Mt. McKinley, Denali NP, AK

icassell · 06-21-2009, 10:43 PM

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icassell · 06-27-2009, 10:21 PM

Bump

Any thoughts?

Ian

KmH · 06-27-2009, 10:33 PM

To many to do justice to C&C. A lot of haze. Skylight filter?

icassell · 06-27-2009, 10:36 PM

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

LarryD · 06-30-2009, 07:37 PM

1 is a great look.........

2 is nice with the Eagle in the frame to give perspective to the expanse....

icassell · 06-30-2009, 08:18 PM

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?

LarryD · 07-01-2009, 02:31 PM

Quote: 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...

icassell · 07-01-2009, 04:30 PM

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 ...

07-01-2009, 04:30 PM	#8
icassell TPF Junkie! Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Posts: 5,360 My Photos Are NOT OK to Edit Thanked 70 Times in 67 Posts My Gallery: (3)	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 ...)

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06-21-2009, 10:43 PM	#1
icassell TPF Junkie! Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Posts: 5,360 My Photos Are NOT OK to Edit Thanked 70 Times in 67 Posts My Gallery: (3)	Mt. McKinley, Denali NP, AK #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 __________________ 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 ...)

06-27-2009, 10:21 PM	#2
icassell TPF Junkie! Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Posts: 5,360 My Photos Are NOT OK to Edit Thanked 70 Times in 67 Posts My Gallery: (3)	Bump Any thoughts? 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 ...)

06-27-2009, 10:33 PM	#3
KmH TPF Junkie! Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Iowa Posts: 8,418 My Photos Are OK to Edit Thanked 439 Times in 405 Posts My Gallery: (0)	To many to do justice to C&C. A lot of haze. Skylight filter? __________________ . .Keith. . . . "The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of a low price is forgotten" - Benjamin Franklin NAPP member - referral link: http://www.photoshopuser.com/?aid=luhgxq Illegitimum non carborundum

06-27-2009, 10:36 PM	#4
icassell TPF Junkie! Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Posts: 5,360 My Photos Are NOT OK to Edit Thanked 70 Times in 67 Posts My Gallery: (3)	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 ...)

06-30-2009, 07:37 PM	#5
LarryD I spend too much of my life on TPF! Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Mojave Desert Posts: 507 My Photos Are OK to Edit Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts My Gallery: (0)	1 is a great look......... 2 is nice with the Eagle in the frame to give perspective to the expanse.... __________________ ...Chill, it's just a photograph ...... Some Photos

06-30-2009, 08:18 PM	#6
icassell TPF Junkie! Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Posts: 5,360 My Photos Are NOT OK to Edit Thanked 70 Times in 67 Posts My Gallery: (3)	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 ...)

07-01-2009, 02:31 PM	#7
LarryD I spend too much of my life on TPF! Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Mojave Desert Posts: 507 My Photos Are OK to Edit Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts My Gallery: (0)	Quote: 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... __________________ ...Chill, it's just a photograph ...... Some Photos