The trees in the foreground are missing their tops due the wildfires in Campbell Creek park area. .Luckily no one was injured and they were able to put the fire out quickly.
Everything was unusually calm at Portage Lake this morning. There was absolutely no wind. Normally Portage has a constant breeze.
Denaili National Park Road
Smoke from the nearby wildfires fills the air with constant haze.
With the beautiful Autumn colors in the foreground, the early morning sunrise has a lot to compete with.
What I believe are the red leaves of highbush cranberry cover the forest floor
The Milky Way at the 20 mile river crossing
I stopped by Virgin creek falls while on my trip to Portage. This location is always beautiful no matter how many times I go here.
Twenty mile river image taken during low tide. As ugly as the mud is , I think the patterns that are left in the mud by the receding tide are beautiful.
Bird hunting in the fog.
Morning sunrise at Portage Lake hidden by a thick fog. I normally hate foggy days. I decided that I would go out and make lemonade out of the lemons the weather was offering
This was an interesting HDR shot. This is a total of 4 images. I started the first image at 1/50th of a second. I increased each shot by 3 stops, ending at 1/400th of a second for the 4th shot. What makes this shot interesting is that I did all this handheld, no tripod.
Beautiful golden Autumn colors decorate Denali National Park
Autumn on the tundra is a bright beautiful sight to see. There are splashes of color everywhere. The morning air is crisp. The view is amazing.
Denali Highway - Autumn
Went out exploring new landscapes this evening. I eventually ended up in forest of Sutton, AK. The fall colors are really starting to take off.
A beautiful bridge out a Spencer Glacier.
Another shot of Portage lake during sunrise.
Autumn sunrise along the Seward Highway. This image is looking in the direction of 20 mile river.
The ghost forest of Portage. The ground along the shore of Turnagain Arm sank as much as 30 feet during the 1964 Alaska earthquake. The town of Portage and the surrounding forest was completely flooded by water. All that remains of the town of Portage are a caved in mechanics garage and groves of these dead trees. The trees remain standing because the have been preserved by the salt water that flooded the roots.
The last photo from my trip up north to Denali Highway and Denali Park.
Alaska's Autumn landscape is a candy store for the senses. The smells of Autumn in the crisp cool air. The vibrant colors of the rapidly changing foilage.
Early morning light shining down on the tundra of Denali National Park.
I was drawn to this scene because of the spruce trees. The way the sunrise was hitting the trees made them look like a crowd gathered to watch rising sun.
The sunset over Granite Creek in Sutton, Alaska
Surrounded by such vibrant color, this tree stump really stood out.
Potter Marsh can have some of the best sunrises. This particular shot was taken a year ago right around Autumn. I originally worked on this picture, but had multiple issue proccessing it. The most major issue was that the colors were way too saturated right out of the camera. So anything and evertything I did to the image on intensified the saturation issue. Fast forward to a year and some months later. I was easily able get a proccess the image.
Watching the sunset at Lake hood, Ak
Alaskan landscape in the Fall
The always quite trail that runs along Ingram creek. Starting next year the Alaska Park service will finally begin contruction on multiple bridges along Ingram Creek trail. This will turn a mile long trail into a 12 mile long trail. I'm happy that they are finally doing the work, but also sad at the same time. What is now a quite trail will soon become a busy trail.
One of the most beautiful times of the year in Alaska. When there is color everywhere. This time of the year is when the clouds are also very dramatic when they aren't raining. This image was taken just south of Cantwell, Alaska
Tall grass along the Parks Highway has a front row view to amazing landscape
Pretty cool lenticular clouds forming over the mountain range of Denali national park near Savage Creek, AK.
The view was incredible from every directions
Beautiful colors and perfect light to capture Autumn at Granite Creek, Alaska
Amazing range of vibrant colors on the forest floor.
The downtown Anchorage cemetery is in no way a dreary place.
The fall colors and snow on the mountain tops are a reminder that winter is on its way. Shot along the Denali Highway mid-Autumn.
Portage Lake, Alaska. A calm foggy morning.
Golden
The Fall colors along the Parks Highway were so vibrant.
Small pond along the Denali Highway, AK. Just outside of Cantwell, AK
A peek-a-boo view through the vibrant Fall colors of the mountains bordering the Denali Highway.
A very straight long road to get home.
A section of Potter Marsh in Anchorage, Alaska. If you look close you can see all of the large houses sprinkled amongst the trees.
The golden colors of the tree are intensified by the rising sun. The Anchorage cemetery is vibrant with falls colors.
Yesterday was a spectacular sunrise with vibrant pinks and reds. Unfortunately I missed it because I had a appointment to attend, This morning I was hoping that I would get lucky and have a repeat of yesterday. No such luck on the multicolor sunrise. Instead I was treated to fast moving clouds and wind that was blowing the water in one direction.