Alaskan Adventures

Well I am now back from Alaska. I had an unbelievable time and came away with plenty of new images. I will most likely elaborate on the trip and certain locations when I get around to posting some of the images. I will not process any of the new images until I am behind a decent monitor as I am working off my laptop at the moment.

I hope everyone is well and I apologize that I have not been visiting/commenting on everyones blogs lately. I have spent as much time shooting as possible.

Here is a quick 3 image stitch I threw together from a day spent out in Katmai National Park, Alaska. We were flown in by light aircraft and dropped off on the tidal flats of the Coast. After seeing the pilot off we began hiking up the beach until we reached this inlet.  We just sat and watched as various Coastal Brown Bears made their way along the shoreline in search for salmon. This time of the year the salmon are “on the run” and the bears are doing their best to feed on the salmon as much as possible before winter sets in. It was an incredible site to see and to be out there amongst them a long way from anywhere was very surreal.

It is something I will remember for the rest of my life.

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October 1, 2010 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: aircraft, alaska, alaskan, brown bear, Coast, coastal brown bear, fall, float plane, grizzly, hibernation, inlet, katmai, Landscape, light aircraft, luke austin, National Park, salmon, salmon run, Stitch, United States, wildlife | 17 Comments