Today proved to be an amazing photographic venture. I woke at 5:00am to an amazing aurora display, and only had time to snap a few pictures before traveling north to the arctic coast for polar bear photography. Our group arrived just in time to catch some golden sunset light on a female polar bear with cubs of the year. All of this in 12 hours, and a lot in between!
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Aurora over the Koyukuk river. Canon 5D Mark II, 24mm f/1.4L II, 13 sec. @ f1.4, ISO 1600 (5:23am)
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Polar bear cub, Beaufort Sea, Alaska. Canon 1Ds Mark III, 500mm f/4L IS w/1.4x (700mm) ISO 400, 4:59PM