Alaska Reel

EllenMay 8, 2020January 12, 2021Photography, SailingAlaska, Arctic, Sailing, Wildlife

Here’s a short video I’ve been working on recently, of the beauty of Alaska. I picked some of my favorite footage of wildlife, scenery, and sailing from summers there aboard CELESTE. Hope you enjoy it! (I’ve embedded it from Vimeo because I kind of prefer it, although I’ve also uploaded the video to YouTube. If you’d like to watch it full screen, click the on the four little arrows just to the left of the Vimeo link in the bottom right.)

20 thoughts on “Alaska Reel”

feb680 says:

May 12, 2020 at 13:13

Absolutely beautiful, Ellen! We both loved it! Piano music was excellent, too.
What is the name of the unusual seals we saw?
Keep up the good work!
XO Babbie and Ludlow
1. Ellen says:
  
  May 14, 2020 at 08:28
  
  Thank you so much! So glad you enjoyed the footage and the music! The seals are Northern fur seals, which breed on islands in the Bering Sea. The males are almost 5 times heavier than the females – you can see that in one of the clips that shows a male with his harem.
  Hope you’re doing well! xoxo
Dave Pisarcik says:

May 11, 2020 at 03:42

Wow what a pick me up, Ellen! Just logging on for another work-from-home day. Beautiful video!

Dave

Sent from my iPad

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1. Ellen says:
  
  May 11, 2020 at 08:31
  
  So glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!
flowerywallpaper says:

May 10, 2020 at 08:17

Thank you Ellen for the nice Pictures. Greetings from Rapallo.
1. Ellen says:
  
  May 10, 2020 at 10:56
  
  Glad you enjoyed it!
Dave Straton says:

May 9, 2020 at 21:37

Ellen, that is just fabulous! Beautifully shot and edited. Thanks for sharing.
1. Ellen says:
  
  May 10, 2020 at 11:21
  
  Thank you so much!
svcariba says:

May 9, 2020 at 17:39

Great video Ellen.. can’t say what a kick we get of seeing our old dinghy in places we would love to see! Hope you both are keeping well! Cheers SV Cariba!
1. Ellen says:
  
  May 10, 2020 at 12:41
  
  Thanks so much! Definitely had lots of fun with your old dinghy! She’s great! Hope you’re doing well and maybe even getting out on the water!
Don Leventry says:

May 9, 2020 at 04:31

That was gorgeous! Wow wow wow! You almost make me want to go to Alaska!
1. Ellen says:
  
  May 10, 2020 at 12:43
  
  Thanks! So glad you liked it!
John Erskine says:

May 9, 2020 at 03:47

Loved it…..

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1. Ellen says:
  
  May 10, 2020 at 12:52
  
  Thank you!
Carmen & Larry says:

May 9, 2020 at 01:16

Pure magic!!!
1. Ellen says:
  
  May 10, 2020 at 13:23
  
  Thanks so much, you two!
MartinL says:

May 9, 2020 at 00:08

You two are both great photographers and videographers and I sometimes wonder how much you must have in your archives that we haven’t seen. Always a pleasure to watch.
1. Ellen says:
  
  May 10, 2020 at 13:26
  
  Thanks so much! Yes, there’s a lot of footage that I haven’t sorted yet, from places other than Alaska. I’ll get to it eventually! 🙂
Jo Ann Hansen rasch says:

May 8, 2020 at 20:55

So magnificent, so heartbreaking. What are we doing to our beautiful planet ?
1. Ellen says:
  
  May 10, 2020 at 13:37
  
  Thank you, Jo Ann! I’m sorry you found it heartbreaking, though. While I certainly intended it as a love letter to one of my favorite places on earth, I guess I didn’t think of the meaning that could be taken from that of potential destruction. Of course, it is indeed very sad what has happened to many, many ecosystems on our beautiful planet – even Alaska with the glaciers receding and the Arctic ice cap melting. But I’m optimistic that there are bright spots of hope out there too. That video footage isn’t all that old, after all! And I’ve seen significant improvement in the health of the coral reef that’s my usual dive site in Hawaii just in the last couple of months.