This is an old one from back in 2002 when I was living in my car (by choice) and drove up to Alaska. The great thing about Alaska in July is that nocturnal animals still come out even though the sun never sets. I went for a hike at midnight in Denali National Park and came across this North American porcupine doing his porcupiney thing. You can see those nice big, orange front teeth as the porcupine munches on the vegetation. I was shooting slide film back then and not recording film speed, shutter or aperture data. My camera was a Nikon F100 and the lens was most likely my 80-200mm in the 200mm range.
The only time I saw a porcupine was when my husband and I travelled to the high Sierras. We had pulled off the Tioga Pass Road at about 2 a.m., having just made the drive from the Bay Area, and proceeded to put our sleeping bags on the ground to catch some shut eye. Lo and behold, what to our wondering eyes did we spy but a rather large porcupine going about his porcupine way – kind of slowly waddling along. It was the middle of summer. Shortly thereafter we were treated to the sight of a brilliant, cascading shooting star. What a night!
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This is an old one from back in 2002 when I was living in my car (by choice) and drove up to Alaska. The great thing about Alaska in July is that nocturnal animals still come out even though the sun never sets. I went for a hike at midnight in Denali National Park and came across this North American porcupine doing his porcupiney thing. You can see those nice big, orange front teeth as the porcupine munches on the vegetation. I was shooting slide film back then and not recording film speed, shutter or aperture data. My camera was a Nikon F100 and the lens was most likely my 80-200mm in the 200mm range.
whacth out these little fellows can be quite dangus to your health.
Great shot of a fairly rarely seen animal, Sean.
The only time I saw a porcupine was when my husband and I travelled to the high Sierras. We had pulled off the Tioga Pass Road at about 2 a.m., having just made the drive from the Bay Area, and proceeded to put our sleeping bags on the ground to catch some shut eye. Lo and behold, what to our wondering eyes did we spy but a rather large porcupine going about his porcupine way – kind of slowly waddling along. It was the middle of summer. Shortly thereafter we were treated to the sight of a brilliant, cascading shooting star. What a night!
Thorns nettles sharp raw
Injest the testier herbal stuff
What you eat you are .