Clam Tasting Close-up
Here is a very close-up shot of an adult female coastal brown bear (grizzly) eating a clam at Lake Clark Alaska. The bears make their way out to the mudflats at low tide when they smell the clams. The tides are intense as they rise/fall 17 ft so when it starts coming in you had better get to higher ground.
1/800 sec @ F11, ISO 1600, evaluative metering, +1 exposure compensation, uncropped @ 500mm from Skimmer ground pod.
Tim Timmis Photography 
Guess they don’t mind sand grit or😝 miss the melted butter, but good choice! Love it! Great photo! Here in New England, steamed and fried clams are in demand ! That grizzly would start many conversations while waiting in the long lines at the local clam shacks!
August 21, 2021 at 9:18 am
Thank you very much Diane. Your versions sound much better than mud on the half shell.
August 22, 2021 at 10:54 am