Where is Grizzly 399?
November 08, 2022
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After the warm and prolonged Fall season, Winter is finally arriving in Grand Teton National Park. Temperatures are expected to drop down to -3 F in a few days (-19 C).
Having fattened up as much as possible during the Fall season, the grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) are now getting ready to enter the next phase of their l...
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Wildlife Short Video: Bull Moose in the Snow
November 04, 2022
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Photography is my passion.
Video... well, not so much.
Nowadays, however, most cameras (and phones) have the option to record videos built-in.
A great image is wonderful to look at, but, admittedly, so is a nice short video of wildlife encounters.
So, I have every intention of recording some of my encounters while out looking for the perfect ph...
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Finalist in the Comedy Wildlife Awards!
October 20, 2022
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Exciting news!
My "smiling moose" image is selected as a finalist in the annual Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards!
I made this image in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming during the moose's fall mating season. The bull pictured gave me a big grin... by showing his 'shark teeth'.
No, moose don't have sharp shark teeth. In fact, they don't even h...
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Huge Bull Moose
October 18, 2022
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The Troubles of Getting the Perfect Moose Photograph
Moose don't like the sun much so they are mostly active dusk and dawn.
This means that, after a long afternoon hike in nature looking for them, you typically find them bedded down.
While you sit down near the moose when you finally found some, you hope and pray that they will get up to start e...
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Moose at Gros Ventre Campground
October 11, 2022
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Looking at this moose cow and calf, now may not the best time to try and use the bathroom...
I found these two lined up in front one of the Gros Ventre campground's bathrooms.
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Gear Shout-Out *** Cotton Carrier Camera Harness ***
October 05, 2022
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Gear Shout-Out: Cotton Carrier 3G Camera Harness System
As some of you reading this may know: I’m not a gearhead. I don’t buy the ‘latest & greatest’ unless there is a great reason for my style of wildlife photography.
Marketing departments would have us believe that, once their latest product gets launched, you can pretty much throw away their e...
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Fall Colors
September 28, 2022
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After a long summer photographing the bears in Alaska, I made it back to the Tetons just in time for the fall colors.
Due to the warmer than normal temperatures, the fall colors haven't really started yet in most areas of Jackson Hole.
What has definitely started is the moose mating season.
On my daily hikes; searching for moose; I have come acr...
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Help Feed Rescued Wild Horses
September 24, 2022
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Only 3 months left: can we make it to $1,000 before the end of the year to help feed rescued wild horses?
Get your sticker or lip balm here: https://www.vangophotos.com/support_our_wild_horses_sticker
All profits go directly to buying feed!
The wildies thank you! 🙂
Here are some of my favorite images of Wyoming's wild horses.
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The Chase
September 13, 2022
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The chase and the catch.
It's almost time for me to leave the bears and salmon of Alaska behind for fall photography in Wyoming's Jackson Hole.
Having arrived in Alaska in mid June, it's been a great three months!
But... I also can't wait to see what the moose have in store this fall in the Tetons!
As with all of my images, if you see something...
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Grizzly Swim
September 10, 2022
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A seemingly tender moment between a grizzly and his (rotten) salmon which he fished up from the lagoon bottom.
Many of the salmon here in southeastern Alaska have spawned and dying by this time.
While the bears get very picky and only seem to eat female salmon - for their roe - at the beginning of the season when the salmon are arriving... toward...
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Fox Kits
September 06, 2022
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When I arrived in the Tetons this year for spring photography, I got there on April 1st. With frequent snowfall and some daytime highs hovering near 0 F, not much was moving yet.
The first few weeks, I focused on the northern section of the park from Willow Flats to the border with Yellowstone.
Deep snow in these higher elevations meant bears wer...
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Gallery Amaran in Jackson, WY
August 31, 2022
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Proud to now offer a selection of my Fine Art Prints on the town square in Jackson, WY!!!
When you're in town, please stop by gallery Amaran to see select prints, my book as well as certain prints in limited, signed edition.
The print "399+4" is now available and hanging in the gallery on acrylic (limited and signed). It looks amazing as a huge 4...
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Salmon Roe
August 29, 2022
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The longer I spent pursuing wildlife photography, the more I'm convinced that gear isn't the end-all be-all.
Of course, you need an adequate camera body.
You need a good enough lens.
You need to know how to use your camera as there's typically very little time when animal action happens, and there are few, if any, do-overs.
If you have any ques...
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Fishing Wolves
August 23, 2022
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Time flies when you're having fun!
Here's a coastal wolf fishing for salmon in Alaska, where I'm spending the summer.
Since late July, the salmon have really started coming in to the creek where I go look for bears and wolves daily.
Grizzlies seem to prefer catching the female chum salmon to eat the eggs.
Wolves prefer the pink salmon... only e...
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Salmon Run
August 05, 2022
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Once the temperature (and mosquito count!) started rising in Jackson Hole, Wyoming this June, there was only one destination on my mind: Alaska!
Having been unable to make it to Alaska these past two years due to Canada's border being closed (COVID), I've been looking forward to making the long drive once again to Southeast Alaska.
A bit grumbly...
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