Mount Drum photos, Wrangell St. Elias National Park, Alaska.
Hey Folks,
So here’s Mount Drum at 4:40am. A far better sight than I am at that time in the morning, trust me!
I got up and headed out early, but not early enough to catch the color in the sky around 4:15 - the clouds glowed a fiery pink, and I was still putting layer after layer of clothes on. It was pretty chilly this morning. I shot this photo of Mount Drum maybe 50 yards from out little kitchen - the unusually heavy rainfall left a number of small ponds and pondlets scattered across the high tundra, giving me something as a foreground for this photo.
I took a few quick compositions, then headed across the tundra for something else as a foreground, and it was amazing how much the light changed in a few short minutes.
Mount Drum is typically shot from the north face, or the southwest face - we were a little east of it here, and the high peak caught the morning rays nicely.
Cheers
Carl
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August 21st, 2008 at 3:58 pm
Great pictures, I love them. Alaska seems to be a very beautiful place. I am from Sweden and I love to take photos, but I don’t are good lik you and I just have a simple camera.
Have a nice day!
anki
August 21st, 2008 at 10:02 pm
Hey Anki
Thanks for the post, I appreciate it.I’m glad you enjoy the site - stick around!
Cheers
Carl
September 5th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
That’s gorgeous, Carl. Really nice!!
September 5th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
Hey Beth,
Thank you - I was lucky, the light was gorgeous for a few minutes there.
Cheers
Carl
September 11th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
That’s the infamous alpenglow that AK is famous for. Great capture of the early light Carl! I wonder how you manage to get out at 4.45am on a chilly morning like that. I like the cold weather to an extent, but good lord, I wonder how much of it I can handle up where you are at the mercy of the wind and rain gods :)..
Sai
September 13th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
Hey Sai,
Well, this year the weather was so dank I didn’t have to get up that early too much.
Cheers
Carl