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Northern Lights, Juneau, Alaska – Image 2591

In 1997, the comet Hale Bopp was visible for almost the entire amazingly clear month of April. In early April, I had shot the comet over town but had completely blown my exposures. Every one, I knew was getting great images of the comet. So, toward the end of April and the comets viewing ...

Northern Crow, Mountain Ash, Juneau, Alaska – Image 2590

This photo won the Alaska Department of Fish and Game photo contest many-many years ago and ran across two pages in National Wildlife Magazine. Besides winning all this accolades, what amazes me about this photo is that I took it out of my car window while parked in the Juneau Empires ...

Porcupine, Alaska – Image 2589

The porcupine climbed an alder tree in my backyard, and I climbed the tree across from him with my 500mm f/4 in tow. I wanted to photograph the critter eye to eye. He was perched on a very wobbly branch. When I hit a burst on my motor drive, the unusual sound caught the animal off guard, ...

Floatplane, Auke Lake, Juneau, Alaska – Image 2588

There has been a photo of Auke Lake in almost every one of my Juneau Calendars. The overwhelming richness of the deeply saturated colors attracted me to this imagethe yellow plane set off against the super rich greens of the reeds and deep blue of the lake is almost unbelievable. Throw in ...

Brown Bear, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska – Image 2587

I shot this brown bear from my kayak in Blue Moose Cove in Glacier Bay National Park while shooting my book on the park. My assistant and friend, Brian, was paddling while I was shooting.This bear was coming for us down the beach. Brian assured me the bear would not jump in the water after us ...

Auke Bay Winter Docks, Alaska – Image 2586

I photographed this scene after a week of below-zero temperatures. The water was over 50 degrees warmer than the air, creating the steam rising from the harbor while the extreme tidal action prevented the harbor from freezing over. The sunrise lit the steam, giving the scene its rich warm ...

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