Every year in October-November we are treated to this amazing spectacle - salmon running up the river, playing, fighting, spawning and, well, dying. Challenging to photograph but quite spectacular. So, I've got a few killer ones... and most of them got lost in hard drive crash over this weekend. Showing a few...
This mountain serves as a backdrop...
![](http://www.realitytrader.com/photography/uploaded_images/PB089607-745522.jpg)
...to a river (well, water stream rather, river is a bit too loud) which fills up with rain runnoff as fall comes.
![](http://www.realitytrader.com/photography/uploaded_images/Salmon-run-782672.jpg)
Water is even more shallow near the shore, fish is frolicking right under your feet, you can extend your arm and actually touch some:
![](http://www.realitytrader.com/photography/uploaded_images/PB089560-745378.jpg)
Closer...
![](http://www.realitytrader.com/photography/uploaded_images/PB089558-779647.jpg)
... closer...
![](http://www.realitytrader.com/photography/uploaded_images/PB089568-779519.jpg)
...and closer yet...
![](http://www.realitytrader.com/photography/uploaded_images/PB089563-764074.jpg)
... and this is where that brilliant shot should have been placed proudly: close-up of chum salmon's open mouth, teeth are sharp, one eye looks right at you... no luck recovering that one. Very disappointing. Oh well, look at pretty autumn leaves instead: