Beach Grass Abstracts

Two additional images from the walk on the beach.

Simplicity

Beach sea grass on sand.

The simple lines in the sand made for an interesting abstractions.

Fallen

Fallen tree along the Chena River in Fairbanks, Alaska.  This is the normal winter water level, but by the late spring thaw the river will be up to the top of the bank.

White Wall

Looking at the side of an old River boat stern wheeler.  The door and windows with circles and lines attracted my eye to for this composition.

Reed Reflections and Quiet Water

A windless day with quiet water made for some very nice reed reflection abstracts.

Winter branches

Tree branches and frost against the cloudy sky.

Window Peeling

Peeling window covering on the side of an old river boat.

Frosted Limbs Detail

Detail of the frosted limbs.  Ice radiates from the top of the limbs and forms an interesting line against the sky.

Minimalism

Door and windows on the side of an old sternwheeler.

Frost blooms from the tree branches creating a wonderful glow around the limbs.  The magic of winter in the arctic.

Frosted Limbs

Winter frost and snow coat the trees with a fine layer of delicate crystals.  As winter continues and temperatures continue to fall, the coating becomes more enveloping.  It is truly a magical sight to see along with great a great subject to photograph.

Fallen Tree

Fallen tree along the Chena River in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Winter Tree

Snow has finely arrived in the arctic and the trees glisten with the new covering.

Winter River

Winter river scene along the Chena River in Fairbanks, Alaska.  This last summer the river spent most of the summer over the top bank.

Sun Dog

Arctic Sun dog.  The sun makes it brief appearance in the southern sky forming this natural wonder.

Ice circles.  Exploring along the rivers edge for ice patterns lead to this little gem.

Ice Pattern Lines and Circles

Ice lines chasing circles.  I enjoy these abstracted forms in the ice alone the edge of the Chena River in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Ice Patterns 2

Little ice bells frozen in the edge ice along the river.

Ice Patterns and Lines

The interesting ice patterns from the morning spent along the river.

Ice Patterns and Frozen Bubbles

Ice along the Chena River in Fairbanks, Alaska.  For me it has the feeling of looking into deep space, at the galaxies that exist near the event horizon.

Ice Patterns

It is wondrous to look at the details mother nature provides in the fleeting time the ice forms for but a brief moment only to surrender to the days warmth and to reform again in another pattern.  No two patterns will ever be the same.

Ice Eyes

Winters patterns have returned to the interior of Alaska.  The ice patterns from with the over night temperatures dipping down to the low teens make for wonderful ice studies in the morning light.

A sure sign of winter.  The small bodies of water are showing the ice patterns as the temperatures continue to drop in our northern latitude.  Soon the the ice will cover the lakes and rivers, then for a brief amount of time before the snow comes the ice patterns on the surface of the ponds will be a journey into the wonderful world of patterns.

Mud patterns in the river bed as the summer water recedes with the approach of winter.  The light plays across the ridges highlighting the swirls of mud.  One of my favorite places to explore and photograph is coming back with the receding of the water on the Tanana River in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Reed Angles

Fall has ebbed, the leaves have gone to ground and winter is close to altering the landscape with its winter blanket.  The water will soon freeze and snow will coat the landscape giving a new look to the land.  The reeds have died and dried collapsed over to form interesting angles in the ponds.

Reeds and Ripples

Reeds and ripples.  The quietness reaches out and begs to be noticed.

2014 PX3 Silver Medal Award

Received a Silver Medal Award for the water reflection image at PX3 2014.

Adventures in the wetlands, reed reflections.

Reed Reflections

Visual abstraction of reeds reflecting in water.

Reed reflections from a small lake near Fairbanks Alaska.

Oregon Coast

Along the Oregon coast.

Overpass

Under the Overpass.

Looking back in the file archive. Ice Stars

Looked back through the image files of ice and found another little gem.  Looking through the old files for images passed over for not good enough is a good practice to save them from obscurity.

Igloo Hotel

Igloo Hotel along the Parks Highway between Anchorage and Fairbanks Alaska.  I'm not sure if the place every opened for business, but I understand that it is for sale.

Delicate Ice Patterns

Long lines of ice patterns and little ice bubbles.  Spring has come to the interior of Alaska, the snow is almost gone and the night temps. are barely getting below freezing so the spring ice patterns have gone for the summer.

Small Wonders

Ice Patterns in a small puddle.  It is a wondrous world the exist in environment when we take the time to look in the most simplest of places.

Ice Abstraction

Ice Abstraction.  Looking through the view finder at these little worlds reminds me of looking into another universe.

Ice Patterns

Ice Trails.  The small frozen puddle yielded a wonderful image this morning.  There is only a few days left this spring to explore these little wonderful worlds as temperatures over night continue to climb to above freezing.

Ice Abstract

Ice abstract.  The ice patterns in the early mornings continue to bloom from the over night freezing temperatures.

Ice Pattern Abstract

Ice Patterns from Easter morning.

Ice Patterns

The freeze and thaw cycle continues and each morning I awake to go out and explore the new patterns that have been created over night.

The mornings are remaining below freezing for great ice pattern formation.  It is a great time to be out making images as it is very quiet and peaceful.

Ice Patterns

Spring has arrived in the interior of Alaska.  Temperatures during the day are melting the winters cover and creating pools of water that freeze over night to reveal a wonderful arrangement of ice patterns.  These only last a few hours as the sun warms the landscape and returns the ice to liquid form.  Each day for the next few weeks the mornings will spent wandering amongst the small puddles looking for interesting ice patterns.

From a series of old cars in the woods.  Made with my Chamonix 7x17 Ultra Large Format camera.  When I came upon this car it started me thinking about what we will leave behind as a society that future civilizations will find and study.

Denali from Wonder Lake

Wonder Lake and Denali in the background.  Made with the Chamonix 7x17 ULF camera.  I made this exposure the last day the park road was open during the fall permit drive in.

Leaning Trees

Leaning Trees made with my Chamonix 7x17 ultra large format camera.  Creamers Field Nature Trail in Fairbanks Alaska.