Ice Shapes

Ron NiebruggeAlaska, Chugach, Photos, Travel 2 Comments

Fascinating ice shapes, Spencer Glacier, Chugach National Forest, Alaska.

Fascinating ice shapes, Spencer Glacier, Chugach National Forest, Alaska.

After my bear photo tour, I had a really fun day on a private tour in which we went dog sledding, helicopter flying with the doors off, and even landing and walking around on Spencer Glacier!  We found these fascinating ice shapes and other icicles in one of the numerous holes on the surface of the glacier.

Bear Hug!

Ron NiebruggeAlaska, Lake Clark, Photos, Travel 8 Comments

Brown bear cubs, Lake Clark National Park, Alaska.

Brown bear cubs, Lake Clark National Park, Alaska.

This is the third summer I have photographed these very playful cubs!  Next summer they will probably be own their own.

Bing

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If you go to Bing.com today you will see my time-lapse video as the back ground.  Cool!  It is great to see some of my video efforts paying off.  This is a screen shot – I’m thinking it will only be on there for one day.

Bears Close!

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Brown Bear sow and two cubs, Lake Clark National Park, Alaska.

Brown Bear sow and two cubs, Lake Clark National Park, Alaska.

This was with my Canon 7D with a 2x converter on a 70-200 at 140 – in other words I had trouble getting these guys in the frame with just a 70-20o mm lens !

Brown Bear Boar

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Brown bear bore (male), Lake Clark National Park, Alaska.

Brown bear boar (male), Lake Clark National Park, Alaska.

Back from an absolutely amazing trip – my photo tour couldn’t have gone better!  Since I go there so often, I didn’t think I would do much shooting – well, 3,600 photos later…  We saw so much amazing stuff including nursing and mating up close!  Back out the door – hope to share more over the next week.

Sow and Cub

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Sow and cub brown bear, Lake Clark National Park, Alaska.

Sow and cub brown bear, Lake Clark National Park, Alaska.

Had a brief moment so thought I would share a quick photo from the first evening – we are having an awesome bear tour!

Crazy Alaska Summer!

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Here is a photo from last years bear tour that I hadn't shared yet - Lake Clark National Park, Alaska.

Here is a photo from last years bear tour that I hadn't shared yet - Lake Clark National Park, Alaska.

Here is a rare weekend post in which I’m going to make excuses as to why I may not post much over the next two weeks!  🙂  As an Alaskan based photographer, we make most of our hay in the summer – and that means I have a couple of busy weeks ahead.  I will still do updates here as I have time and internet connections, but in case I don’t, you will know why.

Early Saturday morning I head out on a week long Alaska Bear Photo Tour.   Because they are so popular, I’m doing two this year.  Both sold out many months ago, and we are now taking reservations for August 2013.

I’m excited about this one as this is a new time of year for me.  I’m also excited because half my group is made up of people who have been on other workshops / tours with me – two of them were on last years bear tour!  For one of them, this will be her 6th summer visiting the same lodge with different photo groups.  I’m honored that her last couple of visits have been with me!

I’m back for one day then head out with the CEO of a major U.S. company for a private tour where we will be doing things like riding and photographing dog teams in the mountains above Girdwood!  Should be fun.

After that I have some pending assignment work.   Gotta do as much as possible in the short Alaska summer.

So as I have time and internet connections – I’ll try to offer updates as I should have some fun things to share!  But if I don’t, you will know why and I’ll share when I get back to the office sometime after the 4th of July.

Cheers!