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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Dall sheep ram, Denali National Park, AlaskaCanon 1Ds Mark III, 400mm 5.6L, 1/125 sec @ f/5.6, ISO 400 In the unhunted mountains of Denali Park there are some good sized Dall sheep rams. With virtually no pressure from humans, the sheep have slowly been habituated to human presence. I know a place where a band…
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Raven in the mist, Denali National Park, Alaska. Canon 1Ds Mark III, 500mm f4L IS, 1/640 sec @ f/4, ISO 400 While waiting on a hilltop in Denali Park, I watched and waited as fog moved through the boreal forest shortly after sunrise. The angle of light was still low enough for good shadows. After…
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Caribou traverse a mountain ridge in the Alaska range, Denali National park, Alaska.Canon 1Ds Mark III, 500mm f4L IS, 1/1000 sec @ f/5.6, ISO 400 Canon’s 500mm f4L IS lens vies for the position of my favorite lens. It is always loaded with a camera in wildlife country and its tremendous image stabilization capability enables…
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Autumn rain storm over the Plains of Murie, Denali National Park, Alaska Canon 1Ds Mark III, 70-200mm 2.8L, 1/200 sec @f/8, ISO 100 Professional photographers who meet certain qualifications by the National Park Service are allowed to travel the Denali park road in their own vehicle for 10 days out of the summer. The only…
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Erin Nicholsan with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game removes the earbone from a Sockeye salmon caught in the Copper River. The earbones are marked when the fish are fry at the Gulkana hatchery, and can be identified as adults. This post is part of the photo essay I’m working on about the hatchery…
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Dipnet fishing in the Copper River Canyon, Alaska.Canon 1Ds Mark III, 16-35mm 2.8L, 1/400 sec @ f9.0, ISO 400 This is the fifth part of series I’m documenting on the Copper River red salmon, read the others here. For many Alaskans, the personal use dipnet fishery of the Copper River is an important event. Each…
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Sockeye Salmon dipnet harvest on the Copper River. The “event” of dipnetting red salmon on the Copper river lies somewhere between a ritual, subsistence, and a testosterone surge. I’m among those that look forward to this annual event, both for the wonderful harvest of the silvery fish as well as the intrigue of adventuring along…
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I’ve been working on an assignment featuring the town of Delta Junction, Alaska. Known for its annual cereal grain barley project initiated years ago, it has had varying degrees of success, and lots of failures. The harvest should begin about September 1st this year, as the grain heads are beginning to golden and ripen.
Meares glacier advancing, Unakwik Inlet, Prince William Sound, Alaska. In today’s age of a climate sensitive landscape, there are few advancing glaciers. Most are receding quickly. There is at least one in Alaska–that I’m aware of–that is advancing. Meares glacier flows out of the Chugach mountain range in south central Alaska, meeting tidewater in Unakwik…
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