Kauai Coast

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Coast off Princeville, Kauai, Hawaii.

Coast off Princeville, Kauai, Hawaii.

If our blog seems like a contrast lately as I jump between photos of Alaska winter and Hawaii, so does our life right now – living in a winter wonderland while working on photos and videos from a tropical wonderland!

Lost Lake Cabin

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Lost Lake Cabin, Chugach National Forest, Alaska.

Lost Lake Cabin, Chugach National Forest, Alaska.

This public use cabin looks funny in the summer because it is perched so high in the air.  Now, it is easy to see why!

This cabin was renovated last summer – looks great.  We have stayed here in the past during the winter – the view from here looking down on Resurrection Bay and Seward is spectacular!

Lost Lake Trail

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Sunrise along the Lost Lake Trail, Chugach National Forest, Alaska.

Sunrise along the Lost Lake Trail, Chugach National Forest, Alaska.

I love to run in these hills and usually try to go twice a week in the summer and once a week in the winter.  I usually leave my camera behind and just enjoy the exercise and experience – but every now and then I bring along my camera and tripod like I did last Friday morning.  I headed up about an hour before sunrise – it was sure a beautiful morning!

Clearing Storm

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Seward Boat Harbor, Seward, Alaska.

Seward Boat Harbor, Seward, Alaska.

This was yesterday morning (10:00 a.m.) as the storm began to clear.  This area is a beehive of activity in the summer.  Right now, not so much!

Seward Winter

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Seward Boat Harbor during a snowstorm yesterday, Seward, Alaska.

Seward Boat Harbor during a snowstorm yesterday, Seward, Alaska.

It has been a cold, snowy winter here in Alaska recently, and although we haven’t had near the snowfall that has put Cordova in the news lately, we have had our share.  Yesterday in particular it snowed extra hard blanketing the harbor with snow and ice.  So after doing a lot of shoveling, I grabbed my camera and cruised around town grabbing some images.

Downtown, Seward, Alaska.

Downtown, Seward, Alaska.

Ke’e Beach

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Ke'e Beach at the beginning of the Na Pali Coast, Kauai, Hawaii.

Ke'e Beach at the beginning of the Na Pali Coast, Kauai, Hawaii.

A couple of kids playing on Ke’e Beach in Kauai.  This beautiful beach is at the beginning of the Na Pali Coast.

This was with my Canon 5D II and 24-105 at 67mm.  Exposure was 1/50 of a second, f/10 at iso 500.  The aperture of f/10 gave me the depth of field to keep the kids and the background both in focus.   I needed to bump the iso to 500 to get enough of a shutter speed to freeze the movement of the kids and the waves.  Like in my last post, I used aperture priority – but in this one I actually dialed down the exposure compensation to – 1 stop to keep the waves from being blown out, and the black rocks dark.  Goes to show, gotta always check the historgram.