A Gentle Nudge

Anchorage, Alaska
2018:06:13 13:21:36

[table][tr][td][table][tr][td]On the way home from Nome, I stayed a couple days in Anchorage, specifically to find bears and moose. My friend's "neighborhood" on the outskirts is very wooded, and she sees moose almost every day, including several newborns. 
I was overjoyed to find this mom and very young calf  within 15 minutes of starting to hike around.

This little fellow had his own ideas of where he wanted to go, and mom had to regularly nudge him in the right direction.  

Unfortunately, I had too much lens, so this is the best I could salvage. I would have preferred to have more choices in cropping from full bodies! This is pretty much full-frame. 

MORE unfortunately, this area is not far from where a grizzly killed a hiker a few days later, and badly mauled one of the volunteers searching for him. (Yes, I had anti- bear spray)
 
http://www.ktuu.com/content/news/Eagle-River-man-missing-after--486028121.html
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D850
500mm
1/1000 sec, f/8
Mode: Av
Metering: Multi-segment
Exp comp: +1/3
ISO: 1250
White balance: Auto
Flash: Off