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Chris W

@mountainshots.bsky.social

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Daily landscape and nature photography. Currently in Alaska with a Fuji GFX50SII. My other car is a locomotive.

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Chris W @mountainshots.bsky.social · Nov 13

The Four Seasons- A year at my favorite Alaskan alpine lake.

(Ok, it took more like 2.5 years, but don't tell anyone 😅)

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Chris W @mountainshots.bsky.social · 20h

Whiskers of ice, and a mid-afternoon sunset.

A photo from an October 2023 cold snap that came on so fast it had the surface of Upper Dewey Lake looking like I'd never seen before :)

#alaska #landscapephotography #sunset #mountains

I took a series of photos here, with my Sony a7iii AND a Fuji X-Pro1. Halfway through, I realized that my boots were freezing into the edge of the lake 😅

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Chris W @mountainshots.bsky.social · 21h

Legendary Axe looked incredible in those initial US TG16 commercials.

Chris W @mountainshots.bsky.social · 1d

Autumn vibes at Lower Dewey Lake.
Skagway #alaska

The snow hasn't yet made its big move down, but it has definitely been cool and wet :)

#autumn #rainforest #photography

Birch leaves, strewn about on a forest trail

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Chris W @mountainshots.bsky.social · 2d

Never got the light I was hoping for 😭. This was about as close as it got-

Chris W @mountainshots.bsky.social · 2d

Along the ridgeline trail from Upper Dewey Lake to Devil's Punchbowl

In another day or two (or maybe this morning!), this entire section will be covered in snow :)

#alaska #landscapephotography #hiking #fallcolors #autumn

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Chris W @mountainshots.bsky.social · 3d

The full X-pan 🙌

Chris W @mountainshots.bsky.social · 3d

Man, they've been whack for almost my entire adult life. It's time for them to make a run 🙄🙏

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Chris W @mountainshots.bsky.social · 3d

Stunning autumn conditions for #stunday

Fresh snow on Mount Carmack, framed by fog and clouds.

#alaska #landscapephotography #mountains

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Chris W @mountainshots.bsky.social · 4d

Clouds on AB Mountain

Fujifilm Acros, crop from a shot with the gf100-200 zoom. The light where I was hiking was blah, but the clouds on the other side of the valley were excellent :)

#monochrome #photography #bnwphotography #clouds

Clouds rippling over AB Mountain, while a low knee of Mt Clifford is illuminated by a ray of sun.

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Chris W @mountainshots.bsky.social · 5d

Autumn at the Fraser Meadows on the WP&YR.

I try to keep them tamped down, but sometimes those X-pan shots end up on here anyways 😅

#fujifilm GFX50Sii in-camera X-pan crop at 20mm
#beautifulbc #fallcolors #photography

Chris W @mountainshots.bsky.social · 7d

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Chris W @mountainshots.bsky.social · 7d

Autumn in far Northwest BC

Ironically, the fireweed should have gone to seed weeks ago... but it's been SO wet this last month that it's only now dried out enough to start blowing around 😅

#beautifulbc #photography #fujifilm #autumn

Fireweed cotton, waiting to catch a breeze

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Chris W @mountainshots.bsky.social · 8d

Morning light over Lake Bernard, BC.

Snow is creeping back down the mountains here, near the BC / Alaska border 🏔️

#fujifilm GFX50Sii at the equivalent of about 16mm full frame (and no edits 😁)

#mountains #photography #autumn

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Chris W @mountainshots.bsky.social · 9d

Like the high detail is freaking out the phone screen or something 🤷. Oh well!

Chris W @mountainshots.bsky.social · 9d

For some reason, I've had a tough time getting the photos from that shoot to upload here (or IG) without looking strange and pixelated. Maybe because the files I'm using are too big...?

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Chris W @mountainshots.bsky.social · 10d

Illiterate wights need the most love

Chris W @mountainshots.bsky.social · 10d

Great photo

Chris W @mountainshots.bsky.social · 10d

Alaska is the "Life comes at you fast" meme, but for winter hahah

Chris W @mountainshots.bsky.social · 10d

Autumn becoming Winter

When you start your hike in a rainstorm... which turns into flying snow... which turns into 15 minutes of beautiful sun breaking onto your favorite alpine lake.

#photography #fallcolors #stunday #alaska

Fujifilm GFX50Sii at the full frame equivalence of 24mm.
Allllmost re-created one of my best photos ever :)

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Chris W @mountainshots.bsky.social · 11d

Getting passed by younger hikers 😭

#hiking #wildlife #alaska #redfox

Chris W @mountainshots.bsky.social · 11d

I will eventually be forced to call the photo police if we don't get at least one color shot of the aspen at Conrad hahah

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Chris W @mountainshots.bsky.social · 11d

Slippery Rock and a southbound WP&YR train

A crop from an X-Pan shot I took earlier this summer :)
(full pano in the comments)

#alaska #photography #railroadphotography #fujifilm

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Chris W @mountainshots.bsky.social · 12d

It was SO windy, and the clouds were moving SO fast, I couldn't get a shot off with my big Sony 😭