Leon Turnbull Photography

I was anticipating seeing a lot of wildlife while in Alaska. And I was hoping to get some good, quality photos of certain animals, especially eagles, moose, bear, and dall sheep. I struck out on the bears and sheep, but I did get plenty of good eagle shots. As for the moose, well I saw quite a few, but I didn’t get the killer photo I was hoping for. This was the best one I got from the trip, and I suppose it is a pretty darn good quality and a very sharp shot, though I’m not sure that it is killer.

I made a little slide show of all the wildlife I saw and photographed in Alaska. I highly recommend you checking it out. It may take a while to load if you have a slow connection:

http://www.waterfallswest.com/gallery/alaska.html

The moose that I did see were usually right along the highway, and it was impossible to stop and take a photo of them. One morning, I even saw a moose running down the middle of the freeway just outside of Anchorage. No kidding. I actually tried to take a photo of it, but of course it was totally blurry. One other time I was driving in the morning around Homer, and I saw a couple moose alongside the road, practically on the road. I stopped to try to photograph them. Another driver, however, came by and blasted his horn at the moose, scaring them away. Why did he do that? Was he trying to help the moose, trying to tell them they should not be on the road (many moose get killed in Alaska by cars), or was he just being a total jerk? I don’t know. I suppose I should give him the benefit of the doubt, but I suspect it is probably the latter thing. This one here was off the road outside of Homer, on a turnout. So I was able to stop and get out of my car to get closer to it and photograph it. I didn’t even notice it at the time, but there were actually two baby moose in the frame as well. They were totally hidden in the foliage, and I didn’t see them until I got home. I cropped them out of this shot so as to focus on mama.