Touchdown

I was out driving around last night and happen to catch this guy landing on top of the Russian orthodox church.
Canon 30D, canon 300mm, 1.4x tc, SanDisk digital film.

Waterfall

Yesterday was a pretty cloudy and wet day, I didn't do much but catch up on some rest, which was much needed. This picture is from last Sunday on my hike to the other side of the island. This was a pretty cool waterfall, I had to climb down a pretty steep cliff to get to it.
Canon 30D, canon 17-40mm, SanDisk digital film.

The view from work.

Here is the view of the church that I see every day while I am working. I have driven by so many times saying "I need to get a shot of this" and so many times I have just driven on by saying tomorrow I'll get it. So I finally got it.

Canon 30D, canon 70-200mm, SanDisk digital film.

Lunch Time!

The other day I drove by the river to see if the kingfisher was there, and sure enough he was! He was sitting on his little branch having lunch. The look on the little fishes face pretty much sums up what happened next.
Canon 30D, Canon 300mm, 1.4X TC, SanDisk digital film.

Little Priest Rock

Didn't do much shooting last night, I ate way too much at the all you can eat king crab and seafood buffet, and didn't feel like hiking around after. So I stopped at this place which I drive by almost every night on my way out to summers bay.

Canon 30D. canon 17-40mm, SanDisk digital film.

Shipwrecked

I got these two pictures last night after my hike. I was on my way back to the hotel when I saw this boat laying on its side on the ground. I thought it looked pretty cool with the way the clouds were looking all gloomy in the background. The other photo is what is left of an old dock from back during WWII, there is a bunch of old WWII buildings around that area.
Canon 30D, canon 70-200mm, SanDisk digital film.

Globe of Dutch Harbor

So last night after work, I decided to go for a hike to get my blood flowing a little. I have been wanting to hike to the top of this mountain that over looks Dutch Harbor, to get some panoramas, for some time now, but the last time I was here it was still covered with snow. But yesterday was a beautiful day so I set off up this big hill trying to reach the top. When I reached the top I was greeting with a sweet view of Dutch Harbor. In one of my photo magazines there was an article on taking a 360 degree pano and then making a global view with it in Photoshop. So i took a 360 pano and gave it a try, and this is what I came up with. I think it is a cool and different view of the island.

Canon 30D, Canon 17-40mm, SanDisk digital film.

Morris Cove & Dutch Harbor

Here is a picture from Morris Cove from last night. I could not believe how bright the algae were on the rocks. The other picture is from the night before, as I was out watching the puffins the clouds broke and the sun shined down on Dutch Harbor.
Canon 30D, Canon 10-22mm, and 70-200mm, SanDisk digital film.

More Wildflowers

Yesterday I had the day off, my only day off, so I decided to go on a hike to the other side of the island. The weather was beautiful and there were a ton of wildflowers out along the way. Here are a few of the flowers that I saw.
Canon 30D, Canon 60mm macro, SandDisk digital film

Puffins and Kingfishers

Yesterday after work the weather was not the best, there were very low clouds and it was misting and raining on and off. I went back out to my favorite puffin spot and sure enough there were a dozen puffins floating right off shore. I just watched them float around and dive for fish for fifteen minutes or so until they started to take fight. It looked like they were taking off for open water but they circled back around and started landing on the cliff above me. It was funny watching them circle the cliff looking for a place to land. Some of them would land and take right back off. I don't know why but these birds really fascinate me, they are a lot of fun to watch. After a while they all took off to feed on some fish out on the harbor. On my way back to the hotel I stopped by the Iliuliuk River to a bush where I have seen a Belted Kingfisher hang out. I had only seen him there once before and have stopped by there many times since then to see if he was there, but with no luck. To my surprise there he was sitting on a branch of a bush, and I was able to pull up right beside him in the truck and get a few shots.

Canon 30D, canon 300mm + 1.4 TC, SanDisk digital film.

The Deadliest Catch

When I arrived the Maverick was sitting at the Delta Western dock in Dutch Harbor just down from the job site. It was at the dock for a couple of days before it went back out to sea.

Dutch Harbor

I saw this photo of Dutch Harbor on my way back to the hotel,the sun was getting low ready to set and it cast a nice yellow glow on the water. The hotel that I am staying in is located right above the boat on the other side of the island.
Canon 30D, canon 70-200mm, SanDisk digital film.

Salmon Berries

While I am out hiking around the island I never have to worry about getting hungry. There are so many of these salmon berry bushes, with huge salmon berries growing on them. I have gorged myself on them to the point that I could not even look at them for the rest of the day!

Canon 30D, 60mm, SanDisk digital film.

Sea Urchins

Here are some photos of sea urchins that I found while walking on the beach. Some of them are really colorful while some of them are a bit less than colorful.

Canon 30D, canon 60mm lens, SanDisk digital film.

Wildflowers

Wildflowers are growing all over the place up here, and there are so many different kinds and colors. Here are just a few of what I have found so far.
Canon 30D, canon 60mm macro, SanDisk digital film.

More Puffins

I went back to were the Puffins like to hang out last night to see if they were still there, sure enough they still were. Here are a few more shots that I got of them, they are really cool to watch!

Canon 30D, Canon 300mm lens 1.4TC, SanDisk digital film

Horned Puffins

Yesterday was beautiful up here in Dutch Harbor, sunny and in the 60's. After work I went out in search of some puffins, I had seen some swimming off in the harbor the day before and wanted to try and get some photos. I was driving out to Summers Bay when I saw some puffins swimming out in the water, I grabbed my binoculars and started to watch them. They were Horned Puffins, there were about 6 of them floating and diving in the water. They were too far out for me to get any photos of so I was just watching them for 5 or 10 min. Two of them started running in the water, when they got enough speed they left the water and flew into the air right toward me. I could not believe it they were coming right at me, I quickly put the truck in park and grabbed my camera and got out of the truck. They looked like they were going to land the the cliff right above me next to the road. But just before they went to land on the cliff, they changed their minds and flew off toward the water. They made a big circle out over the water and started to head back toward the cliff. I got my camera ready and got one sighted up and started firing. They didn't land this time either, they flew back out toward the water and circled again. They did this four or five times before one of them finally landed on the cliff. I crossed the road as far as I could so I could see up the rocky cliff, but the road drops 20 or 30 feet onto the rocky shore. So I was just on the edge of the road trying to find where this Puffin had landed, but I could not see him. Before too long I saw his bright yellow and red bill peek out from the rocks. He wanted to see what I was up too down below. He stood there and watched me for some time. After a little while the other puffin came in for a landing and they just both stood there watching me until a huge raven came by and flushed them out. I was really excited to finally see some puffins this close.
Photo captured on Canon 30D, Canon 300mm lens, 1.4X TC on SanDisk digital film.

Byron Glacier

Well I got back in Alaska last night and thought I would post a shot that I took last night while i was driving around. Julia and I hiked back to this glacier back in May, but there was a bunch of snow on the ground, and not much else to look at. Canon 30D, canon 17-40mm lens and SanDisk digital film.