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Charlie Shugart
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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Alcan Highway- Mirror Lake

On a day when it earned its name.
In the Yukon near the throbbing metropolis of Beaver Creek


	Charlie Shugart 2013

Mirror Lake- Yukon

Jun 04, 2013 at 10:46 PM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Alcan Highway- Mirror Lake

Interesting place - reminds of a place in Jasper for some reason.

Jun 05, 2013 at 01:24 PM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Alcan Highway- Mirror Lake

JameelH wrote:
Interesting place - reminds of a place in Jasper for some reason.

Thanks for commenting, Jamee.
It may look similar to Jasper- but this "lake" is very shallow... so much that it's probably not even a lake- but rather a very large pond.
Charlie

Jun 05, 2013 at 09:40 PM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Alcan Highway- Mirror Lake

great reflections, and great layering in the landscape beyond, I really like those elements..the brush on the right is a bit distracting.

Jun 05, 2013 at 10:09 PM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Alcan Highway- Mirror Lake

Great shot Charlie! Looks well balance to my eyes.

Jun 05, 2013 at 10:44 PM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Alcan Highway- Mirror Lake

My favorite of all your pictures I have seen

Jun 05, 2013 at 11:35 PM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Alcan Highway- Mirror Lake

Thanks Travis, Fred and SS.
Funny about this image. The color scan stunk. So I converted to B&W and it seemed to work much better.
Maybe I should intentionally screw up more scans and then convert them?

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About the brush on the lower right... obviously a matter of individual preference. My thinking at the time was that it helped give a little 3-D feeling of depth to the shot.
Charlie

Jun 06, 2013 at 12:30 PM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Alcan Highway- Mirror Lake

Charile,
For some reason I feel like I "saw" that pond while on the Alcan, but it was frozen over.
There were more than one shallow/fozen lakes along the way

Dan

Jun 06, 2013 at 05:48 PM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Alcan Highway- Mirror Lake

Nice photo in B&W. A road trip on the Alcan highway is on my bucket list.

Jun 06, 2013 at 05:53 PM

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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Alcan Highway- Mirror Lake

Beautiful image Charlie. The water and clouds and curving shoreline come together very harmoniously and the composition works well in B/W.

Jun 07, 2013 at 06:43 AM

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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · Alcan Highway- Mirror Lake

Nice shot Charlie...I've been curious what film camera you've been using. I occasionally break out the MF but haven't done so in awhile. Looking at your shots make me want to take it with me on some of my less stressful trips.

Jun 07, 2013 at 02:17 PM

Charlie Shugart
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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · Alcan Highway- Mirror Lake

Thanks, guys.
There are many similar "ponds/lakes" along the length of the Alaska Highway.
There were many more before they finally paved the Canadian section of it- and that was mostly when I traveled the wilderness road.
This pond/lake was up near the Alaska border- about 20-30 miles south of Beaver Creek community, and a few feet away from the road- on the west side.
The Alcan may be paved now (a good thing- trust me), but it's still an adventure highway through the wilderness.
My basic scenery-shooting gear was/is: two very old Canon A series film bodies- one with a 24mm-70mm zoom, and the other with a 70mm-210mm zoom (both zooms were Vivitar Series-1). I always used "manual" operation.
I also used a newer Canon with a 400mm non-zoom for wildlife shooting. I used the motor drive and auto everything because of the time factor shooting animals.
Slide film for everything- mostly Kodachrome 64 or Ektachrome VS100.
Charlie

Jun 07, 2013 at 02:53 PM

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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · Alcan Highway- Mirror Lake

That is a wonderful shot Charlie........neat to see the clouds in the sky at a distance and also see them in heavy contrast in the foreground. Wonderful depth, a great B&W of a stunning location buddy!

Karl

Jun 07, 2013 at 08:05 PM


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