Outstanding landscape photography requires outstanding light, morning or evening with some mix of clouds and or water reflection. The weather in Alaska on this trip was not condusive to colorful sunsets or dramatic sunrises. The clouds tended to block out all sunlight. The night, which never got really dark just turned to a brighter gray at sunrise and stayed gray all day. The light was fine for micro-landscapes, such as the birch trees. It only made me resolve to return some day for better light, the wish of all landscape photographers.