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Echoes from the Wild: In the Quiet of the Reeds
Echoes From the Wild, Photo Essays, Echoes Homepage Lona Downs 5/7/25 Echoes From the Wild, Photo Essays, Echoes Homepage Lona Downs 5/7/25

Echoes from the Wild: In the Quiet of the Reeds

The elusive Shoebill... I wanted to meet him in the wild—not in captivity. In the stillness of a quiet swamp, we met eyes. No barrier. No flinch. Just presence. This is how I hoped to see him… and how I’ll always remember it.

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You can’t see her cub, but she can. That’s all the wild ever really asks of her — to feed, to protect, to endure. 

#BrownBear #KatmaiNationalPark #AlaskaWildlife #WildEncounters #NaturePhotography #WildlifeMoments #WildAndFree #Bea
The same scene, framed two ways — one intimate, one with breathing room. I love how subtle changes in distance can shift the mood completely. Which draws you in more — the close focus or the full expanse? 

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#Sandpipers #Shorebirds
Standing in a remote riverbed, watching his world unfold — it’s the kind of wild Alaska moment that keeps calling me back. 

#Katmai #alaskaphotography #BrownBear #AlaskaWildlife #AlaskaAdventure #WildAlaska #WildlifePhotography #Wildlife

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