The main regions of Alaska divided up, and special places
In a few weeks I’ll be leaving for Antarctica. So in the span of a few months, I will have traveled from Alaska’s high Arctic Beaufort Sea to the Southern Ocean and Antarctica. Which got me thinking about the earth’s polar regions. So I made a few greeting cards for the Holiday season using the…
While scouting a possible location for aurora photography, I came across this scene in the Brooks Range of Alaska. It has some promise for a future time, but the wispy clouds at the time added a gentle feeling to the scene so I took a moment to make a landscape photo. A very strong landscape…
A few hundred miles north of Fairbanks is a high rocky ride known as Finger Mountain. It is often windy along this treeless landscape. The moisture content in the air was perfect for the formation of hoar frost, which covered the rocks and shrubs in the area. Fog and low clouds contributed to a fairly…
In Alaska’s high Arctic in October, one can photograph all day under beautiful light. That is, if you get the light. The north coast is often cloudy, foggy, and under the immersion of seasonal change from autumn to winter. Clouds are the norm. However, we had some great splashes of light on a recent photo…
This polar bear basked in the afternoon light along the shore of the Beaufort Sea, as ice begins to form. This is one of my favorite color combinations in a photo, the blue and yellow/gold, or warm and cool tones. They work very well to deliver both contrast along with the feelings provoked by warm…
This photo embodies one of the compelling lures of Alaska’s Arctic for me-its huge, wild, and expansive spaces. The wildlife that roam this region often have a diverse range. It is a sparse landscape and population densities are much lower than other areas on the globe. Polar bears are normally solitary animals and will roam…
This is another photo taken with Canon’s 200-400 with an internal 1.4x converter. It was hand held and is razor sharp. I’m still evaluating the images I took with this lens. It is clear that it is capable of super sharp photos.
I have taken a lot of photographs of this pipeline over the years. But in spite of that, it still is an interesting challenge to find new compositions that seem unique, at least to my experience. It’s a pretty amazing engineering feat, transecting 800 miles of Alaska mountains, rivers and tundra. This view is a…
After returning from yet another fantastic photo tour in Alaska’s Arctic–which always produces interesting photo opportunities–I am reviewing a few test shots with Canon’s 200-400 f/4. I’ve been curious how the lens will perform using both the built in 1.4x and then adding another external 1.4x. This shot was taken while a very friendly red…
The Romanzof mountains of the Brooks Range mark the northwest edge of Alaska’s mountains. From there, the arctic coastal plains flatten out, leading to the edge of the Beaufort Sea. And this is the home of the polar bear, in my eyes, one of the most fascinating animals to watch and photograph. In the short…