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Alaska Katmai National Park & Preserve Scenes and Grizzly Bears

John Harrison is an Award Winning Landscape Photographer specializing in Nature Photography. Mostly shooting in Yosemite & Kauai Hawaii. Buy his Yosemite Landscape photography prints & art pieces.
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How do you know when a Grizzly Bear is too close?!? This one was about 15 feet away! 1) When the Nikon 500mm lens you got from BorrowLenses.com won't focus any closer. 2) You have to switch to your other camera and he still fills up more than the entire frame!! 3) You can smell his bear/fish breath 4) Your guide reaches for his bear spray 5) The hair on the back of your next stands up ... I'll let you fill in other ideas! Normally we were a couple hundred feet away but the bears cover a wide area and this one came about 15 feet away! Luckily all he had was Salmon on his mind and he knew we weren't going to bothering him! Wow! What an exciting time with Rebecca R Jackrel Photography! — at Katmai National Park & Preserve.
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How do you know when a Grizzly Bear is too close?!? This one was about 15 feet away! 1) When the Nikon 500mm lens you got from BorrowLenses.com won't focus any closer. 2) You have to switch to your other camera and he still fills up more than the entire frame!! 3) You can smell his bear/fish breath 4) Your guide reaches for his bear spray 5) The hair on the back of your next stands up ... I'll let you fill in other ideas! Normally we were a couple hundred feet away but the bears cover a wide area and this one came about 15 feet away! Luckily all he had was Salmon on his mind and he knew we weren't going to bothering him! Wow! What an exciting time with Rebecca R Jackrel Photography! — at Katmai National Park & Preserve.

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  • "Katmai Grizzly Catching Breakfast" I just got back from a week in Alaska at Katmai National Park & Preserve on a photo tour. This bear was in pursuit of salmon for breakfast! Just amazing when you see the claws and how focused the eyes are! This shot was with the Nikon 500mm lens from BorrowLenses.com which worked perfectly to get close from a safer distance (I'll share later just HOW close they got!!!!) — at Katmai National Park & Preserve.<br />
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  • "Salmon Sushi for Breakfast" This is the follow-up picture to the previous one from my Alaska Katmai adventures! The Grizzly got the Salmon! We watched one bear catch about 12 salmon in 2 hours!! Just amazing watching them storm through the water and devour their catch. — at Katmai National Park & Preserve.   Take a look at renting a lens from Borrowlenses here:  <a href="http://www.borrowlenses.com/product/nikon_super_tele/Nikon_500mm_f4_VR?blpid=JHARRISONPHOTO">http://www.borrowlenses.com/product/nikon_super_tele/Nikon_500mm_f4_VR?blpid=JHARRISONPHOTO</a>
  • "Katmai Grizzly scaring the Salmon" This is from my trip to Katmai Alaska this summer. The water droplets spraying everywhere and the Salmon jumping out of the water to get away! Nothing but determination on this Brown Bears face! — at Katmai National Park & Preserve
  • How do you know when a Grizzly Bear is too close?!? This one was about 15 feet away! 1) When the Nikon 500mm lens you got from BorrowLenses.com won't focus any closer. 2) You have to switch to your other camera and he still fills up more than the entire frame!! 3) You can smell his bear/fish breath 4) Your guide reaches for his bear spray 5) The hair on the back of your next stands up ... I'll let you fill in other ideas! Normally we were a couple hundred feet away but the bears cover a wide area and this one came about 15 feet away! Luckily all he had was Salmon on his mind and he knew we weren't going to bothering him! Wow! What an exciting time with Rebecca R Jackrel Photography! — at Katmai National Park & Preserve.
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  • "Grizzly Bear in the Mist" During our trip to shoot in Katmai we had all sorts of weather and conditions. The fog and mist hung low for a few hours this morning we went out. This Grizzly / Brown Bear was on the hunt for salmon with a few seagulls hanging out. This image brought peace and solitude to mind - balanced by this powerful animal ready to pounce on his breakfast. What do you think!? Enjoy!<br />
Copyright John Harrison Photography — at Katmai National Park & Preserve.
  • This little Red Fox was running around the Katmai Wilderness Lodge up in Katmai National Park & Preserve . I couldn't believe he was just feet from us wandering around! Just the variety of wildlife was amazing up in Alaska. — at Katmai National Park & Preserve.
  • "Alaska Harbor Seal up Close!" Isn't this just cute!! You just want to cuddle ;-) This is from my Katmai National Park & Preserve trip and we found a number of Harbor Seals laying on the rocks. They were just hanging out on the rocks. The texture in their fur is amazing and you can see the sky reflected in his eyes. Love those whiskers! The hard part about capturing these was I was hand hol...See More<br />
— at Katmai National Park & Preserve.
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