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Our next day, we headed to Seward. On the drive across the countryside, the view was spectacular. The fall colors were glowing through the falling rain, the clouds hanging low over the mountains.

We made a stop at Mananuska Glacier Park. Here we were able to walk out on the glacier. In the distance, I noticed an area I wanted to get to and photograph. Three of us made it down to shoot that section of the glacier.

The following photos were taken from the area where the two people, in the above picture, are standing.

After spending a few minutes shooting, we headed back to the car and the rest of our group, and got back on the road. Going back across Turnagain Arm, it looked like we were going to have a chance for an incredible sunset. We pulled over quickly and I took off down the rocks toward the mud flats. Unfortunately, the sun dropped behind the clouds and didn’t light up the sky as we expected, however, the mud flats still created a beautiful view. As I was going through my pictures, I wondered how many people would never have seen the true beauty of the mud flats at sunset.

In Seward, we took the Kenai Fjords National Park tour. It was a 6 hour boat ride. The wind was blowing and picked up speed as we got out on the water. Unfortunately, we were unable to get into many of the normal areas, due to the high wind and waves. During our tour, we saw a glacier calving, Stellar Sea Lions, Puffin, Orca, and a Black Bear.

It's hard to realize how large a section of the glacier is falling from a photograph. As I was looking at this photo, I noticed that there is a bird in the photograph that helps with the scale. Can you find the bird in the photo?

Look close in the lower left section of the ice hitting the water (you can click on the bird to get a little bit larger view).

Sunrises in Seward were spent at Exit Glacier. I was able to photograph the glacier from two distinct viewpoints, the first at the base of the glacier and the second from a viewpoint looking over the top.

One afternoon, we headed out to photograph a couple of waterfalls in the Seward area and then began looking for wildlife.

Our trip almost over, we headed back to Anchorage. As we drove along Turnagain Arm, I noticed a beautiful waterfall. I called Mark on the radio and as I finished talking, I heard him talking about the waterfall. We had both noticed it as we drove by at 65mph. Our tour was officially over that evening, even though I was staying one extra day. I packed everything up in the suitcase and had it ready for the departure that evening. We checked our bags at the hotel and headed out for a few hours. I had expected to play tourist and tag along as some of the others enjoyed shopping. Plans changed and I found myself with a couple of hours so I headed back to the waterfall. Fortunately, Mark had kept his tripod out and offered to let me use it (Thank you, MARK)! Although there was a light rain coming down, I spent an hour or two photographing and just relaxing at the waterfall.

After meeting up with the rest of the group in Anchorage, we headed back out to Turnagain Arm to look for whales and let the other 2 shoot the waterfall a little more. Mark offered to let me use his tripod again, but I knew he wanted to shoot, and I had already had the opportunity, so I declined his offer. I decided to use my imagination a little bit and play with the multiple exposure setting on my camera. The shot before each one, is the single view. Both of these multiple exposure photographs are 9 exposures. For each shot, I zoomed and rotated the lens slightly.

Just before climbing back into the car, I turned around and took one last shot, ending the trip in approximately the same location that I had started my trip....at Turnagain Arm.

Our Alaska trip came to a close that evening as we were dropped off at the airport and said goodbye to the others, who had flights later that evening. It didn’t seem like it was possible that the trip was already over. I didn’t want to say goodbye to my good friend or to Alaska. On my 12 hour trip home, I thought about the wonderful moments the trip had to offer, the new friends I had made, the short but wonderful time I was able to spend with a very good friend, and I dreamed about my wonderful adventure in Alaska, with Lightchase Photography!