Pair of gulls found the perfect nest at the top of an old post.
The full moon is great at lighting the landscape. I especially like the way that it creates interesting shadows and light on the snow. Its not so great when you are trying to see the auroras.My son looking back at the way we hiked.
My son Marley seeing the northern lights for the first time.
The first sunlight of the day peeking over the mountains and through the branches of the trees.
What many of the beaches in south central Alaska look like Rocks, debris, and a beautiful view.
Fire Island and it's windmills are silhouetted by the beautiful fiery sunset.
The last little bit of light colors the chugach mountain range behind the Anchorage Hilton hotel.
Funny story about this picture. As I rushed to get into position to capture the colors reflecting off of the snow I found a soft spot in the snow. I knew better because as I was walking I noticed that I could see a little sprig of spruce sticking out of the snow. If you didn't know that means that there is a hollow pocket of under and around what is a buried spruce tree. As I was thinking that I probably shouldn't step there I sunk up to my armpits. I'm 6'3". I didn't want to miss the shot so I took this picture while up to my armpits in snow.
Crane startled by my daughter screaming.
Even with the full moon we got to see a pretty impressive northern lights show. Night of 4/14/2022. Near Tolsona, Alaska
My son Marley seeing the northern lights for the first time.
Tons of bladder wrack seaweed completely covering every rock exposed by the lowtide.
The beginning of the path to the beautiful landscape of Bird Point.
A closer view of the susnet and Fire Island.
Sunset from the Anchorage overlook of Glen Alps
Just a small section of Turnagain Arm at Girdwood, Alaska
Single stream of aurora intersecting with the moon. 4/14/2022. Tolsona, Alaska
Got up early this morning to catch the sunrise. which is something I never do the closer we get to summer time. This show was taken at Bird Point during low tide.
For this shot I really wanted the tall grass to take up a majority of the frame. I liked how the dead grass created leading lines to the focal point of the image, the small island of trees in the distance.
The colors were pretty decent for sunset photos tonight. We are finally getting a break after weeks of cloudy weather in Anchorage.
The birds have arrived. The mallards were everywhere. The swans were paired off in the distance. There were also two young bald eagles that would occasionally swoop by the flock causing them to scatter
The empty boat slip at the small boat harborr in Seward, AK. I really liked the reflection of the wharf and the mountains
The full moon sits atop a spruce tree. Even though a full moon can make it hard to see the northern lights, in this case the intensity of the solar storm made it possible to be seen during a full moon.
Matanuska Glacier and the Auroras
The beginning of a special Aurora hunting night. My son has always wanted to go with me on one of my aurora trips. So off we went. Our first stop was the scenic Matanuska overlook. I stopped here because the 97% full moon was the perfect amount of light to light the glacier and surrounding landscape. Added bonus is the auroras sneaking around the mountains, to the left. My son finally got to see the northern lights.
Bird Point, Alaska
On this day the tide cahnge was approximately -30 feet at low tide. At the time this picture was taken the tide was about half way out. The coastline of Alaska at low tide make for great exploring spots.
Beluga point sunrise
Gorgeous colors after the sun has set over Fire Island in the Cook Inlet near Anchorage, AK
I took the trip down to Seward, Alaska to capture the sunrise over the boat harbor. I took this same trip last year almost on the same date. My results were very similar to last years trip. Awesome.
The transition form night to day. The Auroras were still very active as even as the Sun was rising. Shot was taken on Apruil 14th looking bake at Eureka, Alaska
Following old animal tracks on our hunt for northern lights. In our hunt we captured a shooting star.
Took this shot last Spring, from the bluffs by the airport.
I intentionally focused on the stump leaving the background out of focus. The tree stump is a focus stack of 8 images. I wanted to have the stump as well as the grass growing out of the top in focus. What drew me to this were the beautiful swirls in the the wood and how they almost mirrored the swirl pattern in the grass growing around it.
Alpenglow Sleepin Ladyg
Beautiful day to learn how to ski and snowboard at Alyeska ski resort. This is the area where beginners can safely learn how to ski or snowboard.
The last little bit of sun peeks over the mountian range. The beautiful light and the amazing patterns in the mudflats made for a perfect sunset picture. This was shot from the Glenn Alps/Flat top hillside using my 150-600mm Tamron.According to Google maps the distance is around 47 miles to the mountains