Alaska, Ektar, Tmax and Rodinal

[thegman]

Fantastic shots, especially the first 3, and the wolf shot. I'd be over the moon if I came home with photos like that.

 

[robbeiflex]

Wow ! (10 char)

 

[Pete B]

I really like the one under the title "Seward".
Pete

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Beautiful landscape photographs!

 

[sojournerphoto]

Really nice work, and having looked through them I understand the Oy and 180🙂

Mike

 

[David Murphy]

Nice shots, but I'd keep a good distance from those bears!

 

[kermaier]

Wonderful, Roland!
I like the 2 lakes in Denali, the bear through the trees in Brooks Falls, and the collection of spinners. Also like the train platform and the tour buses.
Sorry, but for some reason none of the color shots work for me -- but that might just be the sour grapes of envy speaking. 🙂
::Ari

 

[ferider]

Thank you very much, guys.

IK13: Just how close did you get to this bear? 180mm is not a short lens, but it's not that long either...

LeicaFoReVer: very nice work, how come you get that close to the bear??

The close bear shots are from a safe viewing platform at Brook's Falls. The B+W bear street shot was with a 35mm lens without obstacle between bear and photographer 🙂 At Brook's, we had to go through a "Bear Training" first, and Rangers ecouraged us to keep at least 50 yards distance 🙂

Ari: Sorry, but for some reason none of the color shots work for me -- but that might just be the sour grapes of envy speaking.

No problem, Ari. I shot about twice the amount of B+W, for some reason. The shot I am particularly proud of is of the Aurora (#8 in first post). Here are a couple more:

The lodge we stayed at in full moon, @ around 1min exposure. It might be obvious through my pictures: I was very impressed by Denali (the mountain = Mt. McKinley).

Cheers,

Roland.

 

[ferider]

And this one, I felt, deserves a separate post. Taken on Sep 11:

Again, thank you all for your comments. Best,

Roland.

 

[Warren T.]

Roland, did you plan on seeing the Aurora? I'm hoping to see it in person someday.

--Warren

 

[ferider]

I was hoping, Warren. But we were lucky, only one clear night out of four that we stayed in Denali Park. A sleep-less night, and I only carried and used a tripod for that night, but it feels like it was worth it.

 

[Ken Smith]

Nice views and thanks for the memories. Uncle Sam's Flying Circus sent me to King Salmon AK for 18 months back during the Cold War. We had an intercept base there with F-15E Strike Eagles. King Salmon is just a boat ride away from Katmai National Park and Brooks Camp. Spent an awful lot of time there standing in the Brooks River with a fly rod in my hand and my salmon in a Brown Bears mouth. Been to the viewing platform many times. And pitched a tent on the camping platforms at Katmai NP. Did you get out to The Valley of 10,000 Smokes? Wild place - sorta like being on the surface of the moon.

Alaska - beautiful country - once you get away from the populated areas.

 

[gavinlg]

Man that's beautiful country. Thankyou for sharing your great photographs!

 

[Bingley]

Wonderful photos, Roland. You've done a marvelous job w/ the b&w in particular. I like too many in the first set to single them out, and all of them are really quite good. Looks like it was a great trip!!

 

[Bingley]

Apropos the bear shots, when we finally meet over a beer, Roland, I'll have to tell you the story of the time I found myself out on the Alaska peninsula, sitting in a rebuilt army surplus truck full of freshly caught salmon in the back (and I mean full, like maybe a ton or so), facing a most curious group of Alaska brown bear about ten yards in front of me.... this was NOT a safe viewing platform... Unfortunately I didn't have my Nikon F w/ me on that occasion.

 

[ferider]

Thanks, Steve, Gavin, Ken and Nils !

Steve: yes, I want to have that beer and hear the story 🙂 Speaking of which, I could get used to Alaskan Amber and Stout in particular.

BTW, Mike was talking about a beer sometime beginning of Oct.

 

[pipit]

Wonderful work.. I'm really like the B&W work in this set.

 

[kermaier]

Ari: Sorry, but for some reason none of the color shots work for me -- but that might just be the sour grapes of envy speaking.

No problem, Ari. I shot about twice the amount of B+W, for some reason. The shot I am particularly proud of is of the Aurora (#8 in first post). Here are a couple more:

Now *that* one I like in color! I guess a good composition is a good composition.

Also good! Reminds me of Todd Hido's work in "House Hunting".

And I like this one too.

Great stuff, Roland, and it looks to have been a great trip!

::Ari

 

[Rogier]

I like the shot of the fishing lures best 🙂

 

[helen.HH]

Never had an Interest in Alaska till NOW...🙂
Fantastic Visual Reportage !!
A Must See place to Travel