Fall Reflections

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Fall Reflections

Fall tundra colors reflecting in a pond, Denali National Park, Alaska.

I don’t know if this really “works”, but I kinda like it.  At first, I focused on the surface of the lake, but I didn’t care for the results.  I then tried focusing on the reflected image and not the surface – this created more of a colorful, abstract image.

Red Fox

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Red Fox

Red Fox, Denali National Park, Alaska.

Janine says fox are “my animal” because I always seem to see them.  I do have unusually good success with spotting these cool guys.  If you are going to play favorites, fox seem like as good of an animal as any because they really are beautiful animals that are fun to watch. 

This guy was working the road, I assume, looking for road kill hares.  Just as he began to pass me, he stoppped ever so briefly and looked my way, just long enough to capture this image. 

Bear Tundra

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Bears, Denali National Park, Alaska

A couple of Grizzly Bears feeding on the tundra, Denali National Park, Alaska.

The tundra is sure beautiful in autumn!  The fall colors were past in most of Denali – this was by far the most colorful area left in the Park, and it had a couple of Grizzlies!  Actually, one of them is the same Grizzly Bear in yesterday’s post.  This was about 10 minutes later, and a few hundred meters further away – they couldn’t have wandered into a better spot. 

Grizzly Bear

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Grizzly Bear

Grizzly Bear, Denali National Park, Alaska.

Even though I was “safely” by my vehicle, I must admit, as I watched through the view finder and saw this guy turn and head down the hill towards us, my heart started racing.  My camera tells me he was 35 meters away, but when he filled the viewfinder, it seemed closer!  I do kind of like the perspective of looking up at him from below

We just made it home after a short but wonderful trip to Denali.  This has been a good summer for me and bear photography.  It wasn’t by plan, but it has sure been fun.  Here are more Grizzly Bear photos.



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Lynx !

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Lynx photo

Wild Lynx, Denali National Park, Alaska.

Wow, what a trip this has been!  But the highlight was this lynx – I have been trying unsuccessfully for many, many years to capture an image of a lynx, but a couple of hours ago that all changed. 

It is late and I’m tired, so I will write more when I get back to Seward – but I had to share my excitement!

Steller Sea Lions

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Steller Sea Lions

Steller Sea Lions.

Yesterday we hit the road to spend a few days in Denali.  It may be a few days until I can post again.  Hopefully my next post will be of a wolverine!  I think it is much more likely the next post will be a moose or hare!

Aialik Glacier

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Aialik Glacier

Yesterday (Thursday) at Aialik Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska.

There are a lot of great things about living in Seward, but number one has to be how close we are to Aialik Bay and Kenai Fjords National Park.  The Travel Channel included this area when it did a two hour special on the 10 greatest wonders of the world.   Not the U.S., the world!  And I’m just a short boat ride away for one of them.Read More