An Alberta woman has won a prestigious nature photography contest after traveling to South America to photograph a vulnerable species of bear.
Jacquie Matechuk, who lives in Cochrane, Alta., won the Nature Photographer of the Year award in a contest run by Nature Talks, a Netherlands-based photography agency.
Her winning image, He Looks to the Heavensfeatures a spectacled bear perched on a fig tree in Ecuador.
The species name comes from the rings of light-colored fur around the eyes, making it look like they’re wearing glasses.
Matechuk said that on the day the photo was taken, it seemed like