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Alaska#23

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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Alaska#10

Glacier, Chugach Mountains and clouds, as seen from Prince William Sound, Alaska.  You can see the glacier have two separate inlets into the bay here.  The glacier is the same as the one shot in Alaska#3, but this one was composed as a pano shot.  Several individual frames stitched together in Lightroom to create this one.  Nikon D700 with Nikkor 70-200mm f2.8 lens. 

Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA

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Alaska#8

Glacier, Snow laden Chugach Mountains and Clouds, seen from Prince William Sound, Alaska.  The glacier inlet you see on the left is the same one that was on the right in Alaska#6.  As the boat moved away from the spot of Alaska#6, I fired several frames.  The visual overload that day was a little too much and I ended up with tired hands and shoulders, carrying two camera bodies and two heavy lenses in extremely cold and wet weather.  All worth it.  Nikon D700 with Nikkor 70-200mm f2.8 lens.

Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA

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