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Mt. McKinley, Denali NP, AK
Ian
Canon 7D, Canon 30D, Sigma 10-20 f/4.5-5.6, Tamron 17-50 f/2.8, Canon 50 f/1.8 Mark I, Sigma 50-150 f/2.8, Canon 100 f/2.8 Macro, Sigma 100-300 f/4, Canon 400 f/5.6L, Sigma 1.4X & 2X EX TC, Canon 430EX, Bogen 3021 Tripod/Gitzo 1377M
MY BETTERPHOTO
MY SMUGMUG
"If I have seen further , it is by standing on ye shoulders of giants." -- Sir Isaac Newton in a letter to Robert Hooke 15 February 1676 (... and a long telephoto doesn't hurt either ...)
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06-21-2009 11:43 PM
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Ian
Canon 7D, Canon 30D, Sigma 10-20 f/4.5-5.6, Tamron 17-50 f/2.8, Canon 50 f/1.8 Mark I, Sigma 50-150 f/2.8, Canon 100 f/2.8 Macro, Sigma 100-300 f/4, Canon 400 f/5.6L, Sigma 1.4X & 2X EX TC, Canon 430EX, Bogen 3021 Tripod/Gitzo 1377M
MY BETTERPHOTO
MY SMUGMUG
"If I have seen further , it is by standing on ye shoulders of giants." -- Sir Isaac Newton in a letter to Robert Hooke 15 February 1676 (... and a long telephoto doesn't hurt either ...)
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To many to do justice to C&C. A lot of haze. Skylight filter?
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Well, depends on the image. The haze was certainly there often (as it usually is over Mt. McKinley if you are lucky to see it at all). #3 was at 3:30am (I'd say sunrise, but it doesn't get dark at this time of year). No skylight filter -- I don't like putting glass over glass if I can avoid it (except for my circular polarizer and my grad ND that I use occasionally).
Thanks.
Ian
Ian
Canon 7D, Canon 30D, Sigma 10-20 f/4.5-5.6, Tamron 17-50 f/2.8, Canon 50 f/1.8 Mark I, Sigma 50-150 f/2.8, Canon 100 f/2.8 Macro, Sigma 100-300 f/4, Canon 400 f/5.6L, Sigma 1.4X & 2X EX TC, Canon 430EX, Bogen 3021 Tripod/Gitzo 1377M
MY BETTERPHOTO
MY SMUGMUG
"If I have seen further , it is by standing on ye shoulders of giants." -- Sir Isaac Newton in a letter to Robert Hooke 15 February 1676 (... and a long telephoto doesn't hurt either ...)
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I spend too much of my life on TPF!
1 is a great look.........
2 is nice with the Eagle in the frame to give perspective to the expanse....
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Thanks for commenting on my Alaskan stuff, LarryD. It is certainly a photographer's paradise but, as you say, is tough to shoot because it is so expansive. My 10-20mm got a heavy workout. I have a gazillion images yet to plod through ... I'll post some of the better ones. I'm glad you picked up on that eagle in #2 -- did you see the one in #4?
#1 was actually taken from the surface of Ruth Glacier (we landed on the glacier in a Cessna 185). That little hut on the rock between us and the North Summit of McKinley, according to our pilot, is available for rent
You have to climb up to it first, however.
I take it you've spent time up there?
Ian
Canon 7D, Canon 30D, Sigma 10-20 f/4.5-5.6, Tamron 17-50 f/2.8, Canon 50 f/1.8 Mark I, Sigma 50-150 f/2.8, Canon 100 f/2.8 Macro, Sigma 100-300 f/4, Canon 400 f/5.6L, Sigma 1.4X & 2X EX TC, Canon 430EX, Bogen 3021 Tripod/Gitzo 1377M
MY BETTERPHOTO
MY SMUGMUG
"If I have seen further , it is by standing on ye shoulders of giants." -- Sir Isaac Newton in a letter to Robert Hooke 15 February 1676 (... and a long telephoto doesn't hurt either ...)
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I spend too much of my life on TPF!

Originally Posted by
icassell
Thanks for commenting on my Alaskan stuff, LarryD. It is certainly a photographer's paradise but, as you say, is tough to shoot because it is so expansive. My 10-20mm got a heavy workout. I have a gazillion images yet to plod through ... I'll post some of the better ones. I'm glad you picked up on that eagle in #2 -- did you see the one in #4?
#1 was actually taken from the surface of Ruth Glacier (we landed on the glacier in a Cessna 185). That little hut on the rock between us and the North Summit of McKinley, according to our pilot, is available for rent

You have to climb up to it first, however.
I take it you've spent time up there?
Yes... I lived there for 10 years in the 70's.... Hundreds of photos, almost all in slides..very difficult to maintain..
They don't always convert very well either...
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My one regret about this trip was that I was there for constant light -- therefore, no aurora. I would have loved to see it. I saw aurora when I was growing up in New England, but always as a faint whispy color, never the vibrant stuff. There was a guy at Anchorage Saturday Market selling his aurora photography -- amazing stuff.
I don't even want to begin thinking about converting thousands of slides and negatives I have in boxes ...
Ian
Canon 7D, Canon 30D, Sigma 10-20 f/4.5-5.6, Tamron 17-50 f/2.8, Canon 50 f/1.8 Mark I, Sigma 50-150 f/2.8, Canon 100 f/2.8 Macro, Sigma 100-300 f/4, Canon 400 f/5.6L, Sigma 1.4X & 2X EX TC, Canon 430EX, Bogen 3021 Tripod/Gitzo 1377M
MY BETTERPHOTO
MY SMUGMUG
"If I have seen further , it is by standing on ye shoulders of giants." -- Sir Isaac Newton in a letter to Robert Hooke 15 February 1676 (... and a long telephoto doesn't hurt either ...)