Wetlands Sunset

PetersCreekPetersCreek Registered Users Posts: 54 Big grins
edited May 11, 2006 in Landscapes
I haven't had nearly enough time for picture-taking but managed to sneak out for this one last week...taken from the shoulder of the Glenn Highway, near Eklutna, Alaska...


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  • ultravoxultravox Registered Users Posts: 776 Major grins
    edited May 5, 2006
    Great colors, loving the reflection of the sky and the mood but it gives me the sensation that is right tilted a bit.clap.gif
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  • SpeshulEdSpeshulEd Registered Users Posts: 341 Major grins
    edited May 5, 2006
    I'll echo the great colors comment. Looks nice. I want to visit Alaska one day, seems like a great place.
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  • saurorasaurora Registered Users Posts: 4,320 Major grins
    edited May 5, 2006
    Beautiful shot! I would love to have a view like this to "drive by" and shoot with my Canon 10-22 lens. Would just fit the bill!!!! thumb.gif
  • DeeDee Registered Users Posts: 2,981 Major grins
    edited May 5, 2006
    Just beautiful
    I love the progression of textures and colors you've captured.
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  • PetersCreekPetersCreek Registered Users Posts: 54 Big grins
    edited May 5, 2006
    ultravox wrote:
    Great colors, loving the reflection of the sky and the mood but it gives me the sensation that is right tilted a bit.clap.gif

    Thanks for the feedback! (This goes for everyone else, too!)

    I was wondering if I'd hear an unsolicited/unsuggested comment about tilt. I bubble-leveled the tripod head at the time of exposure but after post processing, I too had a feeling of a slight CW tilt myself. I just haven't made the time to actually check/correct it in PS.

    Saurora...I'm with you on the 10-22, if only I had one. It'll have to wait, though. I need/want/desire/crave the 70-200 f/2.8L first and foremost.
  • KhaosKhaos Registered Users Posts: 2,435 Major grins
    edited May 5, 2006
    Nice. I love the colors, reflection and texture.thumb.gif
  • erich6erich6 Registered Users Posts: 1,638 Major grins
    edited May 5, 2006
    Very nice! Good job capturing the details in the shadows and the blend of colors.

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  • illuminati919illuminati919 Registered Users Posts: 713 Major grins
    edited May 5, 2006
    Beautiful sunset and reflection, the colors are phenomanal. thumb.gif
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  • RaffRaff Registered Users Posts: 44 Big grins
    edited May 6, 2006
    PetersCreek wrote:
    I haven't had nearly enough time for picture-taking but managed to sneak out for this one last week...taken from the shoulder of the Glenn Highway, near Eklutna, Alaska...



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    It's awesom. It's color and b&w all at the same time.
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  • ForeheadForehead Registered Users Posts: 679 Major grins
    edited May 6, 2006
    OOO! Is that near any good HALIBUT fishing?thumb.gif
    PetersCreek wrote:
    I haven't had nearly enough time for picture-taking but managed to sneak out for this one last week...taken from the shoulder of the Glenn Highway, near Eklutna, Alaska...


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  • Phil U.Phil U. Registered Users Posts: 1,330 Major grins
    edited May 7, 2006
    Very nice - beautiful scene, great capture.
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  • waveneymanwaveneyman Registered Users Posts: 93 Big grins
    edited May 7, 2006
    I like this very much. clap.gif
    Good depth of field to go with the strong foreground.
    You should get out more :D

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  • Zoom RaiderZoom Raider Registered Users Posts: 317 Major grins
    edited May 8, 2006
    PetersCreek wrote:
    I haven't had nearly enough time for picture-taking but managed to sneak out for this one last week...taken from the shoulder of the Glenn Highway, near Eklutna, Alaska...


