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Winter Solstice, Anaktuvak Pass, Arctic Circle
Posted by dj.tigersprout (New York City, United States) on 16 October 2009 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.
i know, i know -- 2 shots in a row!!! holy dang! ;) i don't know what has come over me... but it has gotten VERY cold outside these last few days... so i am staying in a bit more... which may mean i start posting a bit more -- but it is way too early to tell... :P
lol.
a shot from my 2007 winter escapade to the arctic circle. i am standing on an icy ledge above the eskimo / inuit town (behind me) looking south as the thin light slowly bleeds from the sky... the 18 hour night is soon to begin.
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Marion from Nanaimo, BC, Canada
There you are out all alone in the vast beautiful wilderness, your favorite place to be. This is gorgeous and really enhanced by the circle that it is captured in.
16 Oct 2009 5:46am
@Marion: thanks very much Marion!!! :)
Mirko Herzner from Germany
Back with shots from this wonderful trip? :-) Amazing sky and light. This picture screams "Solitude" to me...
16 Oct 2009 6:05am
@Mirko Herzner: yes indeed -- it was a lonely trip -- but the good kind of lonely, the introspective side... :) thanks Mirko!
callemie from Belgium
o Jaycee you are spoiling us hihihihi
this is "as always" a geat shot
big hug
16 Oct 2009 6:06am
@callemie: thanks Callemie!!! :) xoxox
@Seb!: thanks Seb!!! :)
k@ from Paris, France
Those colors are just gorgeous within that eye, you created a new planet !
16 Oct 2009 7:47am
@k@: yes -- it was like being on a totally different planet!!! thanks Karine, well spoken!!! ;)
Mike from Lichfield, United Kingdom
Breathtaking! It must be lovely to be so far detached from the built up civilisation that we're used to.
16 Oct 2009 7:58am
@Mike: indeed!!! :) thanks Mike!
grouser from Ludlow, United Kingdom
Brrr back to the cold again. Me too. A drop of about 17 degrees from where I was yesterday.
Lovely light/colour here as always with these shots. Like the city stuff I missed especially the two interiors with the Calder mobile.
16 Oct 2009 9:58am
Paco Díaz from Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Wow, It seems really cold outside! Very good shot and color. I like the circular framing here.
16 Oct 2009 10:34am
Steven from Chicagoland, United States
An 18-hour night that I am sure brings bone-chilling temps! But this capture with colored sky beyond does a great job warming up this composition. What an expedition this must have been.
16 Oct 2009 1:46pm
@Steven: thanks Steven -- it was amazing! i need to do it again!
shoti from Everywhere in the, Philippines
oh my - - I hope one day I'll wake up inside a tent with snow outside. this is just wonderful JC. gave me(the viewer) the feeling of being in the scene itself :)
16 Oct 2009 2:07pm
@shoti: cheers mate!!!
MARIANA from Waterloo, Canada
Oh, one more from those breathtaking BLUE shots :)) Wonderful !
16 Oct 2009 2:12pm
@MARIANA: thanks Mariana!!
Monique from Koh Samui, Thailand
I guess it's not as cold in NY as in this photo :) Great shot, like looking through a telescope!
16 Oct 2009 2:25pm
@Monique: it has been cold here -- but not like this (thank goodness!) :) thanks Monique!
Aurore from Paris, France
As if we were arriving on a new planet seeing it throug the window of a starship. Wonderful colors !!!!
16 Oct 2009 2:26pm
@Aurore: thanks Aurore!!
Ivar from Indianapolis, United States
Great landscape... what a scenery. You have captured the light very nice here.
16 Oct 2009 2:58pm
grant from kansas city, United States
"holy dang" is right! what an amazing shot. it really looks like the edge of the world.
16 Oct 2009 3:12pm
@grant: i think it is something like 400 miles to land's end -- Barrow, Alaska on the Arctic Sea!!! :D thanks Grant!
António Pires from Lisbon, Portugal
That was a truly expedition . What a story with incredible photos.
16 Oct 2009 3:34pm
@António Pires: cheers Antonio!!!
Mike observing from Shell village, United Kingdom
Hi dj... :) fabulous image, I can feel the coldness.
16 Oct 2009 4:35pm
Bishop from Houston, United States
Great vista... I'd like to visit someday. So the edges... are you shooting through a porthole or something? :)
16 Oct 2009 5:03pm
@Bishop: hello Bishop! thanks for the visit and comment -- sorry for the late reply. i was shooting through a fish eye lens! cheers!
Reno from Madrid, Spain
"FANTASTIC" view! It had to be a great experience to see Alaska. I like this tone (i imaging that it's for the special ligth in the pole).
16 Oct 2009 5:04pm
@Reno: gracias amigo!!
Francesc B. from région parisienne, France
Brrrrrr... yes arctic (or black) circle, lol.
Beautiful and very cold view.
16 Oct 2009 5:27pm
@Francesc B.: thanks Francesc!!
@manel: yes yes -- unforgetable!!! :)
NADINE DERUYCK from KLUISBERGEN, Belgium
wow , waw , wow, wow , waw !!!!!!!
you surprise me every time !!!!!!!!
16 Oct 2009 6:00pm
@NADINE DERUYCK: thanks Nadine! x
Brandon Crain from Springfield, United States
I'm a sucker for Fisheye photography, this is brilliat! Love it.
