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Rainbow arches over downtown, Juneau, Alaska – Image 2025

An October rainbow frames the heart of Juneau's downtown. Juneau is Alaska's capital and the state's third largest city with a population of a little over 30,000 people. Rainy days charactererize autumn weathe in Juneau. October is the wettest month of the year, averaging 7 to 8 inches of ...

A bald eagle skims the water’s surface in the waters around Juneau, Alaska – Image 2026

A mature bald eagle snatches a herring off the ocean's surface. In Southeast Alaska, we are lucky to have an estimated 10,000 eagles living as our neighbors. I love my many opportunities to photograph these beautiful birds. I shot this photo on a Nikon F4 with a 300mm F/4 lens on Velvia film ...

Paintbrush and beach pea thrive along the beaches of Alsek River in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska – Image 2027

I spent a week in Dry Bay in 1999 while shooting photos for my book on Glacier Bay National Park. While there, I came across these two lone paintbrushes growing up through a sea of beach pea. To emphasize this relation, I shot this photo with a 300mm lens with a large aperture (f/4) to drop ...

Homes reflect in the morning high tide of Hammer Slough, Petersburg, Alaska – Image 2028

The wooden structures in Hammer Slough are built on pilings to keep them dry during high tides. While in Juneau, I charted the Petersburg's high tides that corresponded with sunrise for the entire summer. Then I waited for a high tide in the morning on a clear day. When all the events aligned, ...

View of Sitka at dusk from Harbor Mountain – Image 2029

Sometimes, I get lucky. The same evening I shot the previous photo of the sunset over Mt. Edgecumbe I shot this photo of downtown Sitka with the rapidly approaching storm clouds overtaking the dissappearing sunset. Sitka is a beautiful coastal fishing community on Baranof Island in Southeast ...

Sunset view from Harbor mountain near Sitka, Alaska – Image 2034

Mt. Edgecumbe, an extinct volcano on Kruzoff Island, is a landmark on the Sitka skyline. The October suns sets almost directly behind Mt. Edgecumbe and I shot this from the top of Harbor Mountain behind Sitka. I used Velvia film, and shot with a Nikon F4 camera with a 20-35mm F/2.8 zoom ...

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