Wildlife, landscape and weather photography
I shared a preview of this pic last week on social media showing my daughter and I enjoying the view – and the reason we interrupted dinner. 😉 Here is the final result of what we were watching.
A passing thunderstorm brought a quick shower that intensified as it went past us. Behind us, the sun was shining helping to create a double rainbow with dramatic skies of the storm. Truly a beautiful scene!
By far my ‘photo excursion of the year’. We headed north to our nation’s 49th state and spent two weeks exploring this amazing place.
The sheer size of Alaska and our desire to not rush through things meant we limited our travels but that didn’t limit the photographic opportunities. We focused on three main areas: Denali National Park, Seward with Kenai Fjords National Park and Homer with Katmai National Park and Preserve.
Through them all, the scenery was stunning, the wildlife just amazing. It was the trip of a lifetime and one I will treasure forever. Here is a look at my favorite pics from our trip to the northern frontier.
What a great way to end a fantastic day on the water!
We were returning to Seward, Alaska after eight hours or so touring Kenai Fjords National Park. A quick rain shower chased us inside but then I looked out and saw this incredibly colorful and dramatic display.
Rain wasn’t going to stop me from getting a pic of that! I grabbed my camera, ran out onto the deck and started clicking. My images really don’t do it justice either. The rainbow was one of the most bright I have ever seen.
Just extraordinary!
A nice little scene following an afternoon thunderstorm at our campsite in Estes Park, Colorado this past Friday. In the wake of the storm, the sun reappeared to the west and to the east a good-looking rainbow appeared. This weekend pretty much puts a wrap on our camping season which is always a bit of a bummer. We will be anxiously awaiting that first trip of the spring! Only six months to go or so. 😉
I have said it repeatedly and I will say it again: the plains of Colorado may be relatively flat but I will put the sights found there up against those of the higher terrain of the state any day of the week. This past Friday evening was another perfect example.
Thunderstorms passed nearby where we were camping and once past, the scene that unfolded was nothing short of extraordinary. Beautiful blue skies above with dramatic storm clouds below were punctuated by one of the brightest rainbows I have ever seen in my life. The multi-colored stream was not very tall but it was very wide and very bright.
My pictures of it truly don’t do it justice – it was nothing short of extraordinary.
After spending the better part of the post-dawn hours taking picture of massive wildlife yesterday, a healthy rain shower settled in at Brainard Lake. The sky alternated between sun and cloud but when the light shone through, it created this massive rainbow over the lake and in front of Mount Audubon. It was a gorgeous scene, one that is pretty typical in the Colorado high country.
From her farm in Kansas, Dorothy of Wizard of Oz fame sang about a far away land ‘over the #rainbow.’ She would not have had to go too far if she had come across this gorgeous display last week near Colby, Kansas.
The day offered little in the way of severe weather but following a mild thunderstorm, Mother Nature offered up one of the most brilliantly colored, largest rainbows I have ever seen. It was in fact a double rainbow, something I could only partially capture even with my very wide 10mm lens. Taken in June 10, 2015.
Early morning yesterday brought a quick-hitting sun shower to Arapaho National Forest. The 13,229 foot high Mount Audubon (right) was slightly obscured by the rain while an extraordinarily vivid rainbow appeared in front of it. If you look closely at the top right, you can see a second, faint rainbow.
