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Category Archives: Alaskan Cruise 2009!

Day 169, The Bird Series, Part 2

100%. (1/4000, f5.6, 180mm, ISO 400) Full image, unretouched. Retouched. ~Curtis in /\/\ontana! {!-{>

Day 168, The Bird Series, Part 1

I took some really clear bird shots on this whale Watching Tour. An unretouched closeup at 100% (actual resolution it was shot at). (1/5000, f5.6 165mm, ISO 400) The unretouched full image, resized to a convenient 1440×960. The retouched version. ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

Day 167

The Day in the Life of a Seal… (1/320, f5.6, 225mm, ISO 200, animated in JASC Animation shop) That is pretty much it for these guys.  They are the mateless males, all sunning themselves on these “haul out”rocks, wishing they at least got Monday Night Football so they could watch the beer ads… ~Curtis in […]

Day 166, off of Juneau’s Shore

(All of these photos from Day 164 until at least a couple more are from around Juneau, mainly from the Whale Watching tour we took…about three hours long.  Thankfully they didn’t have any boats named “Minnow”!) A change of pace from Whales, a Tern of some sort, I think: (1/1600, f8, 110mm, ISO 200) It […]

Day 165, Being Cap’n Ahab, Part 3

What?  More Whales???!!!  Humptee Backed Whales! (1/400, f8, 260mm, ISO 200) (1/320, f8, 300mm, ISO 200) (1/320, f8, 300mm, ISO 200) (1/320, f8, 300mm, ISO 200) The Classic Fluke!  In Wallpaper sized 1440×960, from here on out! (1/250, f8, 300mm, ISO 200) FLUKE!  FLUKE! (1/320, f8, 300mm, ISO 200) FLUKE!  FLUKE!  FLUKE! (1/320, f8, 300mm, […]

Day 165, Being Cap’n Ahab, Part 2

There blows another one! (1/500, f8, 135mm, ISO 200) (1/400, f8, 135mm, ISO 200) (1/400, f8, 150mm, ISO 200) (1/400, f8, 160mm, ISO 200) And the Top Whale Watching Thing to see is: FLUKE! This is the rare “Profile” fluke…from here out they are all Wallpaper sized 1440×960! (1/400, f8, 160mm, ISO 200) FLUKE!  FLUKE! […]

Day 165, Being Cap’n Ahab, Part 1

This is pretty close to what the boat we were on looked like.  They were just past the point where the Eagle was enthroned on his rock.  The skippers of all the wildlife/whale watching boats radio each other with reports of sitings, no matter which company they work for.  They know they are all in […]

Day 164, off the Juneau Shore, Part 2

After about an hour of cruising on the whale watching boat, we neared Lincoln Island and this wonderful lighthouse.  Click to enlarge, BACK to return.  These two are 1440×960, Wallpaper sized! (1/800, f8, 135mm, ISO 200) (1/640, f8, 300mm, ISO 200) Then we saw an eagle on the rocks of this nearby island. And with […]

Day 164, off of the Juneau Shore! Part 1

11 June, 2009.  We docked in Juneau early, then Leslee and I went Whale Watching!  I have already shown some of the Eagles that were in the trees across from our ship.  As always, click to enlarge, BACK to return. A strange woman out on my balcony… Dockside in Juneau! This is, according to our […]

Day 163, Part 2

This was the sunset as we rounded the southern end of Kuiu Islant, almost due West of Ketchikan.  This was the first cloud cover we saw, and it was gone later in the night…HA!  Night.  Right.  {!-{P (1/320, f8, 17mm, ISO 200, four images stitched together with MS ICE) The photo above was taken a […]