Mt Drum

Ron Niebrugge May 4, 2009Alaska, Photos, Travel, Wrangell-St. Elias 13 Comments

Mt Drum, Wrangel-St. Elias National Park, Alaska.

Mt Drum, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Alaska.

I picked up a magazine assignment to photograph a fisherman in Cordova. I’m thrilled, because the timing perfectly correspondes with the amazing shorebird migration. We had a wonderful time here last year, but weren’t sure if we were going to return this year – this made that decision easy!

We normally travel to Cordova via the Alaska State Ferry from Whittier, but the road to Whittier was closed thanks to a landslide. This forced us to make the long drive around to Valdez just to catch the ferry. That’s ok, it is a beautiful drive! We timed it so that we would pass through Glennallen right at sunset Sunday night so the we could photograph the Wrangell Mountains. Sunset wasn’t anything special, but the mountains sure are!

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Jim Goldstein
May 4, 2009 at 10:25 pm

Stunning view Ron. I’d say the long drive was worth it. Even though I’ve seen it and have lived there, Alaska’s raw beauty always amazes me… such is the case with this photo.
Joe Weir
May 5, 2009 at 4:09 am

Is this from Simpson Hill?
Laurent
May 5, 2009 at 7:38 am

No doubt, Ron. This is a beautiful view. I’d love to visit Alaska some day, and you’re not helping that urge go away 🙂
Dennis Barton
May 5, 2009 at 7:54 am

Beautiful, stunning mountain scene Ron.
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Ron
May 5, 2009 at 8:25 am

Thanks a lot everyone!

Joe, yep, Simpson Hill.

Laurent, you need to visit Alaska!
Carl Donohue
May 5, 2009 at 2:38 pm

Hey Ron,

Dude – I was about a half mile from you, down river. And man, the Copper is FLYING!!! Was a nice evening, eh?

By the way, 2 ‘l’s in Wrangell. 🙂

Looks like I’ll miss you in Cordova, which is a bummer.

Cheers

Carl
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Ron
May 5, 2009 at 5:13 pm

Hey Carl,

I can’t believe you were a half mile away! The river is really roaring.

That is a bummer the reservations aren’t working out for Cordova!

Cheers,

Ron
Richard Wong
May 5, 2009 at 9:03 pm

Incredible Ron. The light is awesome!
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Ron
May 6, 2009 at 9:00 am

Thanks Richard!
Mark
May 7, 2009 at 3:52 am

Ron, you live in a truly amazing place – but I am sure you already know that.
alex
May 12, 2009 at 11:58 pm

Hi Ron
I too am interested different kind of photographs.
would you like to have backlink on my site.
Please reply me so that we can share backlinks.
Xiaobing Shan
May 13, 2009 at 1:35 pm

Amazing shot. Ron, how did you come up with such a shot? have you tried GND filter? if you do, which stop you use?
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Ron
May 14, 2009 at 9:07 am

I used a two stop hard edge GND filter in this image. Had there not been sun on the trees in the foreground, I would have gone to a 3 stop. Thanks!

Alex, I’m not sure how to do a backlink – I will check it out.

Ron

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