Margerie Glacier

EaracheEarache Registered Users Posts: 3,533 Major grins
edited July 22, 2013 in Landscapes
Margerie Glacier below Mount Fairweather
Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve - Alaska

Got lucky and had pretty decent weather the day of our visit - a real feast for the eyes!


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Eric ~ Smugmug

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  • wizardrywizardry Registered Users Posts: 142 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2013
    Stunning captures Eric! The 2nd is my fav ..love the wind blowing the snow at the peak!
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  • RidgetopRidgetop Registered Users Posts: 214 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2013
    Incredible and another vote for #2.
  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2013
    I love Mountain climbing and photography so I am in heaven! Especially love #2! Love the overall composure for it, the layers....the perfect dark framing at the bottom.....most importantly love the way mountain is glistening and finally the shadows are PERFECT on the main mountain, with details in both light and dark regions! Real feast for the eyes indeed!
  • EaracheEarache Registered Users Posts: 3,533 Major grins
    edited May 26, 2013
    wizardry wrote: »
    Stunning captures Eric! The 2nd is my fav ..love the wind blowing the snow at the peak!
    Hey Dwayne!
    Thanks for the look and comment.
    Hope to see you soon!
    Eric ~ Smugmug
  • EaracheEarache Registered Users Posts: 3,533 Major grins
    edited May 26, 2013
    Ridgetop wrote: »
    Incredible and another vote for #2.

    Thanks Ridgetop, I appreciate your feedback!
    Eric ~ Smugmug
  • EaracheEarache Registered Users Posts: 3,533 Major grins
    edited May 26, 2013
    Stumblebum wrote: »
    I love Mountain climbing and photography so I am in heaven! Especially love #2! Love the overall composure for it, the layers....the perfect dark framing at the bottom.....most importantly love the way mountain is glistening and finally the shadows are PERFECT on the main mountain, with details in both light and dark regions! Real feast for the eyes indeed!

    Thank-you Stumblebum, for your enthusiastic comments and observations - I'm glad this one takes you there in a small way. It was a very remote area, and while there (on a big boat), I wonderered if anyone had ever ventured up the glacier and mountain.
    Eric ~ Smugmug
  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited May 27, 2013
    Awesome captures, Eric. Hard to pick a favorite here. I saw that second one on the picture-game thread, and was like :jawdrop
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  • EaracheEarache Registered Users Posts: 3,533 Major grins
    edited May 28, 2013
    kdog wrote: »
    Awesome captures, Eric. Hard to pick a favorite here. I saw that second one on the picture-game thread, and was like

    Thanks Joel... I feel fortunate to have had a chance at this scene in decent weather.
    Good luck and even better shooting on your trip! :lurk
    Eric ~ Smugmug
  • redleashredleash Registered Users Posts: 3,840 Major grins
    edited June 22, 2013
    Nice job, Eric. You really captured the awesome feeling of Margerie Glacier in #2.

    Lauren
    "But ask the animals, and they will teach you." (Job 12:7)

    Lauren Blackwell
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  • EaracheEarache Registered Users Posts: 3,533 Major grins
    edited June 22, 2013
    redleash wrote: »
    Nice job, Eric. You really captured the awesome feeling of Margerie Glacier in #2.

    Lauren
    Hey Lauren
    Thanks much for the look and comment - I'm thinking you have been there also? Hope so!
    Eric ~ Smugmug
  • JuanoJuano Registered Users Posts: 4,890 Major grins
    edited June 22, 2013
    Nice set Eric, great place! I agree with the comments on #2 and also like #3 very much. Well done.
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  • redleashredleash Registered Users Posts: 3,840 Major grins
    edited June 24, 2013
    Eric, yes, I was there in 2010 and took shots from the same viewpoints you did. Those amazing glaciers need to be seen to be fully appreciated. Do you have more Alaska shots you can post? Would be interested to see them.

    Lauren
    "But ask the animals, and they will teach you." (Job 12:7)

    Lauren Blackwell
    www.redleashphoto.com
  • EaracheEarache Registered Users Posts: 3,533 Major grins
    edited June 24, 2013
    redleash wrote: »
    Eric, yes, I was there in 2010 and took shots from the same viewpoints you did. Those amazing glaciers need to be seen to be fully appreciated. Do you have more Alaska shots you can post? Would be interested to see them.

    Lauren

    Yes, it was a very majestic location and so different than the Lower 48. Surprisingly cold, even in the middle of summer.
    I do have a gallery here, but, I'm chagrined to say I haven't processed them all yet... Though, I don't think I'm alone in that regard.
    Eric ~ Smugmug
  • redleashredleash Registered Users Posts: 3,840 Major grins
    edited June 24, 2013
    I enjoyed looking through your gallery. I think I took the same shot of the posts in the water at Haines. There were so many fascinating subjects up there that I could have spent weeks shooting them. And don't feel bad about not processing your shots. My trip was 3 years ago and I have some I have not even touched yet. I like your moose shot. I didn't even see one.
    "But ask the animals, and they will teach you." (Job 12:7)

    Lauren Blackwell
    www.redleashphoto.com
  • EaracheEarache Registered Users Posts: 3,533 Major grins
    edited June 24, 2013
    redleash wrote: »
    I enjoyed looking through your gallery. I think I took the same shot of the posts in the water at Haines. There were so many fascinating subjects up there that I could have spent weeks shooting them. And don't feel bad about not processing your shots. My trip was 3 years ago and I have some I have not even touched yet. I like your moose shot. I didn't even see one.

    Thanks for looking Lauren - I'd love to see yours also. I looked on redleashphoto.com and did see your great Margerie Glacier shot... same viewpoint for sure.
    A funny about seeing the Moose... the shoulders of the Denali highway we traveled by tour bus were strewn with tourist vehicles, often parked in panicky, haphazard, bunches hoping for a glimpse of the elusive Moose...
    then, our bus driver quietly pulls to the side and, voila, here's one - all alone - not 50 ft. away and an easy click for us photogs. We felt smugly superior to the other, merely mortal, tourists....:ivar
    Eric ~ Smugmug
  • OsoOso Registered Users Posts: 164 Major grins
    edited July 22, 2013
    They're all good. I vote for #1 as best; I like the lines and the shapes -- they're very pleasing to the eye.

    Steve
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  • EaracheEarache Registered Users Posts: 3,533 Major grins
    edited July 22, 2013
    Oso wrote: »
    They're all good. I vote for #1 as best; I like the lines and the shapes -- they're very pleasing to the eye.

    Steve

    Thanks for the comment and vote Steve! I was liking #1 also, for - as you noted - the additional elements, shapes and textures.
    Eric ~ Smugmug
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