Quick Visit to Denali Park; Scenery (Part 2) (June 2021)
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Even when the park's scenery is arguably more placid (by Alaska's standards) and doesn't directly confront the observer, it is riveting. These images, some processed as B&Ws, depict scenes that are quietly impressive. Much of the drama is atmospheric, supplied by clouds -- some puffy, some threatening when a thunderstorm approached -- and a rainbow.
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The image above is a multi-frame Photoshop panorama looking out from the roof of the Eielson Visitor Center at Mile 66. A tour bus on the road at the far right gives a sense of scale. It is, of course, a B&W conversion.
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The last two are Photoshop multi-frame panoramas looking back at Polychrome Pass and, incidentally, at the Mile 42 curve where the gravel roadway subsided dramatically and dangerously a month later, ending all road access to Kantishna. The road may not reopen fully until 2023. A bus on the curve at the far left edge of the frame gives an appreciation of the scale; not fully apparent is the slope of the intervening ravine: maybe 45%. (The two frames are identical, but one is, of course, a B&W Silver EFX conversion.)
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After a lifetime of mainly expressing myself with words, my postings here will mainly rely on images. They will speak for themselves to some extent, but I'll usually add a few comments of explanation. I've taken photographs for decades, since the 1950's, inspired in part by my father's photographic skill. Four years of photo assignments and quality darkroom time eventually gave way to decades of casual and family picture-taking. I re-immersed myself when I left film and turned to digital.