Wildlife Photography

Puffins: Comedians of the Sky

Submitted by David Cardinal on Fri, 07/23/2010 - 12:18

I’m sure Puffins don’t think of themselves as funny, but it is difficult to watch them when in breeding plumage and not imagine that they are wearing a clown suit and make up. …

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Creating A New Look For Old Bears

Submitted by David Cardinal on Wed, 07/14/2010 - 18:49

After eleven summers photographing Alaskan Coastal Brown Bears (also known as “Grizzly Bears”) I’ve come up with quite a few nice shots and tried a lot of different ideas for creating compelling portraits of them. So this year I decided to try something new to give some of my favorite mammals a new look…

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Alaskan Brown Bear, Nikon D70 Lifepixel Infrared
Nikon 200-400mm f/4 lens.

Snow: Your Portable Light Source

Submitted by David Cardinal on Fri, 03/12/2010 - 15:18

I was reminded repeatedly on my recent trip to Yellowstone that metering in snow scares people. Any time we were near other photographers you could hear the timid “now snow is +1, right?” call out to a companion. From reading his latest BT Journal my friend Moose Peterson heard plenty of the same when he was there. But as Moose points out, snow can be your friend…

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Winter in Yellowstone

Submitted by David Cardinal on Fri, 03/05/2010 - 17:59

I’m just back from a great trip with my friends Will & Lawrence to Yellowstone and southern Montana. Due to scheduling issues we almost missed the winter season but got there just in time for some good snow scenes and plenty of animals along the roads…

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Sometimes Persistence Pays Off: Dall Sheep

Submitted by David Cardinal on Thu, 07/09/2009 - 08:03

I have heard for a decade how one of the best ways to see and photograph the charismatic but elusive Dall Sheep is on the stretch of highway between Anchorage and Soldotna... Read more »

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