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You might be able to catch a black bear in the hills behind Anchorage, I've seen them in the summer up at Hilltop ski area. Moose will be around but not in any terribly photogenic spots. Lots of bird life out at Potter Marsh. But really I wouldn't pack lenses for wildlife unless I was doing a trip out into the bush, chasing those epic wildlife shots. For landscape stuff, Matanuska glacier or Hatcher pass are my two favorite spots you can day trip to from Anchorage. Flattop is a great day hike that has a high view of Anchorage. The drive to Portage glacier is pretty great too because there are lots of trails and stopping points along the highway. Kincaid park is for ocean sunsets, or if you want to get holy poo poo close to a plane taking off. Edit - oops missed the February part. Those spots all still work but might be harder to get to. Depending on exact dates you might be able to catch the start of the Iditarod, which is always fun.
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accipter posted:Bobcat from Point Reyes this morning. Where was this? There's a chance I might head out there tomorrow. These are fantastic. Atlatl, hope you have more coming up this year!
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BetterLekNextTime posted:Where was this? There's a chance I might head out there tomorrow. These are fantastic. Those were taken near the bridge at Abbott's Lagoon. It worked its way along the shore of the northern lake afterwards. Have you seen a bobcat in Wildcat Canyon?
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accipter posted:Those were taken near the bridge at Abbott's Lagoon. It worked its way along the shore of the northern lake afterwards. Have you seen a bobcat in Wildcat Canyon? Cool, thanks! I saw some other Pt Reyes bobcat photos on Flickr that were also from Pierce Point Road area. You know, I just saw my first in Wildcat Canyon a few days ago, but it was super far away. I used to see them almost daily when I lived in Carmel Valley but don't have any good photos of them.  Wildcat Canyon Bobcat-1878 on Flickr
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Back from Pt. Reyes. We got a really late start and only got to hike at Pierce Point Ranch, but still, mission partly accomplished! Definitely better photos than I got in Wildcat. Pt Reyes Bobcat-2895 on FlickrSaw lots of elk but the lighting was particularly bad then. Coolest thing was on the trail in the elk refuge a coyote crossed the trail in front of us and then proceeded for 15 minutes to try to catch a vole about 40 feet away.  Pt Reyes Coyote-3151 on Flickr Pt Reyes Coyote chew chew-3178 on Flickr
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BetterLekNextTime posted:Back from Pt. Reyes. We got a really late start and only got to hike at Pierce Point Ranch, but still, mission partly accomplished! Definitely better photos than I got in Wildcat. "Try" to catch a vole? Nice finale there.
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BetterLekNextTime posted:Back from Pt. Reyes. We got a really late start and only got to hike at Pierce Point Ranch, but still, mission partly accomplished! Definitely better photos than I got in Wildcat. Nice! Where did you see the bobcat? I might try to get out there again this weekend during a break in the storm.
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Thanks! This was from Pierce Point Road. I can't remember exactly where but it was looking towards Tomales Bay. It was well after Abbott's lagoon, a little before we hit the Elk Refuge.
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BetterLekNextTime posted:Back from Pt. Reyes. We got a really late start and only got to hike at Pierce Point Ranch, but still, mission partly accomplished! Definitely better photos than I got in Wildcat. Dang. Awesome shots, man. That bobcat is really incredible.
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e:BetterLekNextTime posted:Atlatl, hope you have more coming up this year! these aren't fish, but I'll get more once I'm back home      
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Atlatl posted:e: I tried to pick out one favorite of these but they're all rad. Paid a visit to Aņo Nuevo State Park north of Santa Cruz yesterday for the Elephant Seals. It's the season when you need to go in with a guided walk so there's frustratingly little time for photography once you get out there, but it's still worth it. I went with my father in law who grew up in Northern California but somehow had never been. We signed up for the last slot in the day. Challenging light but probably more interesting than bright overhead beach sun.  Elephant Seal leaning in-4873 on Flickr Elephant Seal bite-4878 on Flickr Elephant Seal lunge-4895 on Flickr
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Holy poo poo. What a great moment.
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yeah rip super good pic
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Thanks! I'm pretty sure the one on the right yelled TITTY TWISTER right before I took that photo. e: Sharing some amazing news. One of my photos won the latest Outdoor Photographer contest!! (the fox photo). BetterLekNextTime fucked around with this message at 04:54 on Jan 26, 2019 |
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Jan 26, 2019 02:14
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Nice! Congrats! Really strong competition there too.
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BetterLekNextTime posted:Paid a visit to Aņo Nuevo State Park north of Santa Cruz yesterday for the Elephant Seals. It's the season when you need to go in with a guided walk so there's frustratingly little time for photography once you get out there, but it's still worth it. I went with my father in law who grew up in Northern California but somehow had never been. We signed up for the last slot in the day. Challenging light but probably more interesting than bright overhead beach sun.
