Rocky Grotto

Larry, I like the elements here, and this seems to be a very impressive place. I think the image would be more effective if there had been more water flowing in the waterfall, which is not a criticism of your photographic abilities but of your ability to conjure up a torrent at will.

Randy,
Thanks for your observations.
We had to wait 2 days before ascending up the canyon to to high water conditions.

It had rained for several days and there was plenty of runoff. So we "conjured" for less water--got our wish.
With all the rocks the runoff is high percentage and it quickly comes up and goes down on flow.

The canyon has very steep edges in places and above a certain water level it difficult to negotiate.

This is the realm of Dall sheep, not the realm of normal humans, if you catch the drift...
the fisch

Looks even better on my home computer monitor, which has a better contrast range; so areas on some rocks no longer look blown out.

I can see how a place like this could be very dangerous with a heavy water flow.

Randy,
According to my histogram there was nothing "blown".
There was an astonishing array of colored rocks all over this area. Some were snow white.
I took several photos of such rocks and will post them here.
I even brought some back for my wife to make a collage.
This photo is not really representative but might give you and idea.
The geology of the region is very old and a lot of layers have been exposed.
the fisch

Yeah, that's what I was saying. The monitor at work is crappy and can display only a narrow range of contrast values, which means that it will show hot spots that aren't hot and will blow out spots that aren't blown out.

Alaska is one of those places I would love to visit some day but probably never will. I'm glad to see stuff from people who have made it up there and share what they bring back.