Sunset on the Chitina

Awesome!!

this is very nice Doug, a real sense of adventure with this big vista. The highlights are wonderful.

What a view! Very nice indeed.

Works beautifully Doug! The lighting on the ripples really draws you into the picture and the surrounding moutains. Well done!

Spectacular view Doug,
It works great and the aerial view lends some beautiful shapes and forms. Love the ribbons of rivers below.
great job

what a delicate network of river arms! the comp has a great flow too! super.
verena

doug, i love the scale of this with the leading lines. works for me!

PRetty well stunning to my eye

I thought I recognized an Alaskan photo.
Seems that most of the bigger rivers have a similarity. Reminded me of the Delta River from the air.
This is a great capture through an aircraft window!
I like the meanders heading towards the sun, the texture of the skyline and the contrast of the entire photo.
the fisch

I thought I recognized an Alaskan photo.
Seems that most of the bigger rivers have a similarity. Reminded me of the Delta River from the air.
This is a great capture through an aircraft window!
I like the meanders heading towards the sun, the texture of the skyline and the contrast of the entire photo.
the fisch

This is outstanding on its own, but taken on an aerial flight really sends this over the top.
Works just fine for me as is. The minimal 'development' is just right.

Very nicely done. I'm not sure what processing you would need to do to bring this one home. Perhaps brightening the water would reall make those patterns sing, but otherwise it looks great.

Really, really nice. The meandering river looks like an unfurling ball of string.

This appears to be a minority opinion, so I'd take it with a large grain of salt, but I'd like to see a hair more detail brought out of the lower left-hand quadrant. Not much--just a little bit.

Very nice how you used the river to take your eye through the image. Fabulous!

Wow Doug, I like the sun lit river streams. Beautiful!

THis is neat. Almost looks like wisps of smoke.

This is simply epic Doug, to experience this in person must have been quite a spectacle.
The light, the depth, and especially that braided river make his a stellar shot. Hope you printed this big and hung it proudly!

Hey Doug,

Awesome - that's the Chitina River, though, not the Nizina. :) The river disappears around the back of McColl Ridge, and the Nizina runs into it further downstream. Mt Blackburn is the grand peak in the upper right corner of the frame.

Re, Tony' K's comments -- Ironically, most of the lower half of this river WAS on fire earlier in the summer, and the fires didn't really die down until late August - so there may well be some smoke drifting up there.

Cheers

Carl

This works perfect for me, what an amazing shot.

Thanks folks.
Thank you Carl for the correction - welcome back!

Sweet, sweet shot!

Fantastic Doug. Your image gives one a sense of the vastness of the valleys and braided rivers of Alaska better than any image I've ever seen. Spectacular.