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Sea Otters, Resurrection Bay, near Seward, Alaska.
Our trip last weekend couldn’t have started off any better after finding two extremely cooperative sea otters. After spending a bit of time photographing them, we watched as two other otters (say that fast) came swimming from near shore and joined the first two. The four of them put on some show as they played silly otter games. 🙂
This was captured with a Canon 7D with only a 70-200 and 1.4 converter at f/6.3, 5ooth a second and ISO 400.
Sunrise over Aialik Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska.
I photographed this from the boat during last weekends Alaska photo tour into Kenai Fjords – this is where we anchored for the first night! And if this view wasn’t enough – we could spot bears on the nearby beach! This is the same beach we went to shore on and photographed bears and icebergs.
Unlike the cruise-ships, my tour doesn’t offer a formal night – that is unless jeans and xtra-tough boots count as formal ware. 🙂 But, I think this kind of view more then makes up for it!
Iceberg in front of Aialik Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska.
Just got home from the first of a couple of my Alaska photo tours – Kenai Fjords photo tour. Wow, what an awesome trip! The weather was so nice that we were even in short sleeve shirts around the glaciers! Fortunately one of the guests brought sunscreen which we had to ration through out the trip – who would have thought that would happen!
And the photo opportunities were endless! The most cooperative sea otters I have ever spent time with. Many bears, including one that got greedy and tried to carry off two big salmon at once! We saw another bear swimming out in the ocean. Lots of humpback whales, birds and other wildlife. We even had nice light for both sunrise and sunset – it was such a great trip! And if that wasn’t enough, I was joined by a really fun, passionate group of photographers which just made the trip that much more enjoyable. I think we literally spent more time laughing than sleeping – just how it should be.
Janine on the trail to Spencer Glacier, Chugach National Forest, Alaska.
How is this – I’m playing my excuse in advance for my possible lack of photo blog activity!
Tomorrow morning I head out on a boat for a few days as part of my Kenai Fjords photo tour. It is shaping up to be an epic trip – there have been reports of a large number of whales, and the weather is even looking great!
I then have a steady series of private tours everyday right up to my week long bear and puffin tour. The bear tour is also shaping up to be great with reports of a number of spring cubs! You can’t beat spring cubs!
I should have a bunch of new photos to share, and when I get a chance as I come and go, I will do updates here and there – but, if you don’t hear from me for awhile, you will know why, and I’ll be back soon!
Now I need to go mow the lawn so that I can find the house when I return!
Matanuska Glacier, Alaska.
When out on the glacier you really lose all sense of scale. The lack of scale is lost even further in photographs. So, I was glad to have a climber walk past us and up on to the massive ice walls. If you can spot the climber, you will have a much better sense to the size of this place – so can you find him?
Spencer Glacier, Chugach National Forest, Alaska.
Just got home from an overnight trip to the Spencer Glacier. I have past by Spencer Glacier on the Alaska Railroad many times, I have rafted passed it, even flown over and photographed it from a helicopter a couple of times – but despite my best intentions, have never spent the night out there. It has been on our “to do” list for a couple of years, and with wonderful weather moving in this past week, we decided it was the perfect time to go!
By spending the night, I was there for the best light around sunrise and sunset – although the skies completely cleared and I didn’t get the dramatic sky I was hoping for, I still found plenty of dramatic scenery! This also gave us extra time to explore the area – even put on crampons and was able to check out the glacier which is an easy three mile hike away.
Spencer Glacier has to be one of the best day trips around. You get there by catching the Alaska Railroad in Anchorage or Portage. The railroad drops you off at a small station in this beautiful remote country. The train passes back through the area a couple of hours later giving you time to hike around, or to go on a rafting trip with Chugach Adventure Guides. I photographed the rafting trip for the railroad a few years back – it is fun!
Or, if you prefer, you can do like we did and bring your camping gear in backpacks and spend the night or multiple nights. A new trail that takes you way up into the nearby mountains is almost compete – next time we will be doing it. Eventually, there will be a series of trails and huts connecting railroad stops through this entire remote country. They are working another trail this summer that will eventually connect to 5 different whistle stops. When done, It will offer easy access to some amazing country!
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