Scenery in Seward, Alaska
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My husband and I just had our 10th anneversary this weekend and spent most of a week down in Seward Alaska. Let me just say that though I live in Alaska, it was a blast to get out and see other environments within a couple hundred miles. Anyway, here are some of the shots I got during our fabulous week. Hope you like them and if you don't tell me so and why. I like a good critique!
BTW, this is my first time posting outside of the "people" category!
1. on the beach: (a little noisy, I didn't have time to run and get my flash and it was close to dark)
2. Spawned out salmon. (They are everywhere this time of year. There must have been 30 within just a couple of yards.) The seagulls already got to his eyes.
3. The view from "our lake" We rented a little awesome cabin right on the shores of Kenai lake and man was it beautiful. One morning during breakfast, as though our view wasn't good enough a bald eagle soared by right on the water line. Pretty amazing!
You can see the standing dead trees in the water. We surmise that they are some of the trees killed in the big earthquake in 1964 when the ground sunk 10 - 15 feet. There was lots of dead trees standing and fallen around the lake and driftwood everywhere. This lake is the spawning grounds of all the big kenai river king salmon. Yummie.
4. On the way to meet some friends for breakfast we were in road construction traffic. This shot was taken from inside the car through an open window over my husbands shoulder and the steering wheel. One of those can't stop, but my- how lovely.
5. I just love the monocrome colors of the next shot.
Well folks! thanks for looking! I hope that all of you have a chance some day to come to Seward, it was so beautiful!
Perhaps I will get to edit the pictures from our boat tour of the glaciers soon and be able to show you some Orcas from the trip.
BTW, this is my first time posting outside of the "people" category!
1. on the beach: (a little noisy, I didn't have time to run and get my flash and it was close to dark)
2. Spawned out salmon. (They are everywhere this time of year. There must have been 30 within just a couple of yards.) The seagulls already got to his eyes.
3. The view from "our lake" We rented a little awesome cabin right on the shores of Kenai lake and man was it beautiful. One morning during breakfast, as though our view wasn't good enough a bald eagle soared by right on the water line. Pretty amazing!
You can see the standing dead trees in the water. We surmise that they are some of the trees killed in the big earthquake in 1964 when the ground sunk 10 - 15 feet. There was lots of dead trees standing and fallen around the lake and driftwood everywhere. This lake is the spawning grounds of all the big kenai river king salmon. Yummie.
4. On the way to meet some friends for breakfast we were in road construction traffic. This shot was taken from inside the car through an open window over my husbands shoulder and the steering wheel. One of those can't stop, but my- how lovely.
5. I just love the monocrome colors of the next shot.
Well folks! thanks for looking! I hope that all of you have a chance some day to come to Seward, it was so beautiful!
Perhaps I will get to edit the pictures from our boat tour of the glaciers soon and be able to show you some Orcas from the trip.
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It's a mood piece
But, yes I like it because of what it says- death bringing life... that whole sort of thing.
Besides, I thought it was strange- this fish looked absolutely perfect. (except for the eyes, of course) I have caught many a salmon that was in way worse shape than this guy. It was hard for me not to want to take him home for supper. Especailly when I went out to the docks and they had fresh salmon for like $15 per pound.
I am also going to the Kenai peninsula for about ten days thie summer. I am spending five days in a fishing lodge on the kenai River but, don't have anything locked in for the other days.
Could you provide info on the cabin you stayed in on Kenai Lake? Was that convenient to Seward?
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