Posts for: RonM12
Oct 1, 2021 10:48:18 #
John from gpwmi wrote:
Wow! What a great trip and a great set of images, Ron. Hopefully you'll be showing us more.
Thanks John! I was sure how my wife would react, but she absolutely loved the experience. I’ll post more images in the next few weeks.
Oct 1, 2021 10:43:25 #
Oct 1, 2021 10:42:51 #
AzPicLady wrote:
Really great shots. My favorites are #5s 5 and 7, but all are wonderful. How fast was your heart beating? I'm not sure I could even have held the camera!
I wasn’t sure how’d I feel, but after our first few encounters, I was very comfortable around the bears. There was one time a bear walked within 15 feet from where we were sitting. For a moment I was a little nervous. Our guide was awesome and prepped us on how to react if needed.
Oct 1, 2021 10:35:22 #
rdemarco52 wrote:
Fantastic captures. thanks for sharing.
Thank you!
Oct 1, 2021 10:34:36 #
randave2001 wrote:
Some really great captures here. A couple where the bears were looking straight into your lens are awesome. 
Thank you, it helped that we saw a lot of bears, and they really didn’t seem bothered by our presence.
Oct 1, 2021 10:33:08 #
BurghByrd wrote:
Fantastic shots. #6 is particularly good with the cubs and bird in the shot. Clarity and detail are excellent.
Thank you, there were several shots where the camera missed the focus, operator error🤣. But I was happy to have captured quite a few keepers.
Oct 1, 2021 10:30:41 #
Oct 1, 2021 10:28:38 #
Manglesphoto wrote:
Fantastic set of images!!!
Thank you! It was an amazing experience.
Oct 1, 2021 10:27:17 #
UTMike wrote:
Fabulous set, Ron!
Thank you! It was quite the experience.
Sep 30, 2021 23:46:39 #
Sep 30, 2021 23:46:17 #
BrentHarder wrote:
WOW! Very impressive! I can see why you used the telephoto lens 99% of the time! Smart!
Thank you, I feel I was between 250-350 mm for most of the time. My 22lbs of gear started to feel more like 35lbs after around 4 miles of hiking.
Sep 30, 2021 22:19:20 #
I was planning this trip for the last couple of years. Covid prevented us from going last year, but this July it became a reality. Originally, I wanted to go to Brooks Falls in Katmai National Park. After contacting several bear viewing businesses in Homer, I booked our trip with Emerald Air Service. While they do have day trips to Brooks Falls, they also offer a guided field trip which is a 5 hour walking adventure. After some discussion, we decided on the guided trip and we couldn’t have been more pleased. Our guide, Lance, was very knowledgeable and with a small group of 8, it made for more of a personal experience.
I carried my D850, Nikon 200-500 f/5.6 along with my 70-200 f/2.8. Needless to say, the 200-500 was used for about 99% of the 600 images taken that day. I brought my travel tripod, but found it more trouble that it was worth since we were always on the move except when we stopped for lunch. In hindsight, I should have brought my mono pod. Regardless, we had a wonderful experience and would easily do this trip with Emerald Air again. Here’s are a few images from the day.
I carried my D850, Nikon 200-500 f/5.6 along with my 70-200 f/2.8. Needless to say, the 200-500 was used for about 99% of the 600 images taken that day. I brought my travel tripod, but found it more trouble that it was worth since we were always on the move except when we stopped for lunch. In hindsight, I should have brought my mono pod. Regardless, we had a wonderful experience and would easily do this trip with Emerald Air again. Here’s are a few images from the day.
Sep 10, 2021 12:39:01 #
Love German Shepherds, here’s my pal Jax.
Sep 9, 2021 11:11:18 #
Blurryeyed wrote:
I am pretty sure that I posted this in the Attic, if not I apologize, the Attic is a forum where politics are actually discussed, the only forum on the site where it is allowed....
BTW, I do have a camera and I would wager that it is nicer than yours.
BTW, I do have a camera and I would wager that it is nicer than yours.
👍🏻👍🏻
Sep 5, 2021 10:53:31 #
You’re clueless, Biden is a complete and utter failure. Our adversaries couldn’t be more pleased with this senile moron.