2010.10.03

Fireweed along Palmer Creek Road past Coeur D'Alene Creek, vicinity Hope, Alaska

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Taken September 18, 2010.  EXIF info:

Camera = Canon D30
# Exposure Time (1 / Shutter Speed) = 1/200 second ===> 0.005 second
# Lens F-Number / F-Stop = 56/10 ===> ƒ/5.6
# Exposure Program = landscape mode (8)
# ISO Speed Ratings = 250
# EXIF Version = 0221
# Original Date/Time = 2010:09:18 14:56:26
# Digitization Date/Time = 2010:09:18 14:56:26
# Components Configuration = 0x01,0x02,0x03,0x00 / YCbCr
# Shutter Speed Value (APEX) = 500948/65536
Shutter Speed (Exposure Time) = 1/200 second
# Aperture Value (APEX) = 325770/65536
Aperture = ƒ/5.6
# Exposure Bias (EV) = 0/3 ===> 0
# Metering Mode = pattern / multi-segment (5)
# Flash = Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode
# Focal Length = 154/1 mm ===> 154 mm

Alaska's fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) is usually "fuzzed out" by mid-September, meaning that the blooms are gone and the emptying seed pods make the plant look like wild cotton candy. Every so often, though, you'll spot a late-bloomer and the fleeting days of late summer in the Great Land come to life again.



David 

2010.09.30

Along Palmer Creek Road past Coeur D'Alene Creek, vicinity Hope, Alaska

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Taken September 18, 2010.  EXIF info:

Camera = Canon D30
# Exposure Time (1 / Shutter Speed) = 1/250 second ===> 0.004 second
# Lens F-Number / F-Stop = 56/10 ===> ƒ/5.6
# Exposure Program = landscape mode (8)
# ISO Speed Ratings = 250
# EXIF Version = 0221
# Original Date/Time = 2010:09:18 14:40:03
# Digitization Date/Time = 2010:09:18 14:40:03
# Components Configuration = 0x01,0x02,0x03,0x00 / YCbCr
# Shutter Speed Value (APEX) = 522046/65536
Shutter Speed (Exposure Time) = 1/250 second
# Aperture Value (APEX) = 325770/65536
Aperture = ƒ/5.6
# Exposure Bias (EV) = 0/3 ===> 0
# Metering Mode = pattern / multi-segment (5)
# Flash = Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode
# Focal Length = 218/1 mm ===> 218 mm

This snowfield to the east of the road made it through the summer. In a month, it will be buried under 10 feet/3 meters or more of new snowfall, and the cycle will start again.



David 

2010.09.26

Along Palmer Creek Road past Coeur D'Alene Creek, vicinity Hope, Alaska

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Taken September 18, 2010.  EXIF info:

Camera = Canon D30
# Exposure Time (1 / Shutter Speed) = 1/80 second ===> 0.0125 second
# Lens F-Number / F-Stop = 56/10 ===> ƒ/5.6
# Exposure Program = landscape mode (8)
# ISO Speed Ratings = 100
# EXIF Version = 0221
# Original Date/Time = 2010:09:18 15:56:54
# Digitization Date/Time = 2010:09:18 15:56:54
# Components Configuration = 0x01,0x02,0x03,0x00 / YCbCr
# Shutter Speed Value (APEX) = 414314/65536
Shutter Speed (Exposure Time) = 1/80 second
# Aperture Value (APEX) = 325770/65536
Aperture = ƒ/5.6
# Exposure Bias (EV) = 0/3 ===> 0
# Metering Mode = pattern / multi-segment (5)

We had driven almost to the end of the road when these birch trees caught my eye.  Fall has been glorious up here this year but, as this is posted a weekend later, it's over.



David