"Let the Eyes Lead, the Lens Follow" Top 5 Page for this destination Denali National Park and Preserve Packing List Tip by mrclay2000

Photo Equipment: Have a camera with sufficient settings to adjust for whatever conditions you face in the park. The wildlife is often at a distance, so telephoto lenses are useful (if not essential). Clouds are frequent, so higher shutter speeds are necessary to capture movement, but also lighter subjects, like the Alaska Range or Denali itself when juxtaposed against the dark tundra and a light sky. It's like photographing a waterfall -- you can't just point and click. A higher shutter speed will give texture to both the waterfall and the dynamic but almost atonal perspectives of Denali (depending on where you're standing). The photo depicted is not just a featureless lake with a hill and rolling clouds. It's Wonder Lake, which is sometimes still enough to reflect the massif of Denali (seen here as the almost indistinguishable rounded white tuft on the upper right).