Alaskan Range and fall colors
Sometimes I wonder if I will ever catch up on processing images. It seems lately I am jumping around between a lot of images from my “unprocessed” folders – from leaves, to Michigan landscapes, to bears, to Alaska scenics. Some of them many years old and nearly forgotten about. Here is another from Alaska. Given the dreary weather here in Michigan this weekend, it helped to be staring at a sunny day for awhile.
This image was captured using a Nikon D700 and Nikon 24-70 f2.8 AFS lens, processed in Adobe Lightroom 2 and Photoshop CS3. More Alaska landscapes in my gallery.
Visiting family here in Utah and Todd Graff told me about your website and blog. I have really enjoyed viewing your photos. My favorite so far is the birch tree taken from the ground looking up. You are very talented.
Thanks for the inspiration. Sherrill Graff [email protected]
Thank you for your visit and nice words. Always nice to hear from other Graf (f)’s!
Your Alaska photos keep me wanting to find a quicker way to visit there!
Similar to our prior discussion (a few years ago now) on letting photographs age before processing them and how that may change your view, I think we all have gotten overwhelmed by the ease of digital capture. My backlog grows as well…and I’m talking about the first pass processing. it’s always valuable to do a second pass through older photos to see what hidden gems live there (if we only had the time… 🙂 ).
Very true Greg. I think I need to find a quicker way back also. 🙂
Thanks a lot everyone.
Beautiful work (as always) 🙂 thanks for sharing it with us.
Beautiful, hon.
Refreshing conditions Mark. I hope there is some fall color when I’m there in August.
Hey Mark. The fall colors in AK continue to impress! I have always been a New England (Vermont) “Fall Color Snob,” but images I have seen of September, 2009 are making me a convert. I will be in AK in May, but I am sure I’ll return by land some day in September!
This is beautiful, Mark! I’m just a weekend shooter and I have tons of unprocessed images that I feel like I never have time to even look through. But as exciting as it is to go through them right when I get back from a trip, it is also sometimes nice to let them stew for a while before taking a more serious look. Occasionally that helps me see things that I wouldn’t have noticed before — since I’m one step removed from the excitement of the place, instead of just the character of the image itself.
I know what you mean about leaving so many images unprocessed. But then you find a shot like this among those ‘lost’ and its like discovering a treasure trove.
Mark, certainly a lovely photo. To my way of thinking it’s good to have things yet to do. The secret is not to stress out about those things still pending but to be happy and satisfied to get to each in its own time.
I think I would take a lot more photos if I didn’t have to process them. 🙂
Beautiful photo…
Fall color in Alaska is always stunning. You’ve captured it well. I would love to revisit to see this sort of scene. Beautiful work as always Mark!
Beautiful scenery.
I can identify with the feeling with the feeling of never catching up with work that hasn’t been of time. I am often caught up in so much work, if I don’t do the work that has to be done on time, it will be procastinated forever.
Wonderful image Mark, I sure know how you feel about wondering if you will ever get caught up! I seem to constantly be going back over old files. I have learned that what may not appeal to me 100% now may very well be just what I’m looking for in the future.
A few years now into my photography career and I have come to the conclusion I may never be “caught up”. But I have excepted that as a positive factor of this profession. And have learned that always having things to work on and projects to get done is one of the great things that continues to allow me to grow. I have stated before and truly believe that everyday should be an opportunity to learn and improve in the life we choose for ourselves. My images will never be “good enough” for me and I will never be “totally” caught up on things that need to get done. And with that I will always have opportunities to improve. I think it is one of the big reasons I love this craft of photography so much.
Sometimes the simple act of being out and surrounded by nature, being able to make it part of ones life on a regular basis could very will be “caught up enough”.
Beautiful scene and image but I am interested in the thought… going back through old images. That is something I very seldom do and that is probably unfortunate. I seem to have adopted a “breath in, breath out, move on” approach to image processing.
I make my images, come home and import them, selected the ones I “like” the most, process them, and move on. I should probably go back every once in a while myself!
Beautiful! You had perfect weather and peak colors – hard to beat. Are you coming back this Fall?
Ron
Sorry Ron, I just pulled your comment out of my spam que. For some reason it keep flagging you. 🙂 You aren’t trying to sell me some pills are you?
Anyway, to answer your question – I only wish I could come back this fall!
Yeah, I know what you mean. I’ve been spending the past two weeks going through 6 months of shots. Trying to boil them down to the ones that I will “officially” release on my website. It’s amazing how quickly that “unprocessed” folder can grow and grow!
Beautiful colourful scenery.
Beautiful Image, I have always wanted to go to Alaska, one of these days, it’s on my “to do” list, would love to go bear watching there too. 🙂