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Day 165, Being Cap’n Ahab, Part 3

Saturday, June 27, 2009

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, […]

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Day 165, Being Cap’n Ahab, Part 2

Saturday, June 27, 2009

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! […]

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Day 165, Being Cap’n Ahab, Part 1

Saturday, June 27, 2009

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 […]

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Day 164, off the Juneau Shore, Part 2

Thursday, June 25, 2009

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 […]

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Day 164, off of the Juneau Shore! Part 1

Thursday, June 25, 2009

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 […]

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Day 163, Part 2

Thursday, June 25, 2009

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 […]

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Day 163

Thursday, June 25, 2009

10 June, 2009.  Somewhere north of Ketchikan, Alaska… This flower was taken at the big Totem Pole Park they have in Ketchikan…still north of the city…The only thing I have done to it was resized it for 1440×960 Wallpaper! (1/1000, f5, 39mm, ISO 200) The rest of these are taken progressively farther north from Ketchikan.  […]

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Day 162, 11 June, 2009

Friday, June 19, 2009

Juneau, just opposite the Cruise ship dock. (1/200, f8, 135mm, ISO 400) (1/160, f8, 135mm, ISO 400) (1/200, f8, 135mm, ISO 400) (1/4000, f8, 135mm, ISO 400) ~Curtis in the Anchorage Airport! {!-{>

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Day 161, 10 June, 2009

Friday, June 19, 2009

3:53 am, approaching Ketchikan and sunrise!  This is out of our stateroom off the balcony.  Wallpaper sized! (1/60, f8, 56mm, ISO 400) ~Curtis in the Anchorage Airport! {!-{>

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Day 160 at sea!

Friday, June 19, 2009

Sunrise near Cracroft Island, Inside Passage, Vancouver Island.  Both of these are 1400×960 for easy wallpaper! (1/400, f8, 135mm, ISO 200, Canon 40D/28-135mm IS) (1/1250, f8, 47mm, ISO 200, Canon 40D/28-135mm IS) And the sunset out at sea later that day, around 10pm.  Both horizontal photos are sized for wallpaper! (1/4000, f8, 300mm, ISO 320, […]

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