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Higher than Mt Everest


Higher than Mt Everest
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Copyright: Pieter van der Horst (sAner) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1490 W: 72 N: 1427] (4744)
Genre: Landscapes
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-05-28
Categories: Mountain
Camera: Canon EOS 350D, Canon EF 28-135 IS USM, RAW @ ISO 100, Hama UV 72mm
Exposure: f/9.0, 1/320 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Travelogue: sAner & sAndra in AlAskA
Date Submitted: 2006-08-11 13:34
Viewed: 2097
Points: 54
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Denali. Ah, Denali ... What a park, what a thrill. There are only few places in the world which I would visit twice in my life, but Denali is on top of that list.

On this picture you can also see the park road winding through the rough terrain. Two hikers on the road are dwarfed by Mt McKinley. The park road is 92 miles long and the only road in a wilderness consisting of a whopping 6 million acres of Interior Alaska.

Denali features the highest peak in Northern America; Mt McKinley (locals still call it Mt Denali).
And because I believe in the saying: "what you see is what you get", Mt McKinley is actually higher than Mt Everest!

At 20,320 ft the peak of 'The Great One' is almost 4 miles high, but what makes it stunning is that it rises with an elevation of just 2,000 ft. From the Park road you'll see 18,000 ft of rock, snow and glacier reaching for the sky. In contrast Mt Everest, the world's highest mountain at 29,028 ft, rises only 11,000 ft from the lofty Tibetan Plateau.

Mt Mckinley is not visible for the first 15 miles from the park entrance and is covered in clouds two out of every three days. We were lucky to see it uncovered.

Did I already tell you that if you need a reason to go to Alaska, Denali is it? Well, words really can't decribe how fantastic this place is. With three times the size of Yellowstone this park boasts an enormous number of wild animals.

All information from: Lonely Planet, Alaska, 8th edition, April 2006.
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Exif data-

Shutter Speed: 1/320
F-stop: f/9.0
Focal length: 135mm
ISO Speed: 100
White Balance Mode: Cloudy
Exposure Compensation: 0
AF Mode: AI Focus AF
Weather Condition: Partly cloudy
Time: 12:50:31
Tripod: no
Flash: no
Filters: Hama UV Filter
Image Quality: RAW
PP software: PS CS2
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  • Great 
  • carper Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2010 W: 122 N: 2581] (8424)
  • [2006-08-11 13:36]

mooie foto Pieter,
lijkt me onwaarschijnlijk mooi in het echt. goede compositie, fraai genomen, goed werk.
gr. jaap

Hoi Pieter,
Een super foto van een plek waar ik nog eens naar toe moet. De twee mensen lijken wel heel erg klein vergeleken met de machtige ruimte en de super mooie berg. Vooral de woken partij halverwege de top is erg mooi. Een super foto met erg veel mooie details.
Groeten,
Niek

Hi Pieter,
This is an impressive landscape. What a wonderful place! I wish I go to Alaska someday! This is a good POV and excellent DOF with great details and nice colors. I like your technical explanations too, they are useful. TFS,
Claudine

Hello pieter, excllent landscape, excllent details, nicely composed, the for graound is reall nice with the moutains int he BG is what my eyes are drawn to, I like TFS Kyle

Hello Pieter,
This is a fantastic view.
The details are clear and sharp.
Good colours, lighting and exposure. The POV is good.
Well composed and good framing. I'm pleased you got a clear day, so we can see this huge mountain.
What software do you use to convert your Raw files?
Thanks for posting, have a great weekend.

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  • jossim Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1576 W: 5 N: 2180] (12248)
  • [2006-08-11 16:39]

Bonjour Pieter!

Cette prise de vue est parfaite et l'endroit est magnifique.
merci pour l'envoie.
Joseph

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  • RAP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2524 W: 345 N: 2373] (7405)
  • [2006-08-11 16:44]

Interesante planteo el que propones en tus notas Pieter.
Bello paisaje con excelente encuadre y composición.
Los colores y contrastes son muy agradables y la nitidez la adecuada para una gran presentación.
Saludos... Ricardo

Interesting propound that you propose in your notes Pieter.
Beautiful landscape with excellent graming and composition.
The colors and contrasts are very pleasant and the clarity the appropriate for a great presentation.
Greetings... Ricardo

Hi Pieter,
Great shot of a very scenic mountain landscape. Sharp, clear, with great details. Excellently captured and very well composed.

Ben Lakitan

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  • TAZ Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2241 W: 47 N: 3167] (10926)
  • [2006-08-12 1:41]

Wooow ! Impressive landscape as I love. This mountain is bigger than mine ;-) Your excellent shot is a pleasure for eyes. Perhaps less sky for composition. The note is interesting too.
Congratulations Pieter and Sandra for this trip and thanks for sharing with us.

