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Day 4 & 5 - Sitka Workshop with Marc Muench & Andy Williams
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Day 4 and 5 in Sitka are combined, due to weather. For an area known for it rainfall, we had been very lucky.
White fluffy clouds that seemed to move across the sky at the speed of light, sunshine, or completely cloudy....
a great de fusser. But day 4 was looking ominous from the start. That morning we were scheduled and went
to Sitka National Historical Park located in a 113 acre park in a temperate rain forest along the sea coast.
Numerous totem poles are scattered through the park, carved by the Tlingit Indians, who seemed to have a lot of political power in Sitka.
Marc Muench gave us an instructional on fill lighting, and I have numerous pictures practicing, but none I want to show.
The flashes were set off wirelessly from transmitters on our cameras and everyone seemed to be on the same channel as we were setting others flash off. :rofl
Well, it started to rain hard, but the canopy of the forest seemed to minimize everything to a drizzle.
That is, for a few of us, as others sought shelter. Dan took this picture.:clap
As the intensity of the rain increased, I found myself seeking shelter, not back at “our meeting place”, but under deeper canopy
in the forest. I met this mushroom.
The rain continued and we finally had to give it up We all got in the van and traveled on what seemed
endless back roads, until we got to the fish hatchery, where we spent the next few hours. If you haven’t visited
Alaska Salmon’s Date with Destiny, please feel free to do so.
Afterwards, the day was a day of rest and catching up on photo organization.
That night we were treated to a great surprise. Captn Dan
and his wife, Janet, invited use to their home in Sitka for an Alaskan King Crab dinner.
This is a picture of the fabulous h’orderves spread. I’m sorry I didn’t take any photos of the King Crab.
I think I ate 2 of them.
Smoked Salmon was just one of the many h’orderves.
AGAIN, THANK YOU DAN AND JANET!
The next (and last) morning, I went out early and walked the docks and some of the town.
Only those in the group know where this was taken.
The Russian influence on the town seemed as important as the Indian influence.
In the center of town, was a Russian Orthodox Church. Although I could not see
Russia from my house, (I mean motel), Russians were the 1st foreigners in the area.
(Note the time on the clock.....this is rush hour on a weekday.)
After breakfast, we went back to the historical park to “redo” the totem poles.
I focused on the mushroom, although that thing at the very top middle is alive.
Fill flash helped this totem.
That's it for the totems!
Bogs! I never would have associated bogs with Alaska. Vegetation grows and dies on top of each other year after year.
It feels like walking on a sponge, and, in fact, that’s what it is. Thus the numerous water ponds.
Late that afternoon, we began our journey up Harbor Mountain, for what we hope might be some sunset shots.
This and the next shot were taken along the costal road before we began our ascent.
About half way up the mountain, we stopped and Captn Dan picked some berries....
....and we had this view!
We continued to climb the mountain, and came upon this ‘out of this world” view.
And this view!
At the mountain’s edge, the clouds gathered, parted, and gathered continuously as the sun set.
Our view is Mount Edgecumbe, a dorment volcano, on the edge of the Gulf of Alaska.
Then a final reflective burst of light!
This was a wonderful adventure, and I enjoyed sharing it.
Click here, for those of you who missed Day 1, Day 2, and/or Day 3.
White fluffy clouds that seemed to move across the sky at the speed of light, sunshine, or completely cloudy....
a great de fusser. But day 4 was looking ominous from the start. That morning we were scheduled and went
to Sitka National Historical Park located in a 113 acre park in a temperate rain forest along the sea coast.
Numerous totem poles are scattered through the park, carved by the Tlingit Indians, who seemed to have a lot of political power in Sitka.
Marc Muench gave us an instructional on fill lighting, and I have numerous pictures practicing, but none I want to show.
The flashes were set off wirelessly from transmitters on our cameras and everyone seemed to be on the same channel as we were setting others flash off. :rofl
Well, it started to rain hard, but the canopy of the forest seemed to minimize everything to a drizzle.
That is, for a few of us, as others sought shelter. Dan took this picture.:clap
As the intensity of the rain increased, I found myself seeking shelter, not back at “our meeting place”, but under deeper canopy
in the forest. I met this mushroom.
The rain continued and we finally had to give it up We all got in the van and traveled on what seemed
endless back roads, until we got to the fish hatchery, where we spent the next few hours. If you haven’t visited
Alaska Salmon’s Date with Destiny, please feel free to do so.
Afterwards, the day was a day of rest and catching up on photo organization.
That night we were treated to a great surprise. Captn Dan
and his wife, Janet, invited use to their home in Sitka for an Alaskan King Crab dinner.
This is a picture of the fabulous h’orderves spread. I’m sorry I didn’t take any photos of the King Crab.
I think I ate 2 of them.
Smoked Salmon was just one of the many h’orderves.
AGAIN, THANK YOU DAN AND JANET!
The next (and last) morning, I went out early and walked the docks and some of the town.
Only those in the group know where this was taken.
The Russian influence on the town seemed as important as the Indian influence.
In the center of town, was a Russian Orthodox Church. Although I could not see
Russia from my house, (I mean motel), Russians were the 1st foreigners in the area.
(Note the time on the clock.....this is rush hour on a weekday.)
After breakfast, we went back to the historical park to “redo” the totem poles.
I focused on the mushroom, although that thing at the very top middle is alive.
Fill flash helped this totem.
That's it for the totems!
Bogs! I never would have associated bogs with Alaska. Vegetation grows and dies on top of each other year after year.
It feels like walking on a sponge, and, in fact, that’s what it is. Thus the numerous water ponds.
Late that afternoon, we began our journey up Harbor Mountain, for what we hope might be some sunset shots.
This and the next shot were taken along the costal road before we began our ascent.
About half way up the mountain, we stopped and Captn Dan picked some berries....
....and we had this view!
We continued to climb the mountain, and came upon this ‘out of this world” view.
And this view!
At the mountain’s edge, the clouds gathered, parted, and gathered continuously as the sun set.
Our view is Mount Edgecumbe, a dorment volcano, on the edge of the Gulf of Alaska.
Then a final reflective burst of light!
This was a wonderful adventure, and I enjoyed sharing it.
Click here, for those of you who missed Day 1, Day 2, and/or Day 3.
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