Woolly lousewort on the tussocks along the shore of Etivluk lake, National Petroleum Reserve, Brooks Range mountains, Alaska. Canon 5D Mark II, 16-35mm 2.8L, 1/50 sec @ f22, ISO 200.
If there is one splash of color that marks the advance of spring in the arctic, it is the lousewort, a dapple of plant color that appears across the tundra before the blast of green unfolds. As one moves farther north in Alaska’s arctic, things get flatter and flatter, which introduces some composition challenges. I start looking to the sky for some art in these moments, and there was abundant cloud formations to give some interesting lines to the image. Etivluk lake is still frozen over in this view to the southeast, looking at the distant Brooks mountain range in the National Petroleum Reserve.
Etivluk lake, National Petroleum Reserve, Brooks Range mountains, Alaska. Canon 5D Mark II, 16-35mm 2.8L, 1/40 sec @ f16, ISO 100.
I am so sorry about your 5D. I would have killed myself if that would have happened. Or, at the very least, I would have killed someone standing nearby. By the way, this blog is cool, Pat.
Woops, I meant that comment to go on the other post.
Joe,
That was the second 5D that I lost in 2009, a bad year for gear in other situations as well! But, those are the dues of the careless and adventurous exploits of this business. Oddly, in 15 years, I’ve had only two casualties and both have been in the last 6 months!
Patrick