About fifteen minutes after I made the previous image of this brown bear ignoring the approach of a member of our crew on a surf board, I made this photograph that tells another story altogether. Two skiffs, carrying all of our 22 passengers, motored ever closer to the bear. We photographed this bear for nearly 20 minutes as it chewed on an abundance of grass.The bear gradually became irritated by our presence, and lifts its head towards us here with a defiant air. As it bares its teeth, I use my full 350mm telephoto focal length to make this image. I later cropped the image to increase the scale of the bear within the frame, stressing the facial detail.