[Leica] IMG: Road trip to Alaska

[Gene Duprey]

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
> >
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