I just returned from Alaska shooting with a number of friends, and thought you might like a few teasers taken the first two days. I have only been back today, and have a lot of shots to process, but these ought to be a reasonable start
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This first shot of a Grizzly boar was taken on the first day. We only shot the latter part of the afternoon, and there were a couple of special moments with a pair of cubs playing (I think I'll let some of the others post those first), but this fellow was pretty impressive. 300VR + TC14e (420mm) at f/5.6:
The rest of this set was from the 2nd day, and shows that same sow with two cubs that we shot playing on the first afternoon. The mother brought the cubs down to fish, but only one of the cubs would go in the water. The other sat up on the bank and bawled a lot like a human baby...
Here's the intrepid Mom chasing a salmon (the salmon is at the lower left), 300VR + TC17e (510mm) @ f/5.6:
This is the brave cub, calling to the timid cub on the oppposite bank. 300VR + TC17e @ f/5.6:
Mom finally went back to try to get the timid cub down to the water... 300VR + TC17e @ f/5.6:
...then she went back fishing again, but the cub stayed put. 300VR + TC17e @ f/5.6:
Finally, after the sow and the other cub were all the way to the next creek and calling the timid cub, the timid cub walked down the trail, directly towards us (that was interesting!).
300VR + TC17e @ f/5.6:
The family was reunited not long after this shot... the cub went down the bank and across the creek before encountering us (thankfully). Mom may have gotten peeved if we got between her and the cub.
These shots are all in AdobeRGB.
Ron
(click the landscape images to view the actual shot without the adulteration caused by the forum's resampling algorithm)
This first shot of a Grizzly boar was taken on the first day. We only shot the latter part of the afternoon, and there were a couple of special moments with a pair of cubs playing (I think I'll let some of the others post those first), but this fellow was pretty impressive. 300VR + TC14e (420mm) at f/5.6:

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The rest of this set was from the 2nd day, and shows that same sow with two cubs that we shot playing on the first afternoon. The mother brought the cubs down to fish, but only one of the cubs would go in the water. The other sat up on the bank and bawled a lot like a human baby...
Here's the intrepid Mom chasing a salmon (the salmon is at the lower left), 300VR + TC17e (510mm) @ f/5.6:

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This is the brave cub, calling to the timid cub on the oppposite bank. 300VR + TC17e @ f/5.6:

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Mom finally went back to try to get the timid cub down to the water... 300VR + TC17e @ f/5.6:

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...then she went back fishing again, but the cub stayed put. 300VR + TC17e @ f/5.6:

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Finally, after the sow and the other cub were all the way to the next creek and calling the timid cub, the timid cub walked down the trail, directly towards us (that was interesting!).
300VR + TC17e @ f/5.6:

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The family was reunited not long after this shot... the cub went down the bank and across the creek before encountering us (thankfully). Mom may have gotten peeved if we got between her and the cub.
These shots are all in AdobeRGB.
Ron