All pics taken with my Nikon D70.

Typical processing in photoshop:
1. Exposure and color-balance tweaking.
2. Crop and/or resize for screen viewing.
3. Sharpen to reduce the blur caused by the resize in step 2.

I'll try to remember to fess up if I've manipulated a particular image more extensively. Otherwise, assume that the image is "true" or "pure" or whatever, except for the above operations.


bald eagle on small iceberg



humpback whale and sea lion



sea lions on buoy



orca breach



bald eagle



ice calving



at sea



bridal veil falls <fess_up>I pumped up the color saturation on this one</fess_up>



McKinley aerial, complete with airplane wing



glacier landing, with McKinley in the background



Kenai Fjords


Alaska is, quite simply, the most amazing place I've ever been. Growing up in Florida -- which is very developer friendly (to put it mildly), and thus has a big problem with over-building on its scenic areas -- Alaska's millions (yes, millions) of acres of untouched beauty is almost impossible for me to believe. I strongly encourage anyone who has not been to go ... now.

 

those pics are spectacular. Yep, I need to go to Alaska.

DId you go on a cruise or a tour?

 

No extreme snowboarding pictures???

j/k! Great pictures!!!

 

[QUOTE=Scott Evil,May 23 2005, 10:09 AM] those pics are spectacular.

 

dont get upset or anything but those pictures look fake as if you got them from google or something.

 

beautiful... were you on a cruise ship? or just local cruise?

 

Hmmm. Well, they're not.

Are you saying that the pics are good, and so I must have stolen them? If so, then thanks, I guess. However, none of the pics are pro quality. There are certainly better pics to steal, if I were going to do that.

For example, the eagle in the "bald eagle on small iceberg" pic is a bit blurry, as is the whale in "orca breach". The bald eagle close-up pic is a bit noisy, though I could probably clean that up in photoshop. Maybe the "sea lions on buoy" pic is close to pro quality, and I like "glacier landing, with McKinley in the background".

Anyway, I don't know what you want. I've taken a full-semester photography course and done quite a bit of self learning, and I have a really good camera. Those pics are mine.

 

nice pics! looks like you got decent weather when you were there too!

 

My guess would be that you really need to go ashore to see Alaska.

Sounds like a great trip. Thanks for sharing.

 

Nice shots! what camera/lense are you using? Looks like you had tons of fun.