Carcross III -- Yukon

Grigoriy - thanks.

• Dave Kuty
• Grigoriy A.
• Matt Russell
• Paul Duffy
• Timo Hartikainen

Thanks for the generous ratings.

Thanks.

Beautiful capture Tony. I imagine you are enjoying reprocessing your Yukon images, with skies and 'scapes' such as these, I would be! Lovely processing!

Gail - thanks for your comment and generous rating!

PS A couple of the images I have never processed before (e.g. Moment pause).

Nice work Tony, its such a nice part of the world, I remember Carcross with fond memories of my trip there, thanks for bringing back those memories, Wonderful photo.

I like this landscape B&W! Beautiful work, excellent light,tone and contrast!! (6)

packs a solid punch

Glad I could bring back fond memories. I also have very fond memories and salivate at the idea of spending a week in this region at a future date instead of one day. I admire your B&W photography so the 6 rating coming from you is appreciated.

Maurizio - thanks very much for your generous rating. Glad you liked it.

Ranga  - thanks for your max rating. Glad you could appreciate the aesthetics. I do the image making because it gives me great pleasure and to have someone else share in that pleasure is the ultimate goal. But I still have so much more to learn.  All the very best.

Excellent B+W Tony.  Looks like my kind of place!

Dominick - thank you for your generous rating. Perhaps you should visit it in the future but your new business venture is probably keeping you close to home.

Carcross was originally named Caribou Crossing and was a fishing and hunting camp for Inland Tlingit and Tagish people. 4,500-year-old artifacts from aboriginal people living in the area have been found in the region.
Population in 2011 was approximately 436 persons.

Caribou Crossing was named after the migration of huge numbers of caribou across the natural land bridge between Lake Bennett and Nares Lake. That caribou herd was decimated during the Klondike Gold Rush, but a recovery program raised the number of animals to about 450.

The modern village began in 1896, during the Klondike Gold Rush. At the time, Caribou Crossing was a popular stopping place for prospectors going to and from the gold fields of Dawson City.

Caribou Crossing was also a station for the Royal Mail and the Dominion Telegraph Line, and it served as a communications point on the Yukon River.


In 1904, Caribou Crossing was renamed Carcross as a result of some mail mix-ups with the district of Cariboo in nearby British Columbia, Canada.

Silver mining was promoted nearby in Conrad, Yukon in the early 1900s, but there was little to be found and mining efforts soon ended. Mineral exploration continues today, but tourism is far more important to the economy of the community. The book Fractured Veins & Broken Dreams by Murray Lundberg details a nearly complete history of Conrad.

very good bw, with classic feel to it

regards

Splendid sky takes the viewer in. i'd like to view in color. Alfredo

Superb B & W work Tony, well done.

Przemek Szczyrek   - thanks for your visit, comment and rating. All the very best.

Alfredo Machado - thanks for the comment - i will see if I can get a chance to load the color version which, IMHO opinion is quite appealing but I wanted to go B&W.

Tony Azzopardi ../v3graphics/member-status-icons/sub4.gifthanks for the nice comment and generous rating. All the very best,

Fantastic photo, Tony!  I really like the way your composition causes it to appear as though the clouds are emanating from the mountain in the distance and your black and white is beautifully toned and balanced.  I do find the slightly tilted horizon to be a minor distraction, though.

Love it!  Great work on BW Tony!  Cheers!

Jeff - thank you very much and I am pleased that you like it.

Also thanks for letting me know that the horizon needed to be leveled.

Bela Laszlo Molnar - I find your B&W work inspirational and to get a max rating from you is certainly appreciated.

Panayotis - your frequent visits, comments and ratings are appreciated.

Alfredo - I had forgotten that I had loaded the color version on another site - just copy this link to have a look:

http://tphotos.homestead.com/Yukon-Large.html

All the very best,

This looks good as hell!

Tim - I am glad you liked

Hugo Borges   I am disappointed you rated this a three without explanation but that is part of the game.

All the best