Comments on: Polar bear, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska

By: Eli Mitchell

Eli Mitchell — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:42:17 +0000

Patrick, I just wanted to say “thanks” for the recommendation. I got a pair of mitts for AK raw fur (noticed a lot of your photos in their catalog- very nice!). They are so warm, easily worth the expense. Wearing the smaller gloves inside works marvelously. Thanks again!!!

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:58:37 +0000

Eli,
Your comment about the sky is an option I considered but in this case I chose to keep the colors more accurate to the scene, which was on the gray side. The blue would give a nice color contrast though, I agree with you on that. As for the beaver mitts, a friend made mine as a favor. If you seek to buy a pair, take your camera with you so you get a good feel for the possibility of operating the buttons with the gloves on. Mine have a very supple leather on the hand side of the mitt, and that seems to help. You might start by looking at Alaska Raw Fur, and if they don’t have something, they might refer you to someone who could make you a custom pair.
Patrick

By: Eli Mitchell

Eli Mitchell — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:21:24 +0000

Thanks for the informative article, Patrick! I have been enjoying the posts from your photo tour. I have a suggestion: I think the photo would benefit if you added blue to the sky, instead of that grey, so it looked like your arctic fox photos, for example. (Maybe it was cloudy, but I think it would help anyway). Just an idea. -Elias