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    Another beautiful sunset.:):
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  • PetersCreekPetersCreek Registered Users Posts: 54 Big grins
    edited May 8, 2006
    Forehead wrote:
    OOO! Is that near any good HALIBUT fishing?thumb.gif

    Nah. This shot was taken at the end of the Knik Arm of Cook Inlet...much too far inland for halibut. I don't fish for halibut often but when I do, it's usually out of Deep Creek, down on the Kenai Peninsula, about 3½ hours from here.
  • ForeheadForehead Registered Users Posts: 679 Major grins
    edited May 9, 2006
    I'll put that on my map. Got a push-pin on Lower Chatham Straits also!
    PetersCreek wrote:
    Nah. This shot was taken at the end of the Knik Arm of Cook Inlet...much too far inland for halibut. I don't fish for halibut often but when I do, it's usually out of Deep Creek, down on the Kenai Peninsula, about 3½ hours from here.
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  • Scott_QuierScott_Quier Registered Users Posts: 6,524 Major grins
    edited May 10, 2006
    This is a wonderful image. Tilt? It can't be more than a fraction of a degree. It's very hard to determine due to the characteristics of the lens - a little barrel distortion there.

    You're an Alaskan by choice. I'm an Alaskan by desire. When I finally find employement in the Anchorage area that will support me and my wife, we are there. When my father was in the military, we lived on Elmendorf for about 6 years. My brother lives in Eagle River. I want to live there. Took my wife there for a couple weeks in the summer of 2003 and another couple of weeks last December. She loved it, so it's just the job thing holding us back (I won't make the mistake of moving, finding no employment, then having to move back state-side for lack of funds - but it's taking time).

    Enough rant - very, very nice photo.
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  • snapapplesnapapple Registered Users Posts: 2,093 Major grins
    edited May 10, 2006
    Gorgeous!! What a sunset! Beautiful reflection! Beautiful colors!

    I looked for a long time for tilt. Don't see tilt. Looks like the row of trees dips down in the right corner. Just a bit of barrel distortion, I think. Easily fixed with the "distort" feature and won't have to crop off anything. thumb.gif
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  • ForeheadForehead Registered Users Posts: 679 Major grins
    edited May 11, 2006
    BUT...

    ...how were the MOSQUITOS that summer visit of yours?:wow
    Scott_Quier wrote:
    This is a wonderful image. Tilt? It can't be more than a fraction of a degree. It's very hard to determine due to the characteristics of the lens - a little barrel distortion there.

    You're an Alaskan by choice. I'm an Alaskan by desire. When I finally find employement in the Anchorage area that will support me and my wife, we are there. When my father was in the military, we lived on Elmendorf for about 6 years. My brother lives in Eagle River. I want to live there. Took my wife there for a couple weeks in the summer of 2003 and another couple of weeks last December. She loved it, so it's just the job thing holding us back (I won't make the mistake of moving, finding no employment, then having to move back state-side for lack of funds - but it's taking time).

    Enough rant - very, very nice photo.
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  • Scott_QuierScott_Quier Registered Users Posts: 6,524 Major grins
    edited May 11, 2006
    Forehead wrote:
    BUT...

    ...how were the MOSQUITOS that summer visit of yours?:wow
    Mosquitos are a fact of life - you learn to deal with them or you just don't do any of the things that make living there worth the cold and expense. That particular summer, we got chased indoors only once and that was from the deck in my brother's back yard. When we did the camping/fishing thing, the bugs pretty much behaved themselves - it was a glorious time/relief.
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  • PetersCreekPetersCreek Registered Users Posts: 54 Big grins
    edited May 11, 2006
    The Mosquito Magnet is my new best friend.

    Scott—

    Here's to wishin' you a speedy move to Alaska. I can sure understand the need for job prospects prior to a move. I came here just to retire from the USAF. They never would station me here, so I elected to come here for my outprocessing. I didn't have a job all lined up, though. Fortunately, I had the wherewithal to take a "fun" job until the right opportunity came along.

    When you do make it up here again...whether permanently or for a visit...be sure to give me a holler.

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