Fishing boat at Ketchikan

FISHING BOAT IN APPROACH TO KETCHIKAN, ALASKA, JUNE 22, 2022
Pentax K-3

Sigma 18-250 at 73mm

1/500 sec. f8

ISO 400

Once in a while it's fun to return to the ten-year-old APS-C format Pentax K-3 and its lenses, which still give superb photo quality when the frame is left uncropped. A previous passing ship left wake "stripes" that make this photo more interesting than a completely flat sea would have.

Main drag of Skagway

MAIN STREET, SKAGWAY, ALASKA, JUNE 29, 2O22

Sony A7Riii

Sony 28-60 AT 60mm

1/1600 sec. f8

ISO 400

My new 28-60mm kit lens—the smallest and lightest one Sony makes—turned out to be a very good performer in this street shot in the Alaska town. I was pleased with its tack sharpness and vivid color rendition in the sunlight. The air was a bit hazy on this rare sunny day in June, but that didn't hurt the photo at all.

Perils of the WP&Y

ROUNDING A CORNER ON THE WHITE PASS & YUKON, JUNE 23, 2022

Sony A7Riii

Tamron 28-200 at 65mm

1/1000 f8

ISO 1600

Just before the train plunged into a tunnel, I leaned over a railing and caught this shot of the rear of our White Pass & Yukon narrow-gauge tourist train rounding a curve in the high mountains between Skagway in Alaska and Carcross in Yukon Territory.