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  • horia Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2167 W: 218 N: 4377] (14870)
  • [2006-08-12 6:18]

Hi Pieter

Splendid landscape! Really well done!
Very beautiful colors, nice details throughout, very good lighting and a great composition.

Bravo and TFS
Horia

Not only looking at this wonderful shot, but reading you perfect note I had a great time with this one.
The view is impressing and well managed, the info most interesting, and the reading and title got my attention from the first sight. And excellent work! TFS my friend.

Hi Pieter,
The majestic mountain beautifully captured!
I like the natural framing by the diagonals leading my eyes, and something that looks like low hovering clouds add to the mystery...
Greetings,
Pablo -

Hi Peter,
Lovely shot of this rough terrain, with the distant peaks majesty well seen :) I like that flat band of interesting cloud that partially shrouds "the great one" as well. Very Well composed also Pieter.
I did a quick WS to try & enhance the color a bit, hope you don't mind ;)
Very well done.

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  • aido Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 1044 W: 156 N: 1218] (4046)
  • [2006-08-13 11:18]

Hi Pieter,
I was in the Himalayas last year and trekked up to Mount Chomolhari (7314m) on the Bhutan/Tibet border. I get a real sense of something spiritual and pure looking at mountains, as I do with this. A beautiful shot showing the expanse of natural land there. Nice clear shot with good detail and exposure. I like the band of cloud across the mountain, gives a good idea of the elevation here. What a place, I'm planning on going to Alaska next Spring so this will be on my list. Thanks for sharing this beautiful sight :-)
Cheers,
Adrian

Hello Pieter, I love this scene with the road running through this terrain. I think the people there gives it all scale. The three levels to this are all different. I really love this place I shall visit one day for sure. My only critique on this fine composition would be to have slightly less sky. Very well done.

Hi Pieter,
Superb landscape composition! What a view. Great clarity and sense of depth to this shot! Detail and colors look so nice. I just wish I was there. A very nice one!
scott

Hi Pieter
It looks magnificent, and these 800 pixels don't do it justice, I am sure. Those 2 hiker's have got quite a walk ahead!
I'm confused by your EXIF data for 2 reasons:
1. It says 153mm which isn't possible on a 28-135. Typo?
2. Why didn't you use the Sigma which would surely give you better quality at that focal length?

Your were amazingly lucky to see it above the clouds, Pieter! What a fantastic capture, I am so envious. I'm American and I've never set foot in Alaska, too busy going to Europe.

Great compo and POV. Well seen!

Alli

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  • osse Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 962 W: 0 N: 89] (7793)
  • [2006-08-15 14:57]

Hi Pieter
Great landscape shot. Good POV, colours, DOF, light and sharpnes.
Well done Pieter

osse

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  • thor68 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 794 W: 138 N: 1312] (5642)
  • [2006-08-16 15:47]

"return to denali?!" and i haven´t been there once...
it looks so beautiful, pieter! :-)
excellent composition of the snow-covered mountain in the bg
and the dirt road leading to it through the barren valley.
this would make a great poster.
well done & take care, thorsten.

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  • hester Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1515 W: 18 N: 3165] (11638)
  • [2006-08-17 15:44]

Nice contrasts in colours and textures. Lovely composition. Looks like a great place

Hi, Pieter.
Very nice landscape and excellent composition. Good DOF.

Hi Pieter,
Excellent image! It also somehow gives me the impression that Bev Doolittle(famous artist) was inspired by such a fantastic scene. Well done. :)

  • Great 
  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4774 W: 294 N: 4020] (13209)
  • [2006-08-21 5:20]

Hello Pieter,
Wonderful landscape.Exposure is spot on.POV,details,sharpness,framing and compositon are excellent.
TFS...:-)

  • Great 
  • Scott Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 224 W: 0 N: 316] (1540)
  • [2006-09-23 9:51]

I believe this area is called Polychrome pass.
There is no public access here except on foot or in a Park bus.

Denali is the native alaskan name.

tfs
scott

  • Great 
  • TBW Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 94 W: 28 N: 200] (846)
  • [2006-10-07 16:30]

Wow!
Thats a majestetic mountain! Youve captured and composed it in a great manner! Great details and light control. I love this mountain, just by looking at your picture - its such a powerful piece of nature!

Torbjřrn

Hallo Pieter,
Zeer mooie en verzorgde foto.
Foto bestaat een beetje uit een onderste en bovenste gedeelte. Het bovenste bestaat dan weer uit de witte bergen en de lichtblauw lucht. Maar vergeet de woorden...
Effen meegenieten..:-)
Bedankt
Annick

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