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Anne Elk

This somewhat strange title refers to "Anne Elk's Theory on Brontosauruses", a monty python sketch (www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgxqkP5TZiw) that always crosses my mind when I see Anne Elck, ehhh I mean an elck.

Apart from that pleasant memory, this shot brings back pleasant memories as well. I took this one at the end of the day in Jasper NP (just before the rainbow shot, www.flickr.com/photos/115540984@N02/23770903984) close to Edith Lake. It was raining and I rightly had guessed there would be elcks at this spot. It was a rather big herd of ca 20-30 individuals (males, females and young) that were grazing peacefully all around me, while I was sitting in my car, not worrying too much about my presence, and sometimes passing my car only one meter away. That gave some focus problems again (having a200 mm lens), but the experience was just wonderful, enjoying it with only one other car around. I stood there for ca. an hour.
Despite the peacefulness of the scene in this picture you can see that elcks are are alert for danger, with ears up, and the nose sniffing for danger.

From 11 June till the 25th of July, I traveled in Canada. Starting in Brighton Ontario, where my sister lives at the border of an amazing part of lake Ontario, I flew to Vancouver, and Vancouver island where I took the boat at Port Hardy to take part 1 of the Inside passage, to Prince Rupert in BC. Two days later I took part 2 to Skagway in Alaska. When coming from Skagway Alaska, you can take the train to Carcross. it is a very scenic train ride that halts at Bennet lake.

And then to Whitehorse and further on by car to Kluane National park in the Yukon district. Whitehorse is situated at the border of the Yukon. From there I flew back to Vancouver, rented a car, and traveled three weeks in the BC- and Alberta Rockies, visiting the famous, and less famous Nature parks like Banff and Jasper. Last few days back to Brighton Ontario to enjoy lake Ontario once more, before going home. A picture of my itinerary can be found on Facebook (www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152940536581759&set...).

4000 pictures later, it is quite a task to show the right stuff, although the stunning scenery guarantees at least a few great shots to share. Objective will be to make a book (for myself mainly), and that might take a while.

I hope you will enjoy the impression of my travel, one that equals earlier journeys to Alaska and south America, this journey was the first in the digital era, and equally intensive because of all the hiking activities every day on and on. I loved every minute of it.

Taken in: Canada / Alberta / Alberta (show map)

Taken on: July 13, 2015

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Camera: Sony SLT-A65V, f/2.8, 1/200 sec, 200mm (=300mm), ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony SLT-A65V
Lens:	200mm F2.8
Aperture:	f/2.8
Exposure Time:	0.005 sec (1/200)
Focal Length:	200mm (35mm equivalent: 300mm)
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Light Source:	Daylight
Contrast:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
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