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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
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!
Route 66
Route 66, Arizona.
Even historic Route 66 looks better with wildflowers!
It is hard to believe this little road was once the main East / West highway to California. I explored long sketches of the road through California and Arizona in 2005, and in many places you would rarely see another car. It was kind of fun to try to imagine what this road was like back in its hay day. It had to be some adventure crossing this country, especially in the summer.
Here are more Route 66 photos.
Poppy
A bumble bee view of a California Poppy at the Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve, Mojave Desert, California.
This fun technique is one I would like to play around with some more this winter. What I do is put my smallest extension tube on a wide angle lens. This now gives me the ability to focus very close. I basically have the lens sitting in the flower, and I’m able to focus on portions of the flower that are a mere fraction of an inch from the front of the lens. With certain wide angle lenses, I can actually focus on the front of the lens.Read More
Death Valley Wildflowers
Death Valley National Park, California.
Well continuing with the desert wildflower theme, here is a photo of Death Valley from the amazing winter of 2005. Hard to imagine Death Valley with huge meadows of wildflowers, but this is what it was like that year. Here are more Death Valley Photos.
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