Thanks Simon, this came as a surprise! I got a "shock" when I saw this thread on the front page of clubsnap
Don't think so much, take leave and immediately go! Now's the perfect season for A
Alaskan northern lights!!!!!
Solo Trip to Alaska - Accomplishing my Bald Eagle Dream
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Thanks Simon, this came as a surprise! I got a "shock" when I saw this thread on the front page of clubsnap
Don't think so much, take leave and immediately go! Now's the perfect season for A
Alaskan northern lights!!!!!
Hi rainman, thanks for ur compliments
These were the camera stuff which I used there.. this is also about the limit which I can carry as the backpack + sleeping bag itself is also rather heavy..
- Iphone
- sony nex-5 with sony 28mm f2.8 lens
- Canon 50D
- Canon 1D4
- Canon 24mm f1.4
- Canon 500mm f4
- Canon 1.4x and 2.0x teleconverter
- Tripod and ballhead - This is the most useless stuff I brought there... I only used in one night to shoot the following, but the wind that night was rather strong, even when I used my bag to stabilize it the tripod is still shakey..
Some other ppl setting up campfire near our tent site.
Tried to do a even longer exposure, but the wind really spoiled things... the tents are shaking, the foliage are shaking, and the tripod setup is shaking... =_=
The milky way. At the time when I was taking this picture, I was thinking "How I wish I had a full frame camera paired with a 14mm F2.8L lens with me right now." The scene was simply too wide for my 24mm on 1.3x crop..
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Coolness, I just recently left SG and am residing in the city of Ketchikan now... quite some ways south east of Homer. Just woke up this morning to one of these darlings!
Too bad my Leica M8 only has a 50mm lens as the longest focal length... for now.
Hope you don't mind me hijacking the thread with my humble link!
The Bald Eagle | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Too bad my Leica M8 only has a 50mm lens as the longest focal length... for now.
Hope you don't mind me hijacking the thread with my humble link!
The Bald Eagle | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Coolness, I just recently left SG and am residing in the city of Ketchikan now... quite some ways south east of Homer. Just woke up this morning to one of these darlings!
Too bad my Leica M8 only has a 50mm lens as the longest focal length... for now.
Hope you don't mind me hijacking the thread with my humble link!
The Bald Eagle | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
thats amazing! almost like a dream for many!! if i were, i would be touring every weekend! wat are u working as in ketchikan now?
Hahah thanks for the compliments!
Currently networking around while awaiting for confirmation at the shipyard. Quite some gulls fly in and out of this salmon-capital-of-the-world, been told that I might get to spot some bears in the summer from time to time too.
Looks like I'll need to invest in a long-lens system.
tsaieh
Senior Member
Lovely stories about your encounter in Alaska! I believe there are few other places you can see Bald Eagles. A friend of mine who is living in Nebraska told me it's common to see bold eagle there during migration. He can find them easily and within few feets away. Wao. 
he is not a pro in photography and emailed me couple of shots . really awesome.
I enjoyed your adventure in alaska. and hopefully i can go there too. haha. but i will visit my friend in nebraska this August and hope to have a really good adventure just like you.
he is not a pro in photography and emailed me couple of shots . really awesome. I enjoyed your adventure in alaska. and hopefully i can go there too. haha. but i will visit my friend in nebraska this August and hope to have a really good adventure just like you.
Besides the equipments, there were a couple of queries flowing in relation to the cost of the trip. Frankly, i cant really remember them much accurately now. Below are estimated prices based on how much my brain could still remember:
All in Singapore dollars.
- Attire:
Goretex jacket: $600
Goretex pants: $400
Goretex shoes: $200
Backpack: $450
Fleece jacket and pants :$300
Waterproof gloves: $100
2 sets of Thermal Wear (Top + bottom): $150 (rather low end ones)
Lonely planet - which i didnt really use: $60
- Air tickets: $3,800 - it was extremely last minute and this was the cheapest deal at that time.
- Camping for 2 weeks: $3,000 - the camping is just inclusive of the tents & the daily transportation & the lodging at the campsites (yes, campsites are not free) & the guide's jokes. You have to pay for ur own meals separately. You have to pay for own snacks, souvenirs. You have to pay for all the bear watching, cruises, glacier trekking, canoeing, white water rafting, separately.
