Hey Guys,
This week marked the end of a 2 week blitz through Alaska, and in addition to some awful jet-lag, I did manage to score some photos while up north. This first set come from Juneau, the majority of which were taken at the airport in town, while a few were taken from elsewhere in the city...er...town (it's pretty small). Despite the initial difficulties, I eventually worked out some good locations to shoot at Juneau, and while the traffic is not particularly heavy or varied, the scenery does make for nice photos, nevermind the poor weather we had that week.
One thing I can say is that spotters are treated fairly nicely in Alaska, no one ever had issue with me shoving a lense up against a fence to take photos anywhere in the state, which makes some things possible that otherwise would not have been
One of the two MedEvac birds regularly running to Anchorage or the smaller settlements (Sitka, etc.)
Nice corporate Falcon
Love the lion on the nacelle
One of the off-airport locations I scouted out, while nice, I would have needed a bit more focal length to make it really worthwhile
The single runway has a very nice backdrop, when the fog clears enough to show it
There are also numerous Heli-tour outfits located at PAJN that fly numerous times a day
First time shooting an aircraft with family onboard it, headed out to the nearby Glacier fields
Only nice thing about rain is that every so often someone would kick up some awesome spray!
There is a restaurant downtown that allows for catching one of the floatplane operators doing their thing out in the channel, up close too
The location I was staying had a nice view of incoming traffic, sadly I was never there at decent hours for photos
The co-located seaplane facility is nice, and good views can be had, although as you will later see, it pales in comparison to what can be seen in Anchorage.
Lastly, great shots can be had inside the terminal too
And the Juneau Aviation highlight, Alaska Air Cargo's sole 737-400 freighter climbing out, with some sunlight at last!
I hope you enjoyed, and stay tuned for more photos from Alaska in the coming days!
Cheers,
Nick
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