Alaska - Denali (Mt. McKinley)
Apr 27, 2014 11:29:09 #
I saw a post a couple of weeks ago showing Mt McKinley, or Denali and it reminded me I needed to review my photos of an Alaskan trip I made in 2010, my initial significant usage of a DSLR (Canon Rebel xSi). We were told by our guide that only about 10% of all visitors to Denali National Park ever got to see both peaks of Denali at the same time. We were extremely fortunate to see both peaks at several times of the day from different locations as we traveled into the park (lighting was different as you can see as these were not post processed and I was using Auto White Balance). I have included a few of the ones I took to document our good fortune.
Denali - Mid Morning, Location 1
Denali - Late Morning, Location 2
Denali - Just After Noon, Location 3
Denali - Mid Afternoon, Closest Location
Denali - Stitched Pano, Mid Afternoon
Apr 27, 2014 11:35:00 #
donrent
Loc: Punta Gorda , Fl
Ah, you were lucky to see both...
Me too ! The last time I flew from Fairbanks down to Anchorage it could have not been a clearer day... At an altitude of about 20,000 McKinley was clear as a bell from take off to landing..
A couple of times I've seen it from Anchorage, but that rare..
Me too ! The last time I flew from Fairbanks down to Anchorage it could have not been a clearer day... At an altitude of about 20,000 McKinley was clear as a bell from take off to landing..
A couple of times I've seen it from Anchorage, but that rare..
Apr 27, 2014 11:39:41 #
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Apr 27, 2014 15:21:23 #
Ditto on the stitched pano. I've been to Denali and realized that I know where the closest approach photograph was taken. Possibly 40 km from the Mtn?
Apr 27, 2014 15:35:11 #
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Apr 28, 2014 15:34:29 #
rgrenaderphoto wrote:
Ditto on the stitched pano. I've been to Denali and realized that I know where the closest approach photograph was taken. Possibly 40 km from the Mtn?
You could be absolutely right, I was not aware of the travel distance, although it took the whole morning and into the afternoon to get there - with several photo stops along the way. I was restricted to how close we could get due to the kind of tour we were on, an 8-hour bus trip into Denali National Park, this was at the turn-a-round end of the trip. I have seen on the internet and other places where one could see the twin peaks and a reflection of the mountain in Mirror Lake. I wold have loved to have that opportunity, but I am told you have to be a professional to get back in there that far, or have the ability and the nerve to camp out at you own risk back in the wilds - I was neither.
Thanks for the comments.
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