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Thanks!! Yeah, there are some really stunning pics among the finalists. I have no idea how mine rose to the top.  snoozing bull elephant seal-4481 on Flickr Bull Elephant Seal head-4612 on Flickr Small Elephant Seal Bull side portrait-4964 on Flickr
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BetterLekNextTime posted:Thanks!! Yeah, there are some really stunning pics among the finalists. I have no idea how mine rose to the top. It took an embarrassingly long time to figure out what the hell went where. Also, congrats!
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BetterLekNextTime posted:Thanks! I'm pretty sure the one on the right yelled TITTY TWISTER right before I took that photo. Oh, wow. Well done.
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Cephea cephea.  not a good pic but as a bonus i got to perfect the art of yelling while taking pictures because there was an rear end load of man o wars out for whatever reason 
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BetterLekNextTime posted:Thanks! I'm pretty sure the one on the right yelled TITTY TWISTER right before I took that photo. Hot drat! Goons getting recognition.
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torgeaux posted:Hot drat! Goons getting recognition. For good stuff this time!
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President Beep posted:For good stuff this time! Mug shots count as portrait photography.
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BetterLekNextTime posted:Thanks! I'm pretty sure the one on the right yelled TITTY TWISTER right before I took that photo.
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Thanks everyone!Pablo Bluth posted:Congrats. Although we get red foxes this side of the Atlantic, yours seem to have nicer fluffier silkier coats; photographing one in the snow is high up on my bucket list. This was north of the Arctic Circle so probably need to be fluffy. There was a family near the field station where I was working. This was the dad (who had a nice coat) and the pup had super plush fur. The mom looked a lot more haggard.  Toolik momma fox face logo repro-865 on Flickr Toolik Fox on lumber square Reprocess logo-302 on FlickrA few more elephant seals...  Elephant Seal Mom and Pup-5048 on Flickr Mom elephant seal and pup-4495 on Flickr Mom elephant seal and pup-4551 on Flickr
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This one is gorgeous, everything worked out right.
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Thanks, the funny part is I just bought an import 70-200 2.8 canon lens and had to go to the UPS hub to pick it up as the driver showed up way early and it was signature required. On the way back a decent snowstorm popped up so I figured I would have to wait for the next day to get any shots with it. Then I spotted a Coyote right as I pulled into my neighborhood. Turns out cartoons are based on fact and they are actually wily as gently caress. I made a gallery with the pics and explaining what happened rather than take over this thread with my lovely pics. https://imgur.com/a/E0W3Sas One thing I didn't realize is the 2.8 DOF helps immensely with cutting out snow as it was actually coming down pretty hard while I took these but you can hardly see the snow unless there is a decent backlight.
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So I was driving past a forest preserve today and the local  IMG_6377 by charliebravo77, on FlickrHad to drive past a big local electronics store to get home so I swung in to see what there was to play with and scored an open box (but LNIB) deal on a Tamron G2 150-600mm and welp - I went back to the forest preserve.  IMG_6734 by charliebravo77, on Flickr IMG_6719 by charliebravo77, on Flickr IMG_6536 by charliebravo77, on Flickr IMG_6611 by charliebravo77, on Flickr
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I got that lens for motorsport stuff, and have been trying to catch a coyote in the snow this winter. Seen lots of both but never at the same time.  Was driving home on Saturday during blue hour and saw one, but the twitchy bastard ran off into the prairie while I was fumbling for the lens. Was probably too dark but it's the closest I've got.
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I stopped by a local forest preserve that has a penned in elk pasture right at feeding time and they were actually out in the clearing for once. I also found this polar vortex refugee 
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my turn in the barrel posted:I stopped by a local forest preserve that has a penned in elk pasture right at feeding time and they were actually out in the clearing for once. I cant believe I've lived here as long as I had before learning about the elk. 
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Yeah I went twice in one day the last time I was there Apparently they have special days geared towards photographers where you can just hang out on the beach for a few hours
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 Road Turtle by Martin Brummell, on FlickrEastern Long-necked Turtle we maybe-too-late rescued from a highway in NSW, Australia. We drove past it, then came back to check it out. I think it had been hit by a car because there was blood on the road next to it, but the leg that was sticking out withdrew in a life-like way when I started pushing it off the road with my foot. My fiancee picked it up for the picture and there was blood but no obvious breaks in the shell underneath. Hopefully it's OK. This is also my first photo edited with RawTherapee, and I'm gonna go talk about that in the post-pro thread.
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I know it was good intentioned but please be careful, handling turtles in the wild can get you really sick and it causes them a lot of stress. Haven't seen a purple slipper lobster before, normally they're grungy and green.   Mad I hosed up this shot because this dude did a driveby on me while I had my strobes on low power and aimed differently for a stonefish.
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Dang that's nice. When you say strobes do you mean flashes or really bright continual light? Do the critters freak out after getting a bunch of light dumped at them or do they not really give a crap as long as you don't get too close?
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