Zastrugi

Zastrugi: wind blown snow patterns, Barter Island, Alaska Canon 1Ds Mark III, 24-105 f4L IS, (45mm), 1/60 @ f/20, ISO 400 Zastrugi or “sastrugi” is a term used to describe patterns in the snow that coincide with the direction of the wind. In ground blizzards, snow patterns can actually serve as a compass if one…

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Tamaracks in snow

Tamarack trees, Fairbanks, AlaskaCanon 1Ds Mark III, 500mm f4.0L IS, 1/160 sec @ f8, ISO 800 Alaska’s boreal forest is dominated by just a few species of trees, the birch, aspen and spruce. There is one conifer however that loses its needles during winter, unlike the other evergreen species of black and white spruce trees.…

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Boreal sunset

Sun and boreal forest, interior, Alaska.Canon 1Ds Mark III, 700mm (500mm f4L IS with 1/4x) 1/640 sec @ f/6.3, ISO 400 Super telephoto lenses are great for tight landscape photos. I use my 500mm all the time in this manner. This was a grab shot from the window of a car after seeing the sun…

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Snow drift art

Canon 1Ds Mark III, 28mm (24-105mm f4L IS) 160 sec @ f/22, ISO 400Snow drifts, Barter Island, Alaska I guess most nature photographers are opportunists and a bit omnivorous in their visual endeavors. I certainly am, and although I spend a fair amount of time photographing wildlife, my history depicts a gravitation towards landscapes. A…

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Can you imagine!

Photographing wildlife within a landscape has always been an interest to me. Doing very close portraits of animals, although it can be challenging, holds less appeal. The more space visible in a frame, the more “stuff” you have to manage in respect to light and composition. So dramatic landscapes with wildlife in them is a…

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Alaska range

Aerial of Little Delta river and Mount Hayes of the Alaska range.Canon 1Ds Mark III, 70-200mm 2.8L IS, (170mm) 1/400 sec @ f3.5, ISO 400 Aerial photography seems to be a never ending learning endeavor. Perhaps this is so because conditions almost always push the limits of camera’s, every aircraft is different in nuance, and…

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