Alpenglow on Resurrection Peaks, Chugach National Forest, near Seward, Alaska.
This is looking North, directly away from one of the most amazing sunrises I have ever seen in Seward – the same morning of my recent post on sunrise over Resurrection Bay. This has to be the most dramatic, colorful alpenglow I have ever seen.
I must confess, I have often mis-used the word alpenglow. Thanks to blog reader Aaron for setting me straight on my welcome home post. As Aaron pointed out, and further research confirmed, alpengow is the pink glow you see while the sun is still below the horizon. There can not be a direct path of light from the sun to the mountain. So that red / orange light shinning on snow caped peaks at the beginning or end of the day isn’t really alpenglow – I have been mis-identifying it for years. I don’t know what it is called – sweet mountain light I guess.
This is pretty much straight out of the camera. I added a little contrast to the mid-tones, but I didn’t add any color or saturation.
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Another photo from Thursday evening of the Chugach National Forest, Seward, Alaska.
I get asked this question a fair amount as friends try to shop for their avid photographer loved one. It is a tough question to answer because camera gear can be very expensive, and most photographers have fairly strong opinions on photo gear. So, I thought I would throw out some less expensive, safer options to consider.
Digital frames Most photographers love to share the photos with family and co-workers, and having a nice digital frame for the office or home makes a great gift for most any photographer. I can’t recommend a particular one as I don’t own one, but I have found the buyer feedback on Amazon to be pretty accurate.
Books. I can’t
More pictures…
I took this photo about half an hour ago. It’s hard to believe but just three days ago I was riding my motorcycle. This weekend we had a snow storm and this morning when I got up it was 12 degrees outside. Definitely not motorcycle riding weather. More snow is in the forecast later this week.