16 Oct 2009 6:04pm
@Brandon Crain: thanks for the visit and the comment Brandon!!! :)
@JamesC: lol -- yes -- luckily i was very well dressed... still i prefer more temperate climates!
MadScientist from Düsseldorf, Germany
A look into a crystal ball, showing a white wonderland! Amazing shot!
16 Oct 2009 10:11pm
@MadScientist: thanks Manfred!!! too bad i couldn't have jumped inside the camera when i was cold!!! ;)
@Steve Rice: thanks Steve!
Howard F. from South Pasadena, Calif., United States
I like this. I can totally understand the freezing weather outside as you take a peek outside from your tent, ha! Nice fisheye shot.
16 Oct 2009 11:18pm
@Howard F.: lol -- someone else mentioned a Hummer -- that would have been just awesome, jumping in and out of that -- talk about staying safe and warm!! ;)
akarui from Kagoshima, Japan
Very cold I am pretty sure but nice light. Beautifully taken with the fish eye lens.
17 Oct 2009 12:36am
@akarui: thanks Olivier!
Zing from Hamilton, New Zealand
Incredible landscape, looks sooooo cold. Great framing!
17 Oct 2009 1:11am
@Zing: thanks mate!
@Onlymehdi: thanks Mehdi!!
bluechameleon from Vancouver, Canada
This is just stunning! The cold is surely felt in this shot, the night so beautiful and more like twilight. One can only imagine. I love your shots from this trip Jaycee :)
17 Oct 2009 1:53am
@bluechameleon: thanks heaps BC!!! i am running out -- i need to make a return!! :)
Magda from Vancouver, Canada
Well, let's not spoil this and keep on posting! (grin)
The tones are absolutely magnificent! Beautiful! Stay warm! :)
17 Oct 2009 2:19am
@Magda: thanks Magda!!
Fred from Manila, Philippines
I sincerely hope I can go to places like this someday. In places where the living conditions are extreme. I'm sure it'll be hard but it'll be unforgettable. Good job with your tones here sir! You made it look like we're part of that scene. And I can feel the cold temperature from here! Nice!
17 Oct 2009 5:38am
@Fred: thanks for the visit and comment Fred!!! :)
Daryl Johnson from Farnham, United Kingdom
Another spectacular landscape. I feel at the mercy of nature when I look at this...
17 Oct 2009 9:44am
Florence from Paris, France
My fav traveller always offers terrific view of unknown scapes and countries (as far as I'm concerned). It's so enjoyable to go round the world by your side.
17 Oct 2009 12:04pm
@Florence: thanks Florence!!! :)
Ken from United States
Chillingly cool! It actually snowed a little in Chicago today!
17 Oct 2009 4:21pm
@Ken: oh yeah? lucky you! i wonder when we will have our first snow... i say late november!
Claudia from Lisbon, Portugal
Thks for the comment :)
And this picture is beautiful, congratulations.
17 Oct 2009 4:31pm
Stephen Phillips from San Francisco, United States
Well - personally, Jaycee - I'm glad to have the cold drive you back to us! Such a fitting image. Are we getting a little 'Back to the Future' ?
17 Oct 2009 5:36pm
@Stephen Phillips: hello Stephen!!! :) hmm... well maybe? lol.
Laurent from Lyon, France
a picture that seems to come from another world.
Well you say that it is a bit chilly at the moment, but I guess that when you look at this picture the today's weather may seems a bit warmer.
17 Oct 2009 8:07pm
@Laurent: lol -- yes, hopefully for everyone on am3, the weather should be much warmer at this moment!!! thanks Laurent!
Twelvebit from Victoria, United States
Stark sci-fi landscape. Is this shot out a window?
18 Oct 2009 5:06pm
@Twelvebit: thanks mate -- fish eye lens -- but otherwise 100% vulnerable to the wicked elements!!! ;)
Evelyne Dubos from Le Mans, France
It's cold here also... :-) Beautiful nordic landscape and winter sky.
18 Oct 2009 10:12pm
@Evelyne Dubos: thanks Eveylne!
PD from Overland Park, Kansas, United States
This is a really great shot -- I like the sky& clouds as well as the starkness of the snow
19 Oct 2009 2:09am
@PD: thanks Paul!
DarkElf from Perth, Australia
brilliant! such a cold and may be not so much empty but clear and lonely place... i like the vignetting as it almost make me feel as though i am looking at this landscape through binoculars... i have to say i have enjoyed all your Arctic photos - amazing!
19 Oct 2009 2:14am
@DarkElf: cheers heaps Maciek!!!
Elaine- from Canada
la bella luna!! :) i love the robin's egg blue snow!! i used to have my living room painted that color :) really great shot my friend, and i do hope you start posting more!!! xoxoxooxoxooxxoxoxxoxox
19 Oct 2009 4:07am
@Elaine-: ooh yes -- paint your room this color -- it would be awesome!!! just turn the heater on too!! ;) kisses to you darling!!! xoxoxoxo
Brian Chen from Seattle, WA, United States
WOW that must have been a cool place to go. I feel cold just looking at this photo.
19 Oct 2009 6:41am
@Brian Chen: it was BRILLIANT... and simply FREEZING... (but brilliant!!) :)
@Tammy-Cricket: thanks Tammy!!! :) x
Canon EOS REBEL XT
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ISO 100
18 mm
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