John Larson, FPSA, GMPSA  

Mendenhall Glacier by John Larson, FPSA, GMPSA

June 2026 - Mendenhall Glacier

About the Image(s)

Why I took this image:

As Carolyn mentioned in her writeup we just got back from a trip to Alaska. On the second day of the cruise we took an excursion into Juneau for a whale watch tour and later in the day went for a long walk in the rain. During the walk in the rain Carolyn stayed back and I went on with the group to get a closer look at the Mendenhall Glacier. As you can see it was quite rainy. There was also a display to give an idea of how much the glacier has shrunk over the years, but I was not able to get a good shot of it because of all the people around the area.

Camera Settings: Creation Date: 05/27/2026 Camera: Canon EOS D-30, Shutter

Speed: 1/350, Aperture f/11, ISO 200, Lens Unknown Canon Lens @ 33 mm

Post processing:, Normal LR adjustments. Detail extractor in Nik. Panorama stitching of several vertical images. Sharpening and denoise using Topaz Photo AI.

9 comments posted

Tom Tauber   Tom Tauber
Dreary day. Did you alter the sky in any way? Perhaps the sharpening and denoising brought out those swirls in the sky.   Posted: 06/18/2026 14:26:42
John Larson   John Larson
It was raining. Other than using Nik Detail Extractor as I stated I did nothing else to the sky.   Posted: 06/18/2026 15:28:44
Pinaki Sarkar   Pinaki Sarkar
Execellent image . Great composition, the wide aspect ratio captures the full valley sweep, with mountains on both sides naturally framing the glacier in the middle distance. Great Work.   Posted: 06/18/2026 16:16:26
Phyllis Peterson   Phyllis Peterson
Nice view of the Mendenhall Glacier and the area surrounding it. I have been there - maybe 13 years ago - and I am surprised at how much smaller the glacier is now.
  Posted: 06/18/2026 18:13:44
Carolyn Todd-Larson   Carolyn Todd-Larson
This image is interesting to me because I was at Mendenhall Glacier 34 years ago in 1992. Here is a snapshot I took then (before I became serious about photography). It's interesting to see how much the glacier has receded since that time. As for John's image, I remember the clouds being like that, quite stormy it was.   Posted: 06/18/2026 18:15:34
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Laurie Bergner   Laurie Bergner
Nice image! I think I might have taken it a little higher so that there would be a little more space between the foliage in the foreground and the glacier.   Posted: 06/19/2026 15:56:59
John Larson   John Larson
We were standing on a forest trail with nothing but trees behind us. I hade nowhere else to go to achieve what you are suggesting.   Posted: 06/21/2026 13:17:46
Laurie Bergner   Laurie Bergner
Yup - it happens. You did well to get such a nice image, especially with the constraints.   Posted: 06/21/2026 15:17:57
David Somali-Chow   David Somali-Chow
This is an interesting image. I suggest converting it to black and white for an even more striking effect.   Posted: 06/22/2026 13:13:49

 

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