Between Whittier & Valdez from a 172

The approach to Valdez.

Sunrise from partially up Barometer Mountain on Kodiak. No this was not taken from a plane. One morning this past February, while working in Kodiak, a coworker and I decided to hike up the hills to the actual base of the mountain early before work. The mountain itself had too much snow for us to safely go to the top without equipment. Barometer mountain is near the airport(as you can see) and so was the place where we were staying. So we hightailed it into the hills at 6a.m. with headlamps and flashlights. I was cursing myself for not bringing a tripod. This totally untouched photo was taken with my Canon S500, on auto setting with the flash off and balanced on my knee as I huffed and puffed. SOmetimes you just get lucky.

A quiet cove on Anton Larson Bay on Kodiak Island. When the weather's nice, Kodiak, to me at least, is one of the most beautiful places on earth.

One of yesterday's photos was of American Beach. Presently an island in a sea of crackerbox development. Here's the history on it. Click to enlarge and read.

A photo of American Beach north of Jacksonville. This beautiful little spot is being closed in from both the north and south by runaway development of the ugliest sort. It was a little oasis and a reminder of how Florida used to be at one time.

Below is a view in color and BW, of the beach near Little Talbot Island State Park. This beach looks like it probably did when the conquistadors landed.

St. Augustine, Fla.

St. Augustine, Fla.

A view of Powerline Pass from yesterday's bike ride.

Looking west, back down Powerline Pass.

A view of Anchorage on the way home.

Dining out

The gals heading further up Falls Creek.

The two photos below are scanned slides. Taken in the Olympics, in Washington. An old friend Joe, and I had been hiking and stopped to rest at this spot, which had a fine view. We were above some low lying clouds. The clouds were moving in, up and over the mountains. A nice show.

Thankyou Stephen (http://www.vodkapundit.com/) for the very kind words. I see so many photoblogs by people with truely great talent and photgraphic skill. I feel very fortunate that I have Alaska to photograph to make up for my midling skill. Sometimes, when standing in the mountains on a beautiful day, I think that it would be more of a challenge to make a bad photo. But I love photography and sharing the images and I hope that I improve as time goes by. That's one of the purposes of this blog. Enjoy.

The top photo was a kodachrome slide taken withmy Minolta. The lower image was with the Canon S110.