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I was photographing this cow with two young calves at sunset in Denali recently when they passed in front of this sign. I decided to focus on the sign instead of the moose as it kinda looked like they were stopping to read it. This is a long running restricted area in Sable Pass – an area known for grizzly bears – not a good place for moose calves.
Below is a cow moose near the front of the Park.
Moose, Denali National Park, Alaska.
Moose cow and calf at sunrise, Denali National Park, Alaska.
If you look close you can see the ears of the calf just behind it’s mom. This cow and calf ran by us at full speed early one morning last week. We never could see what it was running from, but it is safe to say, this is a really tough area for newborn moose. Not only are there predators everywhere, but the vegetation is so tall and thick, this one had a difficult time just keeping up with its mother.
In the photo below is a cow with 3 calves which is some what rare. She has taken a little different approach hanging out near the campgrounds at the front of the park where the predators are more uncomfortable, and the traveling is much easier!
Cow moose with 3 calves, Denali National Park, Alaska.
Shooting Star, Denali National Park, Alaska.
I was going to go with a new moose or wolf photo today, but decided I better break up the series of wildlife photos with a landscape or wildflower.
Considering the cold harsh environment – long, cold, windy, snowy winters and a very short summer season, I’m always surprised to see so many little, delicate wildflowers in the tundra – if you look close, the tundra is made up of an amazing array of delicate plant-life. The ranger I mentioned before found 30 different variety of wildflowers in just a small patch of tundra near the Eielson Visitor Center. A small patch of tundra alone could make for great photo subject material.
Dall Sheep, Polychrome Pass, Denali National Park, Alaska.
These are such amazing animals – it is hard to believe the steep terrain these guys can traverse with ease!
These were captured last Saturday on my recent trip to Denali, the bottom image just after 4:00 a.m., the above photo much later the same day – around 10:00 p.m. The days can be long this time of year!
Dall Sheep, Polychrome Pass, Denali National Park, Alaska.
Grizzly Bear, Denali National Park, Alaska.
We are back from a really fun trip to Denali National Park. We saw lots of wolves, bears, moose with calves, wildflowers and all kinds of weather – perfect! I will be sharing more in the upcoming days.
Typically in early June, the landscape is still very brown with gullies still full of snow – it gives the park a zebra kind of look. Not this year – Denali was incredibly green and we found all kinds of wildflowers – it was beautiful. I thought it was at least 2 weeks ahead of schedule. A ranger who lives in the area year around told us that many of the wildflowers were actually 3 weeks early. So in the desert this spring they were 3 weeks late, here 3 weeks early – crazy stuff.
In the top photo is a sow with an approximately two year old cub. We started watching them a long distance away. At one point the sow playfully chased the cub right at us – I couldn’t roll the windows up fast enough! They seem oblivious to vehicles and buses and hung around us feeding and interacting for a wonderful hour. Below is a much more distant bear – notice how green it is.
Grizzly Bear near Polychrome Pass, Denali National Park, Alaska.
Here is another time lapse video. This one is of the Holland America cruise ship Veendam leaving Seward, Alaska last July 5, 2009. This was my second or third evening of trying to capture a ship leaving – it took a few tries before I could capture the entire turnaround in the frame, while still have a fairly tight composition. If you change the settings in the bottom corner of the You Tube frame, you can see it full frame in 1080 HD.
A post about leaving Seward is fitting as we are leaving Seward later today bound for Denali National Park. We may have one or two occasions where we have access to the internet – if I do, and have something worthy I will put it on the blog, but it is very likely I won’t post again until next Tuesday.
Take a 12 minute trip down the Las Vegas Strip in 12 seconds, and then enjoy the Downtown laser light show! I’m surprised it only took 12 minutes to drive the length of the strip, that is because it was a cold, winter mid-week evening. By the way, if you have the bandwidth or patience, you can watch it in 1080 HD.
This is my first attempt at putting together a time-lapse video. I actually captured the stills for the strip footage 4 years ago on the same night as this Las Vegas Strip photo. You might notice that the demolished Stardust is still standing and open, and City Center doesn’t yet exist. The downtown laser show was from last fall.
Four years ago – I had a big head start on the recently popularity for time-lapse – unfortunately these files have just been sitting on my computer. I shot a fair amount of Alaska time-lapse footage last summer, and hope to do something with it soon as well. It has been a bit of a steep learning curve – the long list of words like codec, MPEG4, H.264 are like a whole new language to me. I have to thank Phil Colla for getting me headed in the right direction.
For those who are interested in how I captured the images of the strip, you might enjoy this blog post: Las Vegas Strip
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