In 2013 we made a 5-week exploration of Alaska’s wild side with the emphasis on Denali National Park. “Not since my 45 RPM record collection dominated my life during the 50’s and 60’s have I been as interested in gathering information and experiencing a subject in as much detail as I now give to our National Parks system. The parks and the landscapes they present were the reason I returned to school in the 80’s to learn the art of photography, but I had no idea I would spend so much time in them.
The green of the tundra is dark and light absorbing. The non-reflective effect would have been intensified by a polarizer with heightened contrast. I did consider using my warming polarizer but achieved better results by using the combination of the Singh-Ray Color Intensifier and 4-stop soft-step ND Grad. Mt. Denali is so grand in scope that scale is most difficult to show. This image was taken only 28 miles from the mountain’s base. The McKinley River is visible in the foreground.