- Hotel accommodation is a normal 3/4 star hotel in my first week alone prior to camping start: SGD$abt 250-300 per room per night (i stayed in 2 hotels in my first week because the first hotel i stayed had no more rooms). So the high estimate total for 6 nights stay is about $1,800.
- One way taxi from hotel to town area – it’s about 10+ USD - roughly 10-15mins ride - i feel its same pricing as singapore taxi.
- Bicycle rental in Anchorage area: When I rented the bicycle from 7pm to 10pm, it was about SGD$30. But what I can’t remember is whether the SGD$30 is for 3 hours or is it for half day. The rental includes the bicycle, the lights, front basket to put ur stuffs, portable air pump and spare tube.
- Food pricing: The ramen food which I ate almost everyday is about SGD $15 for ramen + coke, for western food such as steaks, you would be looking at around SGD$35 onwards. If you are looking for Macdonalds, unfortunately, I didn’t see any Mac in Anchorage area, I only saw one in Homer. Price is about same as Singapore, but their drinks are free-flow. Btw for most of the restaurants, soft drinks are free flow (and soft drinks cost about USD$2/$3 – rather standard price even in restaurants). To get refill, just ask the waiter for refill will do.
- Return Bus from Anchorage to Seward (to board the cruise ships): about SGD$80.
- 1 day Bear viewing (lasted approx 8hrs in total) - the 1hr return flight (2hrs in total to-and-fro) to the bear viewing area & a boat ride around the lake in search of bears & a yummy salmon lunch - $1,500 – This bear viewing tour was undertaken by myself in my first week alone, and not part of the camping tour itinerary. It’s the most expensive tour, but it’s the most worth it. Sometimes I can get to within 3 metres from the bear! Although there are other famous bear viewing areas such as the Katmai National Park, but personally I felt it’s rather useless for photography/viewing because the bears are more than 500metres away, and the guide won’t let you go any nearer. Another famous place is the Brooks Falls, where u can see the salmon jumping into the bears’ mouth – this was the initial bear viewing place I wanna go, but unfortunately it only takes place in around May/June during the salmon run. When I was there in August, the salmon run already ended, so I didn’t go. (I remember the day tour price to go Katmai National Park and Brooks Falls are also > SGD$1,000 per person.)
- Humpback Whale/Orca Whales/puffins/harbour seals watching cruise – It’s about SGD$250 per trip. I went one cruise on myself, and went on another cruise with the camping group. You can top up money (About USD$29.90 for a free-flow buffet of salmon/beef/seafood) to eat on the cruise (I ate the buffet on my cruise with the camping tour mates – if not I would be the odd one out =_=” ), but I highly suggest you scrap this buffet! Because eating the buffet waste time, and you are here to shoot and see wildlife and not to eat!!!!!!!!!! Just bring some simple sandwich + a pepsi and you can tahan the cruise journey already!
- Glacier Trekking (about 6 to 8 hours trekking, inclusive of the guide, inclusive of the crampons, but food/drinks not included) – about USD$225 ~ SGD$300.
- River Kayaking to the Shoup Glaciers (about 6hrs in total, Inclusive of the guide, the kayak rental, the waterproof overall clothing, the boots, the life jacket, the paddle) – about SGD$350.
- Kayaking + Salmon Fishing (about 6hrs in total, Inclusive of the guide, the kayak rental, the waterproof overall clothing, the boots, the life jacket, the paddle, the fishing rod/reel) – about SGD$500 (The waterproof rental itself was already SGD$250!! Super atrocious!! My camping guide didn’t inform us the waterproof clothing rental before hand) – I didn’t post any picture of the kayaking + salmon fishing tour because I didn’t bring my camera along. The kayaking runs through some slight white water areas, and with rather strong undercurrents, and thus the chance of capsizing is rather high, so didn’t wanna risk my equipments... if only I have waterproof camera at that time. However, this kayaking + fishing trip is the most not value for money trip!!! I didn’t catch any salmon at all!!! And the strong currents required me to paddle hard, plus the fact that I was paired with someone who was rather weak/didn’t paddle much did not help either!!
