Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/08/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You never disappoint with your photography. Some really impressive images from this trip. Gene On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 9:32 AM Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > Thank you for having a great trip. I think I will be buying multiple > copies of your calender this year. > > On Fri, Aug 17, 2018, 9:29 AM Doug Herr via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > > > I've spent the last month on the road to visit Denali National Park and > to > > refresh friendships. A couple things were reinforced for me on this > trip: > > > > (1) the hospitality of Alaskans is awesome > > > > and (2) pay attention to the boring critters. At the Savage River I > > noticed some Mew Gulls > > > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/laridae/larus/megull00.html > > > > who were quite agitated about something they'd seen. Following the gulls > > to a cut bank behind the Park Service restrooms at the river, a fox > trotted > > out of the brush, down the bank, and sat his (?) butt down not 20' from > > where I was standing. I managed a couple of quick photos, but from my > > standing position the background behind the fox was gravel so I sat down > > and got as low as I could to get some greenery behind the fox: > > > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/mammals/canidae/vulpes/refox01.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/mammals/canidae/vulpes/refox02.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/mammals/canidae/vulpes/refox03.html > > > > Earlier the same day while traveling from Fairbanks to Denali I spotted a > > Northern Hawk Owl on top of a dead spruce tree (burned some years ago as > I > > understand it) but by the time I was able to pull over I'd stopped the > > truck about 100 yards from the owl. After a few frantic minutes putting > > the camera equipment together I walked toward the owl taking photos every > > few yards just so I'd have something to show for my efforts. As you > might > > expect the bird flew before I'd gotten the pictures I wanted - and it > > landed in another dead spruce tree almost next to the truck! After > walking > > back to the truck I had to wait a few minutes before the bird deigned to > > glance in my direction: > > > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/surnia/nhowl01.html > > > > At Savage Rock (adjacent to the Savage River trailhead) was a Collared > > Pika. From the summers I'd spent in the area many years ago I'd known of > > this species in a less-accessible location in the park so it was a > pleasant > > surprise to find this critter at Savage Rock: > > > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/mammals/ochotonidae/copika00.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/mammals/ochotonidae/copika01.html > > > > 2018 has been a good year for Snowshoe Hares: > > > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/mammals/leporidae/lepus/snhare01.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/mammals/leporidae/lepus/snhare02.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/mammals/leporidae/lepus/snhare03.html > > > > On the ridge above the Eielson visitor center was the home of a couple of > > Hoary Marmots, a large rodent in the squirrel family similar to the more > > southern Yellow-bellied Marmot and the Groundhog of the east: > > > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/mammals/sciuridae/marmota/homarm02.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/mammals/sciuridae/marmota/homarm03.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/mammals/sciuridae/marmota/homarm04.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/mammals/sciuridae/marmota/homarm05.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/mammals/sciuridae/marmota/homarm06.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/mammals/sciuridae/marmota/homarm07.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/mammals/sciuridae/marmota/homarm08.html > > > > Moose are surprisingly adept at hiding in the brush but they're more > > active at dusk: > > > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/mammals/cervidae/alces/moose01.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/mammals/cervidae/alces/moose02.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/mammals/cervidae/alces/moose03.html > > > > Caribou prefer less-forested areas than moose do: > > > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/mammals/cervidae/rangifer/caribou01.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/mammals/cervidae/rangifer/caribou02.html > > > > Willow Ptarmigan is the state bird: > > > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/phasianidae/lagopus/wiptar02.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/phasianidae/lagopus/wiptar03.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/phasianidae/lagopus/wiptar04.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/phasianidae/lagopus/wiptar05.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/phasianidae/lagopus/wiptar06.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/phasianidae/lagopus/wiptar07.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/phasianidae/lagopus/wiptar08.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/phasianidae/lagopus/wiptar09.html > > > > Along the Denali Highway between Cantwell and Paxson is spectacular > > scenery, many good hiking trails and more animals: > > > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/charadriidae/pluvialis/agplov00.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/clangula/ltduck01.html > > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/accipitridae/haliaeetus/baeagl09.html > > > > A few random Alaskan critters: > > > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/picoides/hawood02.html > > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/mammals/sciuridae/spermophilus/agsqui04.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/corvidae/pica/bbmagp03.html > > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/mammals/sciuridae/tamiasciurus/resqui00.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/pandionidae/osprey02.html > > > > On the return trip I passed through British Columbia's Muncho Lake > > Provincial Park where I spotted Stone's Sheep, a subspecies of Dall's > Sheep: > > > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/mammals/bovidae/ovis/stshee00.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/mammals/bovidae/ovis/stshee01.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/mammals/bovidae/ovis/stshee02.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/mammals/bovidae/ovis/stshee03.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/mammals/bovidae/ovis/stshee04.html > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/mammals/bovidae/ovis/stshee05.html > > > > All photos: Sony a7rII > > Northern Hawk Owl: Canon FD 500mm f/4.5 L > > all other photos: Sony FE 100-400 GM > > > > I was so impressed with the performance of the Sony 100-400 lens that I > > used it for nearly all of my photos. Almost everything else is now for > > sale, the Canon FD 500, the FD 35mm T/S, the Leica 60 Macro and, dare I > say > > it, a backup 280 APO. > > > > There's more but this is plenty for now. As usual all comments are > > welcome and please feel free to share with anyone who may be interested. > > > > > > Doug Herr > > Birdman of Sacramento > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >