Tom, >How do you usually tour the area, given personal vehicles can barely enter >the park except on a lottery basis?
The last several times to Denali, I've stayed deep in the park near the western boundary, past Wonder Lake, in a place called Camp Denali. Somewhat pricey, but IMHO definitely worth it for the opportunities it affords (especially photographic). You pay an all encompassing fee for 3 or 4 day packages that include pickup @ the park entrance, a 6-7 hour bus ride to the facility, all food (very good meals), accommodations in separate log cabins (with wood stove & propane lights) all overlooking THE mountain (which is around 25 mils directly south). Your fee includes all of activities offered by the camp. Their buses are allowed to roam the roadway at will. The last several times, I arranged to be there during photo workshop, (late August/early Sept.) sponsored by Camp Denali & led by Geo Lepp. Your only other options are to camp in the park, but you are still at the mercy of the bus system for transportation. The park does dole out permits to pro photogs that allow them to use their own vehicles on the park roads for a limited time period. At the end of the season the park does allow (on a limited basis) for private vehicles to use the park roads. BTW do you know where the buses turned around? Eileson visitor center used to be one of the turn around points (along with Wonder Lake) Kenneth Waller -----Original Message----- From: Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: PESO - Rainy Day on Polychrome Pass Hi Ken, No... the mountain did not show itself the whole time we were there. But as we learned, summer offers a lower probability of sighting than winter. We didn't go to the Eileson visitor center. We were on one of those NP service sponsored 8 hour bus rides. How do you usually tour the area, given personal vehicles can barely enter the park except on a lottery basis? Tom C. >From: Kenneth Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: PESO - Rainy Day on Polychrome Pass >Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 08:01:41 -0400 (GMT-04:00) > >I see a slight touch of oversharpening in the mountain siloutte against the >sky in the URH area. > >BTW, >Did the mountain appear during your visit & did you make it to the Eileson >visitor center area? I was there last fall & they were preparing for a >total rebuild as the structure had been damaged during a recent earthquake. > >Kenneth Waller > >-----Original Message----- >From: Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: PESO - Rainy Day on Polychrome Pass > >Thanks. I agree about the rendering overall... I'm perplexed. Curious why >you think it might be oversharpened. I did USM it, but I figured the >broken >rock in the foreground, would/should, being closer to the lens display a >little more detail. > >This is one I wish I had on film. > >Tom C. > > > > > >From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: PESO - Rainy Day on Polychrome Pass > >Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 23:11:41 -0700 > > > > > >On Oct 5, 2005, at 10:35 PM, Tom C wrote: > > > >>Taken this summer in Denali NP, Alaska. > >>*ist D and Zenitar 16 f/2.8, RAW > >>Not exactly sure why I like it, maybe perspective or muted tones... but > >>putting it up for... > >> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3647626 > > > >It's nice ... lots of nice shapes and textures in it. This web-rez > >rendering is not great, however. The foreground seems oversharpened; > >something is just not quite right about it. > > > >Godfrey > > > > > > > > >________________________________________ >PeoplePC Online >A better way to Internet >http://www.peoplepc.com > ________________________________________ PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.com
