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Revisiting old photos like this one from 2017.
Katmai National Park and Preserve is on a peninsula in southern Alaska. Its wild landscapes span tundra, forests, lakes and mountains. The park is known for the many brown bears that are drawn to the abundant salmon in Brooks Falls.
Naknek Lake is a lake in southern Alaska, near the base of the Alaska Peninsula. Located in Katmai National Park and Preserve, the lake is 40 miles long and three to eight miles wide, the largest lake in the park. The lake drains west into Bristol Bay through the Naknek River.
A view looking to the northeast on a rise while hiking up the side of Dumpling Mountain one early afternoon in Katmai National Park. Off in the distance is Naknek Lake and peaks of Mount La Gorce and Mount Katolinat. I did some initial post-processing work making adjustments to contrast, brightness and saturation while playing around as I learned how to work with DxO PhotoLab 3. I then exported a TIFF image to Silver Efex Pro 2 and performed a conversion to black & white, where I made some adjustments to color filters to bring out a much richer tonal contrast for the final image.
Katmai National Park, is a remote area of Alaska, not connected to any towns by roads and is accessible only by air or boat. The main reason we go is to photograph the brown bears. I also enjoy photographing the float planes as they land and take off on the water. Hard to find the data on the number of day visitors that come each day but do not stay overnight. I estimated on any given day 150 to 350 people travel in and out each day.
I enjoy walking the concourse of this open airport, watch the planes pull into to the gates and the passengers depart or board. There is usually a greeting committee on the shoreline.
Brooks Lodge is situated at the mouth of the Brooks River and the shore of Naknek Lake. Katmai National Park, is a remote area of Alaska accessible only by air or boat. Most visitors to Katmai National Park & Preserve use air taxi flights, float planes, from Anchorage, Dillingham, Homer, King Salmon, Kodiak, and other nearby Alaska towns and villages.
The main reason we go is to photograph the brown bears. I also enjoy photographing the float planes as they land and take off on the water. Hard to find the data on the number of day visitors that come each day but do not stay overnight. I estimated on any given day 150 to 350 people travel in and out each day.
I enjoy walking the concourse of this open airport, watch the planes pull into to the gates and the passengers depart or board. There is usually a greeting committee on the shoreline.
Brooks Lodge is situated at the mouth of the Brooks River and the shore of Naknek Lake. Katmai National Park, is a remote area of Alaska accessible only by air or boat. Most visitors to Katmai National Park & Preserve use air taxi flights, float planes, from Anchorage, Dillingham, Homer, King Salmon, Kodiak, and other nearby Alaska towns and villages.
