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The big and small

I suppose it is only natural that one feels quite small when in some place with so many grand features as Alaska.   You can get these feelings pretty much no matter where you are at however.  Just look up into a star filled sky or even that large tree in the...

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Motion blur bear

Contrary to my previous posts on high ISOs to get my shutter speed up, for the effect I wanted on this image - I wanted the shutter speed to be pretty slow.  In this case, about 1/3 of a second.   To get the shutter speed slower, I went to ISO 160, and cranked the...

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Grizzly bear spring cub

Another high ISO image here, ISO 2500, not necessarily used for a high action moment, but simply because of fairly low light.      Shot at 400mm at f4, even at ISO 2500 my shutter speed was only 1/200 sec.    This cute little guy was also scratching quite a bit.   At...

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Return from Alaska

Return from Alaska

Hey folks.   Back home now after a couple of days of recouping from a bad cold I caught while on the boat in Katmai.   Future posts will elaborate more on the trip that was basically broken down into three segments - Denali, Kodiak/Katmai, and a short day...

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