- Denali National Park – Park Entrance (SGD$55) + National Park Bus (SGD$25) = SGD$80
- 20mins flight over Wrangell St Alias National Park to see the Ice Planet – SGD$250
- Entrance fees to museums: there’s a lot of museums, for example in anchorage there’s the contemporary art museum, the native heritage museum, the science museum. In valdez, there’s a valdez museum. In seward, there’s a seward museum – this talks mainly about how the Alaska state flag is designed the way it is, and who created it. In Homer, there’s a Homer museum. Museums are in general < USD$10, except for the native heritage museum which is more expensive (cant remember the price), because it includes return bus ride (about 45mins one way). The museum are rather interesting, do go!!!
- Laundry at campsites: laundry is about USD$2 for washing and another USD$2 for drying.
- Bathing at campsites: bathing in most campsite is free, except for one place (seward) where it's USD$1 for 2 minutes of water flow from the hose!!!! i spend about on USD$4 to bathe. so time ur shampoo and scrubbing of body well!!
- groceries wise: price about same as singapore.
- Shopping at walmart: I realised that the ~80gb worth of memory cards were grossly insufficient for 3 weeks, so I bought another 4 x 16gb of SD cards at walmart. think about SGD$40 for 16gb Sandisk ultra SD card, so total about SGD$160
The amount in total, excluding the groceries, excluding the groceries i.e. those miscellaneous clocks up to about SGD15k based on what I listed out above. There are still a few more day trips which I went to, for example the Alaska zoo (Around SGD20), the Alaska botanic gardens (Around SGD70 for round trip taxi and another <USD 10 for entrance), the Alaska wildlife conservation centre (about USD80), etc which I didn't mention in this thread yet. In total I think it cost about SGD18k. But if u go on twin basis with someone else, think you can save on the hotel and taxi.
All in Singapore dollars.
- Attire:
Goretex jacket: $600
Goretex pants: $400
Goretex shoes: $200
Backpack: $450
Fleece jacket and pants :$300
Waterproof gloves: $100
2 sets of Thermal Wear (Top + bottom): $150 (rather low end ones)
Lonely planet - which i didnt really use: $60
- Air tickets: $3,800 - it was extremely last minute and this was the cheapest deal at that time.
- Camping for 2 weeks: $3,000 - the camping is just inclusive of the tents & the daily transportation & the lodging at the campsites (yes, campsites are not free) & the guide's jokes. You have to pay for ur own meals separately. You have to pay for own snacks, souvenirs. You have to pay for all the bear watching, cruises, glacier trekking, canoeing, white water rafting, separately.
- Hotel accommodation is a normal 3/4 star hotel in my first week alone prior to camping start: SGD$abt 250-300 per room per night (i stayed in 2 hotels in my first week because the first hotel i stayed had no more rooms). So the high estimate total for 6 nights stay is about $1,800.
- One way taxi from hotel to town area – it’s about 10+ USD - roughly 10-15mins ride - i feel its same pricing as singapore taxi.
- Bicycle rental in Anchorage area: When I rented the bicycle from 7pm to 10pm, it was about SGD$30. But what I can’t remember is whether the SGD$30 is for 3 hours or is it for half day. The rental includes the bicycle, the lights, front basket to put ur stuffs, portable air pump and spare tube.
- Food pricing: The ramen food which I ate almost everyday is about SGD $15 for ramen + coke, for western food such as steaks, you would be looking at around SGD$35 onwards. If you are looking for Macdonalds, unfortunately, I didn’t see any Mac in Anchorage area, I only saw one in Homer. Price is about same as Singapore, but their drinks are free-flow. Btw for most of the restaurants, soft drinks are free flow (and soft drinks cost about USD$2/$3 – rather standard price even in restaurants). To get refill, just ask the waiter for refill will do.
- Return Bus from Anchorage to Seward (to board the cruise ships): about SGD$80.
