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Alaska#24

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Mountain ridges, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA.  Early last August, we went to Katmai National Park in Alaska, mainly to see Brown Bears.  It was highly successful and I am going to show you some of my images in the next several postings.  Getting to Katmai is a bit tricky.  You cannot drive from Anchorage to Katmai.  You have to fly to nearby King Salmon, AK.  Furthermore, we were specifically interested in the area around Brooks Falls.  One cannot drive or use other means to get to Brooks Falls.  You must use float planes from King Salmon.  Accommodations are another roadblock.  Since we could not get reservations for the limited cabins near Brooks Falls, we stayed at King Salmon and made day trips to Brooks Falls on float planes.  This image is a shot of Katmai National Park, taken from the float plane as it was close to landing.  Nikon D4S with the 24-120mm f4 lens.  This is my first keeper shot from Day 1 at Katmai.

Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA

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Alaska#23

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Mountains, snow and clouds, as seen from Delta Junction, Alaska.  This was photographed in early August, during a long lonely car ride from Fairbanks to Paxson lake.  Nikon D4S with Nikkor 200-500mm f5.6 + 1.4x teleconverter.  This view was very far from the road that I photographed this from, and I had to use a 1.4x teleconverter attached to this lens set at 500mm to accomplish this composition.  People think that a 700mm lens is only for wildlife photography.  Not true.

Hills, Delta Junction, Alaska, USA

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Alaska#20

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Denali National Park, Alaska.  Shot under similar conditions as and just minutes after Alaska#18 and Alaska#19.  Nikon D4S with Nikkor 200-500mm f5.6 lens.

Denali National Park, Alaska, USA

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Alaska#19

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Denali National Park, Alaska.  Shot under similar conditions as and just minutes after Alaska#18.  Nikon D4S with Nikkor 200-500mm f5.6 lens.

Denali National Park, Alaska, USA

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Alaska#18

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Alaska#18 – Mt. Denali National Park, Alaska.  I don’t shoot landscapes in the middle of the day (usually), because the light is much better around sunrise or around sunset.  In this case, because of the bus timings, I had two choices.  Take the photographs disregarding light or skip them altogether.  I am glad I made some images.  The clouds made it possible to get reasonable shots without harsh mid-day lighting.  It was a little after 11am, when this was shot.  A very rare landscape shot for me.  Nikon D4S with Nikkor 200-500mm f5.6 lens.

Denali National Park, Alaska, USA

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Alaska#17

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Mt. Denali, Denali National Park, Alaska.  As you know, tourists are no longer allowed to go into Denali National Park freely in their own private vehicles.  You pretty much have to win a lottery to have this privilege.  In late July, we stayed overnight in a lodge outside the Denali park and took the Denali tour bus and photographed through the bus window or when the bus stopped.  When our bus arrived at this location, Mt. Denali was covered with clouds.  Fortunately, the snow capped peak was visible at the very top.  This photograph became a keeper for me, because of a sense of discovery.  This is a routine trite shot of some hills with clouds over it, until you discover the snow capped Mt. Denali.  Nikon D4S with Nikkor 200-500mm f5.6 lens.  Why use this telephoto for landscapes?  Isolating interesting compositions from a bus is easier.  If I included the bus window and the road and the parking lots, it wouldn’t be as interesting.

Mt. Denali, Denali National Park, Alaska, USA

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Alaska#16

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Chugach Mountain ridges and clouds, as seen from Prince William Sound, Alaska.  This is an extended view of the same scene from Alaska#15.  I fired several overlapping frames and later stitched them in Lightroom.  The interplay between the ridges, the clouds and the snow laden peaks continued to mesmerize me for a long time during the cruise.  Nikon D700 with Nikkor 70-200mm f2.8 lens.

Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA

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Alaska#15

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Another composition of the same scene in Alaska#14.  In this one, I eliminated the water from the bay.  Although I was on the same boat, this gives the perception, that I was firmly on land.  Lot of depth here from the foreground hill with a bit of brown on it, to the distant snow laden peak.  Notice how the fog made the distant peak less clear and therefore added depth.  Several frames stitched together in Lightroom to make the pano image.  Nikon D700 with Nikkor 70-200mm f2.8 lens.

Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA

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Alaska#14

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Chugach Mountain ridges and clouds, as seen from Prince William Sound, Alaska.  Here, I love the interplay between the ridges, the clouds and the forest.  A bit of a brown in the foreground hill anchors the photograph.  Nikon D700 with Nikkor 70-200mm f2.8 lens.

Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA

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