Alaska, Train to Denali

Travelogue here:

http://clixclix.blogspot.com/2005/07/alaska-travelogue-part-3-train-to.html



Train and mountain range, Tokina 12-24



Looking down, Tokina 12-24



Lake along the route, Tokina 12-24



Full speed ahead, Tokina 12-24



The car, Tokina 12-24, SB 800 fill flash



Mountain ranges, close to Denali National Park, 70-200 VR AF-S



Peeping at the derailed car, 70-200 VR AF-S



Horseshoe Lake, Tokina 12-24

 

Philippe

Thanks!

All photos were taken hanging and leaning out of the window, I was able to stretch out nearly 2 feet out and then grab the shots, damn, should have tried the one arm stunt.

But with the SB 800 on, the camera feels real heavy, it got real queasy with the 70-200 VR + flash leaning out   and I prayed that the optech neck strap takes the load well if for some reason I let the camera go  

I should say that I have done some real dumb things as a teen ager growing up in India  . We used to hang outside buses (of course they get *really* crowded) with an arm holding some thing   and may be a foot in the footboard, memories flew past - too dangerous as I think about that now, the train was much better.

But now that you say, I wonder what would have happened if the door swung open though  

 

Gale

Thanks.

Actually, I saw many many families who had driven from North and South Carolina, Texas and one even from Washington DC  

They had a RV and were on a 3 month-ish road trip. I wonder how awesome it would be if you start in Florida, drove through this magnificient country and drove to Alaska  

anand

 

Thanks  

The tokina is my first non-nikkor lens. I was worried about color and contrast. But no, this lens *sings* with color. And of course, NC did the rest.

 

Thanks Bryan, Dan

Don - sure did   - surrounded by clouds. I read that there is a 5% chance of a clear sighting of the great one. My next post is the mountains of Denali, tomorrow, don't want to spam the forum with more than one post / day.