Sea otters, Prince William Sound, AlaskaCanon 1Ds Mark III, 500mm f4L IS w/1.4x (700mm), 1/400 sec @ f/5.6, hand held I just returned from a 5 day trip in Prince William Sound. Typical to that region, I saw lots of rain and clouds. The last day opened up to beautiful blue skies and grand vistas…
Lightroom 2.0 was released three days ago on July 28. The upgrade is $99, and it has paid for itself already. There are a number of improvements, but the most important to me is the localized correction feature. These are non-destructive adjustments, meaning they do not modify the original RAW image data, and they add…
Alpenglow on the North and South peaks of Mt. McKinley on summer solsticeCanon 1Ds Mark III, 500mm f4L IS, 1/125 sec at f/4, ISO 400 I took this photo on summer solstice (June 20, 3:52am) as Mount McKinley’s summit was catching the morning alpenglow on the North and South peaks. I was just entering Denali…
Aerial of the Chena river and downtown Fairbanks, Alaska. Canon 1Ds Mark III, 24-105 f4L, 1/1000 sec @ f5.6, ISO 400(With adjustments to the raw file to balance exposing to the right) (shot with exposing to the right, the RAW file looks washed out but can easily be correct to look like the file above.)…
Rainbow, Denali National Park, Alaska. Canon 1Ds Mark III, 500mm f4L IS, 1/320 sec @ f8, ISO 400 The mountain landscape of Denali National Park is conducive to scattered rainstorms during the summer months. This results in many rainbows, but this particular one continued to grow in intensity. It was so bright that it seemed…
Mens Blanket toss at the World Eskimo Indian Olympics, Fairbanks, AlaskaCanon 1Ds Mark III, 24-70 2.8L, 1/200 @ 2.8, ISO 1600 The World Eskimo Indian Olympics concluded on Saturday night in Fairbanks. The men’s blanket toss finals were judged on height, style and dress. Volunteers from the audience held the blanket made from walrus hides,…
Inland Eskimo Dancers, 2008 WEIO, Fairbanks, AlaskaCanon 1Ds Mark III, 300mm f2.8L IS, 1/200 sec @ f2.8, ISO 1000 The Inland Eskimo Dancers from Anuktuvik pass in Alaska’s Brooks range danced on Friday night at the World Eskimo Indian Olympics. Females dressed in purple, males dressed in blue, drumming and dance in the form of…
Alaskan High KickElijah Cabinboy, from Nome, Alaska Elijah Cabinboy from Nome ties the world record for the Alaskan high kick Thursday evening at the World Eskimo Indian Olympics in Fairbanks. After the competition, he tried one more time to break the record and hit the ball, but it was off the record since only his…
Dall sheep ram on the mountain slopes of Denali National Park, Alaska.Canon 1Ds Mark III, 75-300mm 5.6 DO IS, (285mm), 1/320 @ f7.1, ISO 200 On a recent trip to Denali National Park, I hiked up a mountain to photograph a band of Dall sheep rams. About half way up, my brother and I were…
Fishing on Summit lake, Alaska range mountains Canon 1Ds Mark III, 100-400mm 5.6L IS, 1/1600 @f8, ISO 100 Alaska’s summer nights are unique. The light hangs into the late hours and extends recreation and work opportunities into unreasonable hours. Then we all need the darkness of winter to balance out the over amped summer. I…