I photographed many different creatures during my eleven-day shoot in Alaska, ranging in size from huge humpback whales to the tiny red bug shown in this image. This insect, which I’ve learned is most likely known scientifically as "Dictoptera Hamatus," was extremely difficult to shoot at close range. It was scuttling quickly across a flat rock in a rainforest near the National Park’s visitors center. I put my camera in Macro mode, and moved in as far as my wideangle lens would allow, and was able to make several images before it fled from sight. The insect vanished into my shadow in my first few images, but eventually the little red bug emerged from my looming shadow and broke into the clear. It seems to be laboring uphill at the moment, its head down but antennae held high as its six little red legs churn forward. This kind of insect is related to termites and cockroaches, but is far bolder in color. While this photo is a far cry from a breaching humpback whale, it does depict a legitimate native of Southeastern Alaska’s rain forest in action.