More of Alaska - Wildlife
May 6, 2014 10:49:52 #
I am continuing to show off some images I took while in Alaska, most of these wildlife photos were taken in Denali National Park and were taken from a bus. As fortunate as we were with seeing both the twin peaks of Mt McKinley, we were just as fortunate with the wildlife. We saw most of the major species wile on this day trip through the park. As can be seen in a couple of the photos, fall colors were bursting out, especially the ground cover in these particular shots. As you can probably tell, most of these are cropped to show the animals up close. Most were taken with a 70-200mm Canon kit lens
Mr Moose Grazing
Grizzly Bear Foraging
Wolf on the Prowl
Dall Sheep
Caribou
Another Moose
Sea Lion
Tufted Puffin
Of Course, the Bald Eagle
May 6, 2014 11:10:34 #
May 6, 2014 22:12:09 #
Looks like you really were in the right place at the right time! Everything is beautiful--is it Sept when those colors come out?
May 6, 2014 22:15:57 #
May 7, 2014 06:14:40 #
srodday
Loc: Mass
Great shots. What lenses did you use? I am going in August and trying to decide what to bring.
May 7, 2014 06:15:25 #
May 7, 2014 11:43:53 #
srodday wrote:
Great shots. What lenses did you use? I am going in August and trying to decide what to bring.
I think now it was probably a 55-200 kit lens, but now I have a 70-300mm Tamron lens - if I had this trip to take again, I would definitely take the 70-300.
May 7, 2014 11:49:07 #
plessner wrote:
Looks like you really were in the right place at the right time! Everything is beautiful--is it Sept when those colors come out?
It was actually Sept 2 when I took these photos, I'd recommend that relative time period for anyone traveling to Alaska. Colors were very nice and the daytime temperatures were comfortably cool (50's and low 60's) but ran into some rain too.
May 7, 2014 11:51:50 #
srodday wrote:
Great shots. What lenses did you use? I am going in August and trying to decide what to bring.
Forgot to mention - the landscapes and vistas are also magnificent there, be sure to have something in teh way of a wide angle lens too.
May 7, 2014 16:17:56 #
srodday
Loc: Mass
Thanks for the details! I was thinking of my 100-400 and my 16-35lens. Maybe one more mid-length for walking around towns. Looking forward to it. I will be going second half of August. I hope to see something similar to yours. Keeping my fingers crossed.
May 7, 2014 17:03:04 #
May 7, 2014 22:43:32 #
GrayPlayer
Loc: Granby, Ct.
Seems you had the same luck I had in 2010 with all the major species. Great set of images!
May 8, 2014 01:41:41 #
Michael O'
Loc: Midwest right now
Amazing -- you saw and shot the full gamut of big game there, and smaller too ! I would not have guessed they would be so prevalent as to see all that on one bus trip. Nice shots, too. Well done.
May 8, 2014 10:04:58 #
GrayPlayer
Loc: Granby, Ct.
Assuming "calliwa" took the same trip I enjoyed, length is 90 miles. Passengers keep an eye out for "game" using the clock system, "bear at eleven o'clock."
May 8, 2014 12:35:06 #
GrayPlayer wrote:
Assuming "calliwa" took the same trip I enjoyed, length is 90 miles. Passengers keep an eye out for "game" using the clock system, "bear at eleven o'clock."
I took a 8-hour round trip bus trip into the park (bus looked like a re-painted school bus, maybe a desert tan, and the tour was run by the National Park Service). Yes, we used the clock system for all on the tour to call out the animal by name and clock hour location. Considering all the stops to view game and other viewing sites, I couldn't begin to estimate the length, however it was named the Tundra Wilderness Tour, you can see a short description of it at this website:
http://www.nps.gov/dena/planyourvisit/bus-tours.htm
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