Gray Fox

Ron NiebruggeArizona, Photos, Travel, Tucson 7 Comments

Gray fox at night, Desert Photo Retreat, Marana, Arizona.

It took a little bit of sense, and a number of nights with no success before I was finally able to capture a gray fox on this cool rock. @desertphotoretreat

Used camtraption trigger for the fox and flashes. I used four flashes here. One on each side of the camera, one to back light to fox (didn’t really do anything), and one of the background trees. This was an 8 second exposure for the sky.

More Fishing

Ron NiebruggeAlaska, Katmai, Photos, Travel 1 Comment

A Brown bear, Katmai National Park, Alaska.

We had particularly good success photographing brown bears chasing salmon this August along the Katmai National Park Coast. I’ll keep sharing different versions of this action from time to time this fall.

Gray Fox vs. Rattlesnake

Ron NiebruggeArizona, Photos, Travel, Tucson 1 Comment

Did another trail camera photo dump from the @desertphotoretreat Always fun to see what animals share the water hole. I knew a rattle snake was hanging around since I found a shedded skin a couple of week earlier. However, a snake has never shown up in the camera – probably because they are cold blooded. The reason this one showed was thanks to the gray fox.

You can see they interacted for a few minutes. At one point the snake curled up and raised its head while facing the fox. Ultimately it appears they were both just after a drink and in the last photo you can see the fox had no interest in the snake.

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Keeping Watch

Ron NiebruggeAlaska, Lake Clark, Photos, Travel 4 Comments

A Brown or Grizzly Bear, Lake Clark National Park, Alaska.

Keeping a close eye on the meadow. Too bad that field of lupine around the cub wasn’t in bloom. The cold, wet summer wasn’t good for some of the wildflowers.

Is it safe mom?

Ron NiebruggeAlaska, Lake Clark, Photos, Travel 2 Comments

A Brown or Grizzly Bear, Lake Clark National Park, Alaska.

Is is safe mom? What is interesting, it can be challenging to capture bears actually looking towards the camera. The bears at the places I visit pretty much ignore humans except maybe for brief moments like with yesterday’s cub. When we do get moments like in this photo, it almost always means there are other bears in the meadow behind us that have the bears attention. Lake Clark National Park, Alaska.