Only a few moments after entering Yellowstone, we were stunned to see dozens of cars parked along the side of the road. Nearly 100 people were standing nearby photographing a single male grizzly under a blazing mid-day sun. We spent almost a half hour photographing it. It was a very difficult subject. The bear seldom lifted its head. It was digging for underground morsels such as roots. The high sun created harsh contrasts – the bear was dark brown, and the surround logs were light brown. I often found myself making the same mistake – zooming in tightly on the bear instead of pulling back to include its relationship to the environment. The world does not need another animal portrait – we should spend our time as photographers going beyond animal portraiture to create animal landscapes. And that is what I’ve tried to do here. It is an image about an endangered species. Yellowstone is one of the few places in the United States were we can view grizzlies in the wild. The fallen trees in this image have boxed him in – he seems to be wondering which way is out. He also seems cornered and somewhat diminished because of it. He is a living reminder of our natural assets that are living on borrowed time.