- 1 day Bear viewing (lasted approx 8hrs in total) - the 1hr return flight (2hrs in total to-and-fro) to the bear viewing area & a boat ride around the lake in search of bears & a yummy salmon lunch - $1,500 – This bear viewing tour was undertaken by myself in my first week alone, and not part of the camping tour itinerary. It’s the most expensive tour, but it’s the most worth it. Sometimes I can get to within 3 metres from the bear! Although there are other famous bear viewing areas such as the Katmai National Park, but personally I felt it’s rather useless for photography/viewing because the bears are more than 500metres away, and the guide won’t let you go any nearer. Another famous place is the Brooks Falls, where u can see the salmon jumping into the bears’ mouth – this was the initial bear viewing place I wanna go, but unfortunately it only takes place in around May/June during the salmon run. When I was there in August, the salmon run already ended, so I didn’t go. (I remember the day tour price to go Katmai National Park and Brooks Falls are also > SGD$1,000 per person.)
- Humpback Whale/Orca Whales/puffins/harbour seals watching cruise – It’s about SGD$250 per trip. I went one cruise on myself, and went on another cruise with the camping group. You can top up money (About USD$29.90 for a free-flow buffet of salmon/beef/seafood) to eat on the cruise (I ate the buffet on my cruise with the camping tour mates – if not I would be the odd one out =_=” ), but I highly suggest you scrap this buffet! Because eating the buffet waste time, and you are here to shoot and see wildlife and not to eat!!!!!!!!!! Just bring some simple sandwich + a pepsi and you can tahan the cruise journey already!
- Glacier Trekking (about 6 to 8 hours trekking, inclusive of the guide, inclusive of the crampons, but food/drinks not included) – about USD$225 ~ SGD$300.
- River Kayaking to the Shoup Glaciers (about 6hrs in total, Inclusive of the guide, the kayak rental, the waterproof overall clothing, the boots, the life jacket, the paddle) – about SGD$350.
- Kayaking + Salmon Fishing (about 6hrs in total, Inclusive of the guide, the kayak rental, the waterproof overall clothing, the boots, the life jacket, the paddle, the fishing rod/reel) – about SGD$500 (The waterproof rental itself was already SGD$250!! Super atrocious!! My camping guide didn’t inform us the waterproof clothing rental before hand) – I didn’t post any picture of the kayaking + salmon fishing tour because I didn’t bring my camera along. The kayaking runs through some slight white water areas, and with rather strong undercurrents, and thus the chance of capsizing is rather high, so didn’t wanna risk my equipments... if only I have waterproof camera at that time. However, this kayaking + fishing trip is the most not value for money trip!!! I didn’t catch any salmon at all!!! And the strong currents required me to paddle hard, plus the fact that I was paired with someone who was rather weak/didn’t paddle much did not help either!!
- Denali National Park – Park Entrance (SGD$55) + National Park Bus (SGD$25) = SGD$80
- 20mins flight over Wrangell St Alias National Park to see the Ice Planet – SGD$250
- Entrance fees to museums: there’s a lot of museums, for example in anchorage there’s the contemporary art museum, the native heritage museum, the science museum. In valdez, there’s a valdez museum. In seward, there’s a seward museum – this talks mainly about how the Alaska state flag is designed the way it is, and who created it. In Homer, there’s a Homer museum. Museums are in general < USD$10, except for the native heritage museum which is more expensive (cant remember the price), because it includes return bus ride (about 45mins one way). The museum are rather interesting, do go!!!
- Laundry at campsites: laundry is about USD$2 for washing and another USD$2 for drying.
- Bathing at campsites: bathing in most campsite is free, except for one place (seward) where it's USD$1 for 2 minutes of water flow from the hose!!!! i spend about on USD$4 to bathe. so time ur shampoo and scrubbing of body well!!
- groceries wise: price about same as singapore.
- Shopping at walmart: I realised that the ~80gb worth of memory cards were grossly insufficient for 3 weeks, so I bought another 4 x 16gb of SD cards at walmart. think about SGD$40 for 16gb Sandisk ultra SD card, so total about SGD$160
The amount in total, excluding the groceries, excluding the groceries i.e. those miscellaneous clocks up to about SGD15k based on what I listed out above. There are still a few more day trips which I went to, for example the Alaska zoo (Around SGD20), the Alaska botanic gardens (Around SGD70 for round trip taxi and another <USD 10 for entrance), the Alaska wildlife conservation centre (about USD80), etc which I didn't mention in this thread yet. In total I think it cost about SGD18k. But if u go on twin basis with someone else, think you can save on the hotel and taxi.
