Leach Lake, Whirlpool Peak, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.

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This is probably my lastpost from here in Jasper – well, maybe .. we’ll see about that. I’m expecting to scoot on outta here tomorrow, and head overto nearby Prince George, to meet some friends of mine there, then hit the long road up to Alaska. As much as I love Jasper, I haven’t had a great deal of success here this summer. Once again, I arose at 4am, headed for my planned destination, and waited and waited in the cold morning air for the sunlight to strike the peaks. The sky was relatively clear, and there had been no breeze at all down at camp. Continue reading →

Bald eagle, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.

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Another bird! I haven’t had much luck with the weather for shooting landscapes, but I’ve been fortunate to get a few bird photos instead. This bald eagle photo was taken along the Athabasca River in Alberta’s Jasper National Park, just north of Banff, Canada. After a crappy morning (I was minutes late to Moraine Lake for sunrise, and missed the VERY brief glow of good light on the peaks there by mere seconds), I took off again and headed north, this time to Jasper National Park, one of my favorite places. Continue reading →

Great Gray Owl Photo, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.

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Hola, from the road. I’m currently in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. I love this part of the world, but I don’t enjoy the crowds. I had to come in to the town of Banff today, to check some email, and do some errands. I can’t wait to finish, and get back out into the mountains. The crowds here drive me crazy. The traffic is insane, made worse by a bunch of road construction being undertaken right now. Continue reading →

A new day – Wrangell St. Elias, Alaska.

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Today is the last day of my tenure here in Atlanta, GA. Tomorrow morning I venture north, and west, to Alaska. I’ll be working, as usual, as a backpacking guide in Alaska, running trips for my company, Expeditions Alaska. However, this year, come fall, I won’t be returning to Atlanta. Continue reading →

Bull Moose, Denali National Park, Alaska.

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Moose are one of my favorite subjects to photograph. It never ceases to amaze me at how enormous they are. From a distance they look “big”, but as I approach and get close to them, their size just blows me away. A big bull like this can stand 7′ tall at the shoulder, and weigh up towards 1800 pounds in their prime. I found this particular bull moose in Denali National Park, and I was able to spend quite a bit of time in the area, photographing him. The light and weather was almost always uncooperative for me, Continue reading →

Oil Barrels, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska.

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Here’s the last of my series on the Arctic national Wildlife Refuge, for now. I’d like to write some more about the place, but will do that later. I wanted to post this because I read somewhere the other day that because the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is not a pristine wilderness, we may as well go ahead and drill there. What so often is forgotten or neglected is that much of the disturbances to the pristine nature of the land here are a function os previous oil exploration. Out on the coastline, the tundra is littered with signs and debris of oil exploration. Whilst I was hiking one afternoon, I counted over 300 empty oil barrels lying on the tundra in one very small section of coastal plain. Continue reading →

Grizzly bear, Wrangell St. Elias National Park, Alaska

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I’ve been reading a little about a recent case of a bear attack, this time in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Fortunately, the fellow who was mauled is alive. Here’s one version of the story.

A lot of discussion has focused on this incident on various nature photography forums. Much of that discussion revolves around the potential for this kind of thing to be a vehicle for new, tighter regulations brought into place by the National Parks’ Service, placing ever tighter restrictions on photographers and the activities they engage. While I think that’s a worthy discussion, hopefully it’s not the be sole focus of our concern. Firstly, I hope the guy’s OK. I’ve been close enough to many grizzly bears that I can barely (now there’s a great pun) imagine how terrible it must be to be mauled by one. Continue reading →

Rough-legged Hawk, Canning River, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska.

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The Rough-legged hawk is a close relative of the red-tailed hawk that many people are familiar. The Rough-legged hawk (Buteo lagopus) travels to the northern reaches of the globe, and spends the summer on the arctic tundra and in the taiga forest of the far north. It’s a large hawk, with both light and dark forms common. Continue reading →

Short-tailed Weasel photo, Coastal Plain, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska

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I was lucky enough to spend a few hours one long afternoon with this little short-tailed weasel. I’ve hardly ever had to work as hard as trying to photograph this little fellow. Weasels are like ferrets on crack. Unbelievable energy. They stop for a second, glance around, and take off again, top speed, racing around, darting this way and that, Continue reading →

Another Tundra Swan, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska.

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Nature, Travel, and Adventure Photography by Carl Donohue

Leach Lake, Whirlpool Peak, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.

Bald eagle, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.

Great Gray Owl Photo, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.

A new day – Wrangell St. Elias, Alaska.

Bull Moose, Denali National Park, Alaska.

Oil Barrels, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska.

Grizzly bear, Wrangell St. Elias National Park, Alaska

Rough-legged Hawk, Canning River, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska.

Short-tailed Weasel photo, Coastal Plain, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska

Another Tundra Swan, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska.