those black specks are mosquitoes, not sensor dust..! I had to bathe myself in insect repellent.

Canon 1D3, 500 mm f/4 II, 1/800 sec @ f/4, ISO 800



On the way home I stopped at my favourite osprey nest. Same setup, 1/2000 sec @ f/8, ISO 800.