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Another from the bus window

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Posted by Eric Hahl on September 11, 2008 at 5:37 PM
Here's another shot of Mt. McKinley. This time in the evening from the bus window as we drove through the park looking for critters.
Posted by Rick Lundh on September 11, 2008 at 6:41 PM
Must have been an awesome trip Eric! I've gotta do that one someday. I kinda wish for more of the hill at the bottom, but this is pretty nice as is.
Posted by Ken Smith on September 11, 2008 at 7:23 PM
Eric, I hear summer for Alaska never happened. Great shot! Good for you. I like that mid-band of bluish tinted mtns. The blues give me a sense of the distances. I would like to see a bit more of that yellow foreground...tough to get in a bus. There is much to enjoy with the clouds interwoven in Mt McKinley. Ken S
Posted by Ned Fenimore on September 11, 2008 at 7:29 PM
wow - that is sweet... Ill have to check it out if you print it,,,
Posted by Chris Hodney on September 11, 2008 at 8:13 PM
yeah, that would be an awesome print. Nice layering of the colors through the image in the way you composed it.
Posted by Kosta Koeman on September 11, 2008 at 9:02 PM
Eric,

What you captured in that image is a feeling of magnificence. I am completely awestruck by these beautiful mountains. It isn't often where an image makes me feel that, so I tip my hat off to you. I like how you can see a little bit through the clouds, as the cloud cover acts as a veil of something amazing that we want to see.

While I have seen lots of incredible image, none have made me think as strongly as your has of "maybe I should go up there."

I hope my post isn't too over the top, but that's just what I think.
Posted by Kevin Hillegass on September 12, 2008 at 2:12 AM
I really like this, Eric, although I also wish for more field at the bottom...

Kevin
Posted by Catherine Reilly on September 12, 2008 at 3:52 AM
Glorious Denali! Wow, great shot, Eric. That mountain creates a lot of drama, and you sure captured its character well. Impressive.
Posted by Kartik Venkatarama on September 12, 2008 at 2:20 PM
Love it...great capture from that infernal bus window! I was on the bus myself 2 weeks ago...forgive the rant, but while critters are great, I don't understand why the passengers and even the drivers (at least on the buses I was on!) are almost indifferent to the scenic splendor that is Denali...we'd stopped for pretty much every critter on the way, even a supposed wolf so far away it was a barely discernible grey dot on the landscape...but we hardly stopped to see McKinley itself, which we were fortunate enough to have out in the open!
Posted by Eric Hahl on September 12, 2008 at 2:43 PM
Yeah, our bus stopped for all the critters as well. Even a tiny little Pika (4" long) that was about 50 feet down the embankment. I just had to bite my lip and shoot what I could shoot and sigh at the missed opportunities.
Our bus driver was so involved with that little Pika it gave me more time to shoot some landscapes and abstracts from the window.
Posted by Nancy Lamb on September 18, 2008 at 7:16 PM
What Kosta said! Wow! Nice job, Eric. Glad you came back to the fold! Nancy :toast: