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Winter light on willow branch,
Dalton Highway, Alaska
Only one road leads north from Fairbanks, Alaska, stretching
nearly 500 isolated miles to the Arctic Ocean. Along this gravel
road, just south of the mighty Yukon River, which passes through
interior Alaska, a high ridge gets hammered with wind and blowing
snow. It has become a favorite place for me to shoot.
Running a little behind schedule one trip, I arrived just in
time to throw on my snowshoes, grab my camera and tripod, and
run across the blowing snow looking for a scene. It was cold
and windy, and I looked frantically for a way to capture the
beautiful pink light. With a slow shutter speed, the blowing
snow takes on a glowing look, and the deep blues seem electric
against the warm pink. I used a 100-400mm zoom lens on a tripod,
and the light vanished shortly after I clicked the shutter. 
Subject: Willow branch
Location: Arctic, Alaska
Camera - film - gear:
- 35mm Canon EOS 3
- 100-400mm f5.6L
- Fuji Velvia
- Gitzo Tripod
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| Patrick J. Endres | P.O. Box 81312 | Fairbanks, Alaska 99708
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