Come to me Aurora…
Come to me aurora … it never obeyed … but if it did!
The main regions of Alaska divided up, and special places
Sitka Alaska Herring Fishery
Each year, schools of Pacific Herring arrive in Sitka in late March to early April to spawn in the nearby waters. I spent a few days there recently but the weather and fish conditions never timed themselves in my favor. The photo shows conditions not favorable for aerial photography, which was my hope. One singular…
Aurora curtains
While the clouds and snow were abundant during a recent photo tour I was guiding in Alaska’s arctic, the skies opened up and poured out the green cascading curtains of the northern lights along with chilly air that dipped to -34 below at the coldest hour of the night. The aurora show went on for…
Snowshoe hare
I’ve just returned from another successful aurora photo tour into Alaska’s arctic, but to give a little break from aurora pictures, which I’ve been posting a lot of lately, here is a little creature of the boreal forest that takes shelter from its predators in the shrubby willow thickets. The snowshoe hare turns white in…
Wilderness cabin and aurora
Home sweet home for a night in the White Mountains. I took this photo on March 17th in Alaska’s interior during an amazing aurora display. The cozy feel of this cabin situated in the mountains with the aurora dancing overhead renders the most classic iconic Alaska scene.
Imagine this!
If you follow aurora borealis activity at all, you have likely seen many pictures already posted on the web from the explosive northern lights display on March 17th. I was in Alaska’s backcountry on a ski trip, and spent a long night watching and photographing that amazing and colorful display. While I’m a little blurry…
Starry, starry night, paint your palette . . .
Why the Zeiss 21mm Distagon T* lens Rocks for aurora photography I’ve always liked Don McLean’s song “Starry, starry night”, about Vincent van Gogh. This scene made me think of it, with the profusion of stars broadcast across the sky. I love the night sky and am so glad I live in a place that offers a…
Grizzly bear eyes
To take a little break from winter and the subzero temperatures hovering over Alaska’s interior, I went back in my summer archives and reviewed some photos taken in June. This picture is from a great encounter with a young grizzly bear, that curiously posed for a long time, which in wildlife photography, is anything longer…
Video of wolf / moose predation
A few years ago I witnessed and photographed an amazing natural history moment. The Grant Creek wolf pack in Denali Park attacked and killed a baby moose while the cow moose attempted to fend off the predators. Someone sent me a link yesterday to a video taken of that event, the first one that I’ve…
Hand holding telephoto lenses
If there is one excellent feature among the new genre of super telephoto lenses, i.e., the Canon 500mm in this case, it is the Image Stabilization technology. In many situations, I end up photographing without a tripod. It is counter-conventional wisdom for many, but when an effective method and style is learned, there is a…