Alaska photos
Mar 13, 2016, 4:28 pm
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Alaska photos
Anybody interested in sharing your pictures of Alaska? I've been scanning some old pictures lately and thought they might be of interest. Mods, if this is better placed in the travel photography forum, go for it.
Anyway, a few oldies...
Bethel, 1971
St. George (Pribilofs) around 1978
State Fair rodeo, Palmer, around 1983
Somewhere along the Denali Highway, around 1981
Iliuliuk Bay, Unalaska, around 1979
Anyway, a few oldies...
Bethel, 1971
St. George (Pribilofs) around 1978
State Fair rodeo, Palmer, around 1983
Somewhere along the Denali Highway, around 1981
Iliuliuk Bay, Unalaska, around 1979
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Mar 31, 2016, 3:59 pm
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Gardyloo, Thanks for sharing the vintage photos from Alaska. Alaska is one of my favorite destinations.
Here are a few from my archive:
Here are a few from my archive:
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Feb 10, 2017, 8:53 pm
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Feeling melancholy, so a few more scans...
Portage Lake back when there was more glacier to calve off chunks
Sand Point, on the Shumagin Islands (Aleutian region)
Upper Russian Lake, Kenai Peninsula
Russian Orthodox Church, Akutan (Aleutians)
Portage Lake back when there was more glacier to calve off chunks
Sand Point, on the Shumagin Islands (Aleutian region)
Upper Russian Lake, Kenai Peninsula
Russian Orthodox Church, Akutan (Aleutians)
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Apr 12, 2017, 7:27 am
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Beautiful shots. Unfortunately all my pics of Denali got lost some years ago, it's a real gap in my coverage.
The Yakutat Bay and Juneau cloud shots were taken with digital equipment; all others are scans off slides, hence the relatively low quality. In a couple of cases the colors have started to fade or change, e.g. Akutan and the Denali Hwy. shots.
Here are a couple more, FWIW -
Unalaska Orthodox cemetery, now relocated
Mirror Lake, between Anchorage and Palmer
Susitna Valley
Here are a couple more, FWIW -
Unalaska Orthodox cemetery, now relocated
Mirror Lake, between Anchorage and Palmer
Susitna Valley
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Apr 16, 2017, 11:14 pm
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Gardyloo,
Thanks.
The fall foliage shot at Mirror Lake was ^.
I was there briefly when the weather started to change swiftly from bad to worst. I never had a chance to get any shot like yours. I was looking for a reflection shot of Mt. McKinley on the lake (I know of the name change!). Didn't get that either
Thanks.
The fall foliage shot at Mirror Lake was ^.
I was there briefly when the weather started to change swiftly from bad to worst. I never had a chance to get any shot like yours. I was looking for a reflection shot of Mt. McKinley on the lake (I know of the name change!). Didn't get that either
May 7, 2017, 4:53 pm
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Spectacular; keep 'em coming, guys!
allset2travel, that fall Denali shot is amazing. My favorite time of year in the park. That color palette is just something you don't get many places.
I have thousands all of substantially lower quality than you guys have posted, but I lack the time to sort through them. If I come across any worth anything, though, I'll try to remember to share them here...
allset2travel, that fall Denali shot is amazing. My favorite time of year in the park. That color palette is just something you don't get many places.
I have thousands all of substantially lower quality than you guys have posted, but I lack the time to sort through them. If I come across any worth anything, though, I'll try to remember to share them here...
May 8, 2017, 8:41 am
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Okay, a couple more...
Native Heritage Center access road, Anchorage
4th of July parade, Ketchikan
Somewhere in College Inlet
Native Heritage Center access road, Anchorage
4th of July parade, Ketchikan
Somewhere in College Inlet
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Jul 17, 2017, 1:38 am
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Those color filters on some shots had me thinking there was something wrong with my video card. 
Am glad I didn't try to adjust.
My gear is limited to Canon PowerShots, alas, and it could get to where smartphones will take better pictures soon. Here's a "gold on gold" from mid- to late September near Fairbanks. There's a brief window where aspen forests along the roads are a sea of green (evergreens) and gold (mostly aspens). Combine that with about a 10-15 minute period of pre-sunset sunlight and you get a gold-on-gold effect.
Am glad I didn't try to adjust.My gear is limited to Canon PowerShots, alas, and it could get to where smartphones will take better pictures soon. Here's a "gold on gold" from mid- to late September near Fairbanks. There's a brief window where aspen forests along the roads are a sea of green (evergreens) and gold (mostly aspens). Combine that with about a 10-15 minute period of pre-sunset sunlight and you get a gold-on-gold effect.
