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This shot was taken in Ketchikan, Alaska in the morning rain during low tide at Herring Cove. The bear was looking for fish trapped in the low tide waters while slowly walking toward us as we watched from the far bank. I'm often asked how close I was to That Bear (hence the title). Not close at all. I captured this image using a very long lens just as the bear noticed us for the first time.

Wm Christiansen Photography is about the work and play of Bill and Deb Christiansen. Bill is a photographer, author, and mansplainer. Deb is a publisher, documenter, and rhetorical question asker. Bill was born and raised in Southwest Michigan and has lived in the Schoolcraft area since he married his beautiful wife Deb fifteen years ago. He fully invested in his photography passion with the time (and money) that came with retirement after a forty-year career with The Upjohn Company and successor companies, including Pfizer. Whether photographing in the area or when he and Deb travel, Bill seeks out interesting locations and plans the images he expects to capture, but the unexpected shots that find his lens often provide the most...