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Happy to be home

  • Posted by Jess
  • July 3, 2008

While I love to travel it is nice to be home again.
I wonder if that is what this guy was feeling?
I don’t think it is possible to put human feeling on animals actions but this Orca we photographed in Alaska seem to be expressing joy or happiness when he breached 3 times in a row. [...]

Silver Salmon V

  • Posted by Jess
  • July 2, 2008

After a week of hard work on these Alaska grizzlies the only image we felt we had missed was mom and the cubs on the beach. With 2 hours before we needed to pack for our flight home we made one last early morning run.
As you can see the bears sent us off with a [...]

Silver Salmon lV

  • Posted by Jess
  • June 25, 2008

This is the smaller of the two we have been concentrating on. Some times it seems to be getting picked on buy the bigger sibling but this one can hold it own. In this moment is seems to want a little attention form mom. It must have worked because the mom nursed them right after [...]

Silver Salmon lll

  • Posted by Jess
  • June 24, 2008

We had an interesting presentation by the Park Service after dinner. They allow us an insight into the way the NPS makes policy for things such as bear viewing and photography. Afterward we went out to find our favorite quarry.
These Cubs of the Year  ( COY) continued to perform and dance for us. The light was [...]

Silver Salmon Creek ll

  • Posted by Jess
  • June 23, 2008

Lovely day at Silver Salmon. On our thrid try we were able to get some time with this mom and her babies. They are still a little shy, as new cubs are, but we are going to keep woking on them for the right shot.

Back to Tucson

  • Posted by Jess
  • March 14, 2008

They say all good things must come to an end, but nobody knows why. In this case we left Organ Pipe simply because our room reservation ran out and the motels were full for Thursday. At any rate it is back to Tucson and more variety on our journey. Saguaro is very over grown this [...]

Desert Spring dreaming

  • Posted by Jess
  • February 6, 2008

While the snow continues to drift here in Yellowstone country. The flowers are starting their bloom in the desert of the southwest.
 Soon the Mexican (or is it now Latino) Poppies and other flowers will carpet the lowlands in southern California and Arizona. “It is going to be a good year” says the visitors center at [...]

New Year and New Trips

  • Posted by Jess
  • January 20, 2008

Hi All,
I hope you all had a wonderful season since I heard from you. We have had some great trips. Haines was fun with many eagles and some good light.
New Mexico was as sweet as only New Mexico can be. We found some new locations and new ways to shoot some of the old favorites.
I [...]