Cover of the Juneau Alaska 2013 Calendar – Image 2795

I shot this sunset over Juneau from Spaulding Meadows in January. The temperature was hovering around 0 degrees F with a slight breeze. Although not very cold by Alaska standards, it was coldenough to be sapping my camera batteries, gumming up the works and freezing my fingers. Some might say that I over saturated the color in the sky, but in fact the sky color really looked like thisreproduction. This photo was taken well after the sunset and just before the sunset turns to twilight. To tell you the truth, I did not believe the color and checked out a number of other clearwinter nights, and the same color happened. The secret is to stay well past when most people leave while photographing a sunset. Enjoy the photos and thanks for visiting.Camera body: D700, Lens: Nikkor 70-200mm f/4 /digital capture/ISO 200/ tripod © Mark Kelley