A Day of Shooting along Turnagain Arm....Alaska: Told my husband I wanted to go on a little drive along Turnagain Arm about 40 miles outside of Anchorage. I was lucky today...even...

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A Day of Shooting along Turnagain Arm....Alaska

Jan 17, 2012 01:53:49 #

laskalass Loc: Land of the Midnight Sun

Told my husband I wanted to go on a little drive along Turnagain Arm about 40 miles outside of Anchorage. I was lucky today...even though id was below zero...about 8 below today...I saw Ice Climbers (seriously insane)....Dall Sheep...Moose...and just lovely scenery! Here's asmattering of some of the pics I took today!

Jan 17, 2012 01:55:54 #

laskalass Loc: Land of the Midnight Sun

and some more

mountains peeking through clouds

Dall Sheep

Mr Moose

flocked trees

Glowing clouds over the inlet

Ice Chunks moving with the tide

mountains

rock walls

Jan 17, 2012 04:12:07 #

laskalass Loc: Land of the Midnight Sun

Hmmm hope people comment on these pics i look forward to everyones comments :-)

Jan 17, 2012 07:37:42 #

vislp Loc: Level Pebble

NICE! I like ALL of them!

Probably the only way I'll get to visit Alaska because my wife HATES cold weather. Can't say I'm real fond of it myself.

All I have to photograph here is flat ground, bean and corn fields. :(

Please don't hesitate to show more. ;)

VisLP

Jan 17, 2012 07:48:55 #

jdeanb Loc: Texas / central

Sounds like you had a good day and it shows. I like 2 and 3 best' Was there in summer of 2010. I love Alaska would go back in a heart beat but hate the over 6 hour flight

Jan 17, 2012 14:55:30 #

Bmac Loc: Long Island, NY

Nice photos, someday I hope to visit Alaska, it's certainly on my list.

Jan 17, 2012 16:35:52 #

laskalass Loc: Land of the Midnight Sun

Then you need to visit in May thru July...it's exciting to experience the midnight sun! Activities in the summer last 24/7 due to prolonged daylight and temperatures warm up to 60-70's....it's a great time to visit!

vislp wrote:

Jan 17, 2012 16:44:05 #

vislp Loc: Level Pebble

I better start saving now, it's a long drive to Alaska! LOL

I like flying, but won't go through all the new loop holes and irritations it takes to fly now. ;) I might consider a cruise, but I probably wouldn't get enough shore time.

My wife had an opportunity to travel nurse to Barrow, but she decided that would be waaaaay to cold! LOL

VisLP :lol:

Jan 17, 2012 17:17:22 #

fireman1088 Loc: Prince Frederick,Md

laskalass, nice pics. You truly have wondeful scenery to shoot. Alaska is on my Bucket List of places to visit.

Jan 17, 2012 21:37:54 #

Sher Loc: Colorful Colorado

laskalass wrote:

and some more

Thank you for sharing your part of Alaska.... It is so beautiful. The ice climber is spectacular (and crazy) and I always love looking at animals

Jan 17, 2012 22:25:47 #

laskalass Loc: Land of the Midnight Sun

Thank you everyone for your nice comments....It's so much fun to shoot pics and then see what other people have to say about them. I have learned a lot from this site...it's my favorite place to visit!

Jan 18, 2012 09:03:04 #

Indi Loc: L. I., NY, Palm Beach Cty when it's cold.

Great shots! You're a very brave person, even for an Alaskan, to go out in -8° temps.
Alaska is full of great beauty. Love it!

Jan 18, 2012 21:52:24 #

AlaskaTom08 Loc: Fairbanks, Alaska

Brings back memories of trips to Homer and beyond. Eight below is warm, compared to some of our 40 below temps in Fairbanks (like right now!). When shooting in cold and clear weather like this, the colors and even snow & shadows seem to pop without any computer manipulation. I like the low clouds captured over the road and the close-up of the Dall sheep. It's amazing when traveling the road along Turnagain Arm, the amount of spectacular scenery that one sees. Open water to the right all the way looking into the sun much of the time, and steep hillsides on the left, often make metering and white balance a challenge. I added Alaska to my bucket list a few years ago, and here I am!

Jan 18, 2012 21:54:22 #

laskalass Loc: Land of the Midnight Sun

Thanks so much for your comments! The snow does make light metering a challenge sometimes. :-)

AlaskaTom08 wrote:

Brings back memories of trips to Homer and beyond.... (show quote)

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