One of the many things I was looking forward to with moving to Alaska was the outdoor and photography opportunities it would afford. The removal of running my own business and the immense stress involved with running a struggling business has also helped increase my free time.
It’s amazing what a little fall color will do to the scenery. Here is a photography that I doubt I would have taken in the summer. But with the fall colors it was beautiful. Not that the green isn’t beautiful, I think it is the changing of color that makes it great to photograph and view. I believe that if the color scheme was reversed we would go out just as eagerly to photograph the tree leaves turning from yellow to green. The contrast and the signaling of the season change is the draw.
The above image is a lot of photos combined. It is about 28000 x 8000 pixels in size and 265 mb. You could print this image at 8′ by 2′ at a resolution of 300 dpi. Amazing detail as you zoom in to the full image.
This hike though only .8 of a mile long to the top, has some significantly steep sections. For a me being overweight and out of shape it was a moderate to hard hike.
If you look at my photography endeavors over the 8 years I was in Yakima, they were severely limited. Not because there wasn’t awesome areas to go and photograph, but when you are in survival mode it is difficult to look around you and be creative. So many people in our society are in this survival mode. Just trying to make it day to day through the struggles of life.
As I was driving home I decided to take the opposite way out than when I drove in. This was an amazing view of the Kenai river. Because I only had my 70-200mm lens with me this is also a “panoramic”. The great thing about that is the increase in detail the full image file provides.
After my hike and not in any real hurry to head back home I turned east and drove to Cooper Landing. I was curious to see how the fall foliage was around Kenai lake. Unfortunately I was a couple weeks past the prime foliage and a photograph was not warranted.
The Kenai Peninsula has some truly amazing landscape. They tell me it also has some great wildlife photography opportunities as well….I’ve seen a couple moose briefly on the side of the road and some bald eagles, but my most commonly seen and photographed wildlife so far has been squirrels lol. Hopefully over the coming months I’ll have some great shots to share.
If you made it this far, thank you. Below is the gallery of the shots from that day.
