Snowy mudflats

I spent the weekend in Anchorage. I sit on the board of Audubon Alaska which is, in my opinion, one of the most effective environmental groups working in the state. Their science-based conservation efforts are extraordinary, and worthy of support. Though the weekend was filled with all-day meetings, I did have the better part of Sunday afternoon to wander around downtown Anchorage. For a city, it is a very pleasant place. The downtown area is compact and walkable, with local shops, galleries, and restaurants. To the west of town lies the confluence of Turnagin Arm and Cook Inlet, where extensive mud flats, reach out away from the shoreline bluffs. The Tony Knowles Coastal Trail runs along the edge of the bluff, occasionally swinging down to the flats. On a bright afternoon after a snowy morning, it was a lovely place to walk. I didn’t carry much camera equipment with me on the trip, but I did have my handy Canon S95 point and shoot. I love that little camera, and wouldn’t have been able to make these images without it.

I exposed heavily to the right side of the histogram (snow is notorious for fooling cameras) and snapped a couple of images. The first image is a channel winding through the snow and ice covered mudflat, the second is rocks covered in a foot of lovely fresh snow. Converted the images to Black and White and processed them in Lightroom.

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