Frozen Waterfall

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Frozen Waterfall

Frozen waterfall, Seward, Alaska.

I ran by this waterfall in town a few days ago and noticed it was starting to look pretty nice thanks to our recent cold spell, but then I forgot about it.  I owe local truck driver Bob Valdatta a big thank you for giving me a call and heads up on the waterfall today.  He said it looked as good as he had ever seen it, and he was right!  There are so many cool photo possibilities right there.

By the way, we are forecasted to get at least a foot of snow thanks to an incoming storm.  I hope they are right!

Snowy Mountains

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snowy mountains

The snowy mountains of Mt. Alice from the home office last night, Chugach National Forest, Alaska.

A few people emailed after my mountain post earlier this week to ask if this was really the view from the house.  I should point out, I am shooting these with my 100-400 at about 300, so that does tend to exaggerate the impact a bit – there is about 3 miles of ocean between us and the mountains, but otherwise that is the view.  It is awesome to have a photo opportunity like this right out the door!

Alpenglow Sky

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Alpenglow Sky

When I looked at the window last night (well, make that early afternoon) and saw the amazing color in the alpenglow sky, I knew I would be taking a break from the desert wildflower theme!

Seward Boat Harbor

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Seward Boat Harbor

Seward Boat Harbor, Alaska.

Yesterday’s (Thursday) sunrise wasn’t limited to Seward, it was so spectacular in Anchorage that they did a story on it on the nightly news! 

Today I was ready and went down to the Small Boat Harbor.  The sunrise was very short lived and not nearly as spectacular, but it was still pretty nice.

Seward Sunrise

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Seward, Alaska Sunrise

Wouldn’t you know it, a few hours after saying I wouldn’t be doing much shooting, I’m out photographing this sunrise.  How could I not!  With a good humored, sarcastic laugh, Janine mentioned how we really needed more photos of a sunrise over Resurrection Bay – I probably have 100’s.  That’s ok, I will probably take 100’s more in the years to come, even if they are just for me.  In reality, because of the surrounding mountains, sunrises and sunsets are relatively infrequent around Seward. 

We traveled to some beautiful areas this fall including the Tetons, but in my opinion nothing compares to where we live.  The Tetons are a household name in the U.S., but I think this range of mountains is equally dramatic, rising out of the ocean with near the vertical relief as the Tetons, and yet I don’t even know the names of these peaks – they may not have names.  By Alaska standards, these are small.  I feel very blessed and fortunate to live near such beauty!