Chugach National Forest, Alaska.
Happy New Year Everyone!
Winter Wonderland
Kenai Peninsula, Chugach National Forest, Alaska.
Here is another photo from Christmas morning. This was about 10 minutes earlier then the one I posted here on Monday. The trees you see near the top of the little hill are the same ones in the foreground in Monday’s winter photo.
Christmas Morning
Snowy trees, Chugach National Forest, Alaska.
I headed out the door a couple of hours before sunrise on Christmas morning – at 8:00 a.m. to be accurate. These winter hours are kind of nice. I drove 23 miles down the Seward Highway before I even saw another car! All the pull outs and trail heads were empty – it was like I had Alaska all to myself for a couple of hours. This spot was about a mile and a half walk in snowshoes – I forget how slow the going is in powder snow, and almost didn’t get here in time for first light. It was a beautiful morning. The temperature was a little below zero, and even after 2 hours of hiking and photographing, the battery on my Canon 5D II still had a strong charge. That was impressive – at those temps, I would have needed to change batteries at least once with my previous camera.
This was a single exposure with my 24-105 lens at 105. I was at f/14 for 1/5 of a second with an ISO of 400. I was in an area of deep shade, but the rising sun was just beginning to glow on the distant mountains giving them a cool pastel glow.
Lunar Eclipse Tonight
Lunar eclipse from January 21, 2000, Seward, Alaska.
There is going to be another lunar eclipse tonight, although unfortunately, it looks like much of North America will be under clouds. This is the first total lunar eclipse in about 3 years. The moon will begin to enter earths shadow at 10:32 Pacific Time. The sunlight on the full moon will be completely blocked by the earth from 11:40 to 12:53 Pacific time. The shadow should be off the moon at 2:02 a.m. Pacific time.
This photo was from back in the days I used slide film. I had tracked the moons movement over the preceding days – I was actually surprised at how lateral the moon moved, originally I had expected to shoot this vertically. I realized about 5 minutes between exposures gave me a nice placement. So then on the night of the eclipse, I would take a photo, then back the film up and would repeat so that I made multiple exposures on a single piece of film. I had to hope the exposure was right because there were no re-dos. Looking back at this image reminds me just how much easier digital cameras have made photography!
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Snowy trees last week in the Chugach National Forest just a few mile from Seward, Alaska.
Thanks for all the great comments and support on the giving away stuff post! I really appreciate it.
Between Facebook and the photo blog, we had 70 entries. I put them in a numbered list, went to random.org and generated number 36, and that number belong to Dena – congratulations Dena, watch for an email from me, for once an email that says you won really isn’t a scam.
I thought I would take this time to remind everyone about our free shipping on print orders over $100 ends after tomorrow. And, there is still time to receive them before Christmas. You know you are selling a lot of prints when the folks at the post office have your package sizes memorized. Well, and you know you live in a small town. 🙂
Winter Light
Yesterday's sunrise over Resurrection Bay, Seward, Alaska.
I always feel a bit guilty when I can grab a photo of a scene like this without even leaving the home / office – seems like I should have to get up early, travel far, and hike a long ways to “earn” the photo. But, it does all balance out – I was up until 2:00 a.m. last night hoping to find and photograph Northern Lights to no avail.
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