More Fishing

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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.

Keeping Watch

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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?

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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.

Puffin

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Horned puffin, Lake Clark National Park, Alaska.

We had great puffin on both my Bear and Puffin photo tours. Not too many years ago, a photo like this would be very challenging. That is sure changed with modern focus tracking on today’s mirror-less cameras. Horned puffin, Lake Clark National Park, Alaska.

Nursing Brown Bears

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

I’m home from my two annual back to back Alaska Bear and Puffin photo tours! The weather at times was challenging, but the photo opportunities were awesome! So much variety. We had two sows, each with a set of spring cubs. I think we saw 5 nursing sessions the first week, and 6 the second! This was from day one of week one. For those who have traveled with me before, this is Crimp.