As I have mentioned in my previous posts about my Alaskan trip, we stayed at the Mt McKinley Lodge for a couple of nights before heading to Denali National Park. The lodge is located off of Alaska’s Parks Highway (Milepost 133) that connects Anchorage and Fairbanks. This remote location (the nearest town of Talkeetna is 45 minutes away) guarantees that there is always a crowd in the lodge relaxing and taking in the view of Mt McKinley and the surrounding scenery. The lodge is beautiful and and well appointed with several restaurants, viewing rooms and outside decks.
As you can tell from my website, I rarely take photos of the inside of buildings (not sure why) but I really wanted to capture the beauty of the lodge’s main viewing room. I figured that in order to shoot the room without anyone in it, I had to get there very early in the morning. I was happy to see that at 5:30 am, I was the only one there other than staff. I wish that the weather was not overcast as having Mt McKinley visible through the window would have been great but I am pretty pleased with the result. I think that I will making an effort in the future to shooting more inside subjects.
Excellent shot, Len. Love these colors,the grainy wood ceiling and patterns in the carpeting. Perfectly balanced shot, man.
Fantastic! It’s not often you see large wooden lodges like that. It is too bad you don’t see Mt. McKinley. The window reminds me of Jenny Lake Lodge in Grand Teton where you can see the mountain peaks through the big windows as you walk into the lodge.
This is just awesome Len, and a great use of HDR! I love how the vibrant blue from outside contrasts to nicely with the warm glow of the interior. Looks like a beautiful place, well captured my friend.
Wonderful Len. It feels so warm and inviting. Love your processing on this.
Sweet shot. Beautiful comp and lightning.
Looks like a nice place to relax. Good job on the processing.
that is awesome Len, great shot!!
I stayed there last year, and you did it justice. Awesome work!
I really like the careful framing and the way you processed it.
Wonderful!! I love the couch smack dab in the center. I want to come here!! One thing I would do: The outside looks a bit tourquise. Not sure if you intended on that. It doesn’t detract from the image, in fact it makes it a bit more interesting! Good work!