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  1. Alan Milnes

    Western Tiger Swallowtail butterflies mud-puddling

    Males of this species often congregate around puddles from which they extract minerals and moisture. These butterflies were found on the shore of Atlin Lake.
  2. Alan Milnes

    Marten tracks across slope near Battle Abbey backcountry hut.

    Battle Abbey is a remote backcountry hut/lodge located in British Columbia. It is accessed by a 25 minute helicopter flight from Golden, British Columbia. There is a diverse wildlife population, not the least of which includes many industrious martens. The snow in this image had not been...
  3. Alan Milnes

    Tombstone Territorial Park, Yukon

    View looking north along the Dempster Highway, an eight hundred kilometre long gravel road that ends at the Arctic Ocean in Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories.
  4. Alan Milnes

    Topaz Photo AI

    Anyone using this? Interested to hear what people think about it and how they are using it.
  5. Alan Milnes

    South Georgia Island - Perspective

    When we traveled to Antarctica it was to honour Ernest Shackleton's 1914-18 expedition to reach the South Pole (which he unfortunately did not). We retraced his hiking route across South Georgia to Stromness in his ultimately successful attempt to rescue the majority of his men who had remained...
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    More Albatross

    I have just finished culling images out of my Antarctica folder. It's embarrassing to publicly acknowledge that I returned from a 3.5 week trip with 15,000+ images only to have culled approximately 12,500. I find that a huge issue with digital photography is the lack of a penalty for taking too...
  7. Alan Milnes

    Valentine's Day anyone?

  8. Alan Milnes

    From ugly to magnificent

    Newly hatched King penguin chick Male and female King penguins out for a stroll.
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    King Penguins in Love

    Valentine's Day is approaching, eh!
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    Skua

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    More Antarctica

    Fur Seal Black Browed Albatross mates greeting each other
  12. Alan Milnes

    Weddell Seal - Antarctica

    Wading through, literally, photos I took a few years back in Antarctica. Hoping to produce a photo book of memories. Sheesh!! It is an ONEROUS task! C and C welcome
  13. Alan Milnes

    Cape Dorset, Baffin Island, Nunavut

    I worked as an itinerant pediatric dentist in Nunavut for 3 years as I neared retirement and had the good fortune to travel to several small Inuit communities on Baffin Island. Most of my time and efforts were concentrated in Iqaluit, the capital of Nunavut, working in Qikigtani General hospital...
  14. Alan Milnes

    Powder Creek Backcountry Hut - Kaslo, BC

    Images from Powder Creek Backcountry Hut - Winter 2022
  15. Alan Milnes

    Penguins

    Chinstrap Gentoo Macaroni Macaroni penguins porpoising
  16. Alan Milnes

    Polar Bear Mom and Cub - NWP

    Mom and cub sleeping on a rocky shore near Somerset Island, NWP. Shot from about 50 metres at 560mm (100-400mm + 1.4TC) Wildlife in the NWP tends to be very skittish when humans appear, especially polar bears since they have been hunted by the Inuit and others for thousands of years. And tour...
  17. Alan Milnes

    Drake Passage - wave action

    Not sure where this image is best placed. Not really landscape and wildlife but definitely nature Crossing the Drake Passage can be a serious adventure. The seas here are considered amongst the wildest on the planet. And yet, the wildlife that has adapted to this environment are simply...
  18. Alan Milnes

    Conveying motion in BIF images

    Tim Laman, a wildlife biologist and amazing professional photographer who was the first to document all species of Birds of Paradise in SE Asia, was on our trip to Antarctica. He was incredibly approachable and helpful. One technique he suggested was to lock onto a bird in flight using a slower...
  19. Alan Milnes

    Giant Petrel - Antarctica

    Giant Petrels are a fearsome looking bird. They frequent penguin colonies and target young, weak or ill birds with a ferocity that is absolutely stunning as they tear these helpless creatures to shreds.
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