Yukon Landscapes – Black and White
I have recently been reviewing (and cleaning up) some photos from a trip taken a number of years ago. It was June of 1993 when we set off driving from Edmonton to the Yukon and Alaska. In this post I feature 5 landscape photos taken on the way back. I don’t remember exactly where each of these were taken – most likely in southern Yukon but possibly southeast Alaska or northern British Columbia.
These photos were all shot on color slide film then scanned and digitized a few years ago. That process did not yield great results but after a bit of work with Lightroom I have achieved some images that are presentable. Black and white digital processing seemed particularly suited to these landscapes:
Around the Bend With Rapids
Black and White Road
Cloud Build-up
Rock in the River
Trees on a Rocky Bank
December Magic (part 2)
More magical long exposure photos from the dark days of December:
Blue Path Purple Sky
Path on the Edge
Lights into the Bend
Bus Shelter
Into the Winter Night
See December Magic (part 1) for more similar images.
December Magic (part 1)
The Kate Bush song “December Will be Magic Again” comes to my mind every year around this time. While the darkness in the northern hemisphere in December would seem to be a major deterent to photography it does open a door to a magical world.
I am torn between shooting at 1600 ISO and a wide aperture for low light handheld photography or giving in to the darkness and shooting at 100 ISO with an exposure of a couple of seconds, completely abandoning any attempt to stabilize the camera for a “clear” image. In fact when I go to such slow shutter speeds I will deliberately move the camera during the exposure to create magic!
Moon Dance
Sparkling Blue
Candy Cane Light
Green Post
Castle
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