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Black Bear, Anan Creek, Alaska #3342

Anan Creek is known as one of the best places in Alaska to photograph bears. The creek is one of the most productive pink salmon streams in Alaska. Anan Creek drainage supports a population of 35-plus black bears and 12-20 brown bears. Visitors to the site walk along a half mile trail to a ...

Black Bear, Anan Creek, Alaska #3341

While leaving the viewing platform at Anan Creek Wildlife Observatory, a group of wildlife photographers missed a momma bear and cub scooting by behind them. As a photographer I try to be constantly aware of everything around me. More often than I care to admit, I can be outfoxed by a sneaky ...

Inn with a View, Wrangell, Alaska #3340

In the summer of 2019, I hosted six photographers for a five-day photo adventure based out of the Stikine Inn in Wrangell, Alaska. We spent five days photographing bears at Anan Creek, humpback whales in the Wrangell area, and icebergs and calving ice at the face of the LeConte Glacier. Last ...

Bald Eagle, Juneau, Alaska #3339

After taking the image that I posted last week in the morning, I went back in the afternoon to see what else our local bald eagles were up to. I found this large group hanging out together in the spruce trees in Juneau’s Lemon Creek area, hiding from the bad weather. According to Google a ...

Bald Eagle, Juneau, Alaska #3338

It has been snowing up a storm in Juneau these last two weeks. Last weekend Juneau’s Eaglecrest Ski Area received almost four feet of snow! Today this bald eagle was hanging out in a spruce tree in Juneau’s Lemon Creek area. I love how the monochromatic and out-of-focus background of ...

Happy Holidays from Alaska 12-20-2020

This image just shouts “Alaska.” It has all the necessary ingredients: endless pristine white snow, beautiful mountains, northern lights, and a full moon lighting the whole scene. I took this photo of the Brooks Range along the Dalton Highway about 70 miles north of the Arctic Circle. ...

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