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Alaska#31

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Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, Alaska, USA.  On our second day trip to Brooks Falls, instead of seeing the bears for the second day in a row, we took a bus ride to the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, a great location within Katmai National Park.  This is one of several scenes I photographed there.  The low clouds helped add drama to this landscape.  An abstracted “Z” from the elements here.  Nikon D4S loaded with the Nikkor 200-500mm f5.6 lens.  People call this lens a wildlife lens.  For me, this is a versatile all round lens.

Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, Alaska, USA

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Alaska#30

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Brown Bears, one of them with freshly caught Salmon, Brooks Falls, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA.  This shot was made moments after Alaska#29.  This is my last keeper shot from Day 1 at Katmai.

Brown Bear on Brooks Falls catching Salmon swimming upstream, Alaska, USA

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Alaska#29

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Brown Bears waiting for Salmon swimming upstream on Brooks Falls, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA.  One of them gets to eat while the other is not lucky this time.  Nikon D4S with Nikkor 200-500mm f5.6 lens.  

Brown Bear on Brooks Falls catching Salmon swimming upstream, Alaska, USA

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Alaska#28

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Brown Bear close to catching a Salmon swimming upstream on Brooks Falls, Alaska, USA.  Nikon D4S with Nikkor 200-500mm f5.6 lens.

Brown Bear on Brooks Falls catching Salmon swimming upstream, Alaska, USA

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Alaska#27

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Brown Bear with just caught Salmon on Brooks Falls, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA.  Nikon D4S with Nikkor 200-500mm f5.6 lens.

Brown Bear on Brooks Falls catching Salmon swimming upstream, Alaska, USA

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Alaska#25

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Brown Bear on Brooks Falls, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA.  As you know Salmon swims upstream and even up the falls.  At Brooks Falls, the bears are often seen waiting on top of the falls to catch Salmon as they swim up.  Nikon D4S with the Nikkor 200-500mm f5.6 lens.

Brown Bear on Brooks Falls, Alaska, USA

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Alaska#24

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Mountain ridges, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA.  Early last August, we went to Katmai National Park in Alaska, mainly to see Brown Bears.  It was highly successful and I am going to show you some of my images in the next several postings.  Getting to Katmai is a bit tricky.  You cannot drive from Anchorage to Katmai.  You have to fly to nearby King Salmon, AK.  Furthermore, we were specifically interested in the area around Brooks Falls.  One cannot drive or use other means to get to Brooks Falls.  You must use float planes from King Salmon.  Accommodations are another roadblock.  Since we could not get reservations for the limited cabins near Brooks Falls, we stayed at King Salmon and made day trips to Brooks Falls on float planes.  This image is a shot of Katmai National Park, taken from the float plane as it was close to landing.  Nikon D4S with the 24-120mm f4 lens.  This is my first keeper shot from Day 1 at Katmai.

Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA

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