Jeff Engelhardt
Road Trippin'
Hello everyone! I got back from Alaska almost 5 days ago now and I'm just getting back to flickr. Had a number of things to get sorted out and quite a few pictures to go through. The road trip was wonderful, but unfortunately the photography wasn't. Put simply, though the golden "hour" in Alaska in June is wonderful (it goes from about 10pm - 6am) it's pretty hard to hit when you're driving for 12 or more hours a day and your place to rest is more than an hour away from any of your shooting spots.
So - between that and the incessant cloudiness of a few days - I didn't come out with a lot of real winners, but I did learn a lot for a return trip (and have tons of recommendations for anyone who wants to go up). I tend to like just being on the road, my companion was one of my best friends (my dad), and the country - despite the light not lending to favorable pictures - was beautiful, so I consider the trip a success.
The above shot was done with a (rented) 14mm sigma (on full frame) held above the car as we sped down the highway. I initially did it just as an experiment, but then when I saw the reflection in the windshield, I ended up taking about 50 of these shots trying to get just the right one.
Road Trippin'
Hello everyone! I got back from Alaska almost 5 days ago now and I'm just getting back to flickr. Had a number of things to get sorted out and quite a few pictures to go through. The road trip was wonderful, but unfortunately the photography wasn't. Put simply, though the golden "hour" in Alaska in June is wonderful (it goes from about 10pm - 6am) it's pretty hard to hit when you're driving for 12 or more hours a day and your place to rest is more than an hour away from any of your shooting spots.
So - between that and the incessant cloudiness of a few days - I didn't come out with a lot of real winners, but I did learn a lot for a return trip (and have tons of recommendations for anyone who wants to go up). I tend to like just being on the road, my companion was one of my best friends (my dad), and the country - despite the light not lending to favorable pictures - was beautiful, so I consider the trip a success.
The above shot was done with a (rented) 14mm sigma (on full frame) held above the car as we sped down the highway. I initially did it just as an experiment, but then when I saw the reflection in the windshield, I ended up taking about 50 of these shots trying to get just the right one.