Brown Bears of Brooks Falls
Sep 2, 2022 18:11:15 #
I have had Brooks Falls on my bucket list for many years. I do more landscape photography than wildlife but I am learning. Brooks Falls is a unique place in the world, close proximity to the bears while standing up on overhead platforms. Getting to the platforms is via a 1 mile trail and several times we encountered close bears coming along the trail. Fortunately they are getting all the food they want during the salmon runs and don't take any interest in people. Of course we were not allowed to have so much as a stick of Chapstick in our pockets or packs.
The experience was even more amazing than I had imaged it would be!
Many people had the huge lenses but my biggest lens is a Nikon 300mm PF and often I used the 70-200 lens. No tripods are allowed on the main platforms but elbows on the railing worked good for me.
The experience was even more amazing than I had imaged it would be!
Many people had the huge lenses but my biggest lens is a Nikon 300mm PF and often I used the 70-200 lens. No tripods are allowed on the main platforms but elbows on the railing worked good for me.
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PAR4DCR wrote:
So that's why salmon is so expensive! Good work gunflint.
Don
Don
Thanks Don, it is also expensive to watch the bears eating salmon!
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Sep 3, 2022 00:08:45 #
Beautiful shots! And glad you got to fulfill one of your bucket list trips. Brooks Falls is amazing though I think your trip was much better than the one we had there (we had fewer bears and many fewer on top of the falls fishing). Could be the particular time we went (as you know that isn't usually something one can control) or the particular year. If you want another amazing place in Alaska for bears, you should look into Lake Clark. Your 300mm and 70-200mm lenses would be perfect there as well.
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