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Last week I spent a few days out on the brown bear coast and it was incredible. It was overcast 98% of the trip so not much light to work with and often times in late evening we were pushing 6400-10,000 ISO but I went with my gut and took the 600 over the 400 and I'm glad I did.



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a few more.



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Aug 31, 2025 at 08:03 PM
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p.1 #3 · Brown Bears of Lake Clark


Great set Matt ! Love the low angle shots. Looks like you had a great trip. Thanks for posting these !

Greg



Aug 31, 2025 at 08:10 PM
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p.1 #4 · Brown Bears of Lake Clark


Your photos are a delight to view Matt

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Aug 31, 2025 at 08:14 PM
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G.E. Smith wrote:
Great set Matt ! Love the low angle shots. Looks like you had a great trip. Thanks for posting these !

Greg


Thanks Greg! The low angle work is my preferred style if I can manage to make it happen!

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morris wrote:
Your photos are a delight to view Matt

Morris


Thank you!



Aug 31, 2025 at 08:25 PM
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p.1 #6 · Brown Bears of Lake Clark


Thanks for sharing a very enjoyable set. Nice (and jealous) to see there were some cubs, as we didn't see any during my July 2024 trip to Lake Clark (Silver Salmon Creek).


Aug 31, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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p.1 #7 · Brown Bears of Lake Clark


Matt,
A great and beautiful set, considering the light you did incredibly well
Chris S.



Sep 01, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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p.1 #8 · Brown Bears of Lake Clark


These are great ! Nice clean, low angle, lots to love here. Sorry to hear about the light, but still some super images. I'm envious

John



Sep 01, 2025 at 07:00 AM
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vbnut wrote:
Thanks for sharing a very enjoyable set. Nice (and jealous) to see there were some cubs, as we didn't see any during my July 2024 trip to Lake Clark (Silver Salmon Creek).


We had one set this year, which was fun. I was more interested in the larger adults ha!

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Matt,
A great and beautiful set, considering the light you did incredibly well
Chris S.


Appreciate it!

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johnohio wrote:
These are great ! Nice clean, low angle, lots to love here. Sorry to hear about the light, but still some super images. I'm envious

John


Thank you!




Sep 01, 2025 at 09:02 AM
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p.1 #10 · Brown Bears of Lake Clark


nicely done



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p.1 #11 · Brown Bears of Lake Clark


What superb set Matt, those nice low angle shots are terrific.


Sep 01, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Great set, Matt. Especally like the backlit one and the closeup of the paw.


Sep 01, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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kdacharya wrote:
nicely done


Thank you!

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louie champan wrote:
What superb set Matt, those nice low angle shots are terrific.


Much appreciated Louie!

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Monika C wrote:
Great set, Matt. Especally like the backlit one and the closeup of the paw.


Would have been fun to have more light to play with, but I'm very happy with the sightings overall. It was magical!



Sep 01, 2025 at 01:01 PM
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This is a wonderful set of images, like the others I, I love the low angles and clean looks. My favorite is #1 & #2..I went up to Hallo in June and we got a lot of bright clear sky’s with harsh light so I had wished for a little more overcast lighting, so you never know.

Dave



Sep 02, 2025 at 06:44 AM
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Each and everyone is very pleasing to my eyes, Dirky!
Douglas



Sep 02, 2025 at 07:54 AM
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Dave_E wrote:
This is a wonderful set of images, like the others I, I love the low angles and clean looks. My favorite is #1 & #2..I went up to Hallo in June and we got a lot of bright clear sky’s with harsh light so I had wished for a little more overcast lighting, so you never know.

Dave


Thanks Dave! I think I'd much prefer the overcast look to what much of the summer would provide with harsh light! Downside is that the overcast plus a marine layer obscures the mountain backdrops and its like a double layer of diffusion. I'm quite happy with what I got though!

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douter wrote:
Each and everyone is very pleasing to my eyes, Dirky!
Douglas


Appreciate it Douglas! Glad you enjoyed them!



Sep 02, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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p.1 #17 · Brown Bears of Lake Clark


Telling great story!


Sep 07, 2025 at 08:55 PM
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p.1 #18 · Brown Bears of Lake Clark


An excellent set of images!
You say the light was difficult, but it looks good in these images.
As others have commented, the low angles are very well done.



Sep 08, 2025 at 01:02 AM
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nugeny wrote:
Telling great story!


Thanks it was an incredible couple of days!

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dclark wrote:
An excellent set of images!
You say the light was difficult, but it looks good in these images.
As others have commented, the low angles are very well done.


Thanks, I appreciate it!



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