Camera equipment advise: based on what i encountered, think it is highly recommended to have 5 sets of camera equipment.
1st set: iphone - the best camera in the world!!! - use to snap in shopping centres or in museums or in situations where photography is not allowed
2nd set: waterproof camera - those olympus tough series - use for all water related expeditions! too bad i dont have it that time, i only have the sony nex-5 which is not really good.
3rd set: a full frame weatherproof camera couple with 14mm f2.8L lens or 8-15mm L fish eye. Personally I think the 8-15mm L fisheye would be ultra useful in Alaska. When I was there, the “widest” camera I had was the canon 1D Mark IV, which is 1.3x crop and the lens was 24mm F1.4L. When I was shooting the night scape and some landscape, I realise that my camera + lens is just simply not wide enough. Take for example the milky way night shots above, the milky way actually stretched on and way beyong my picture, but mine was truncated unfortunately....my image certainly doesn’t do justice to what I see. I had a camp mate who shot using the canon 5D Mark 2 + canon 17-40mm. Though the shots were much much much much better than mine, the combo was still unfortunately not wide enough to capture the entire milky way, and it was also not wide enough for several landscapes.
To get a sense of the “size” of the nature in Alaska, just imagine this: I asked a couple of Ang Mohs from Swiss how does the nature in Alaska differ from that in Swiss (I have never been to Europe)? Their reply to me was “Before I come to Alaska, I have always thought the Swiss Alps, the Swiss mountains etc. are the biggest in Europe, and perhaps in the world. But now that I am in Alaska, the Swiss mountains seems like just another mountain in Alaska. Everything about the nature in Alaska is just simply much bigger. The mountains are way taller, way wider. The landscape is much much much more vast & wider, the rivers & meanders are much longer. And of course the Ice Planet is in a different league of its own – there’s simply no comparison. Suddenly the nature in Swiss seemed to be dwarfed.”
4th set: a weatherproof camera with a normal-range zoom lens e.g. 16-35mm, 17-40mm, 24-70mm. Perhaps you could just use this zoom lenses on the 3rd sets full frame camera, so you can bring one less camera.
5th set: a Fast FPS weatherproof camera with medium telephoto zoon lens e.g. 70-200mm, 120-300mm. Sometimes I was just too near to the wildlife, and my 500mm was simply too long. For example, My 500mm lens with minimum focusing distance of 4.6metres, can’t shoot the Bears which were about 3metres away. I lost numerous opportunities because of this...
6th set: a Fast FPS weatherproof camera with super telephoto lens e.g. think 500mm with 1.4x teleconverter. 800mm might be too long, unless you are very certain to just shoot birds in Alaska or if u are in Katmai National Park shooting the bears which are >500metres away. But then again, shooting subjects which are so far away are pointless, because the air will degrade the image quality, no matter how L or how good the lens is. In the place where i shot the bears, I am almost at the borderline of being able to shoot the bears, 600mm might be too long.
Note that all the cameras/lenses are highly recommended/definitely needed to be weatherproof. The weather in Alaska is crazy.
Camera support:
- It’s good if u are fit enough to carry a heavy sturdy tripod with ball head to shoot the night scapes. Although the one I brought to Alaska was already Gitzo’s 3 series (3541), it was still not sturdy enough to handle the wind there. And unfortunately, the camp site area where i shot the night scape was muddy, dirty, and there was no stones/ tables where i can place on instead to shoot...
- Monopod is an absolute MUST!!!! (which stupid me did not bring!!) Can’t stressed enough the importance of this. If you have to decide between monopod and tripod, ditch the tripod!!!
- There is a camera shop in Anchorage that sells photography stuffs, in case u require anything – e.g. lowepro bags, memory cards, lenses, dslrs, cleaning kit etc. But it’s not cheap, and in fact more ex than US Amazon.
Camera Accessories:
- it would be nice to have circular polarisers.. sometimes the sun maybe too strong and cause strong glares from the water e.g. sea water. During the cruise, you shoot directly into the sea for the whales etc. and would inevitably shoot the sea water.. Besides the fur of sea animals like sea otters are rather silky and reflects glaring lights. Circular polarisers can help to eliminate that.
- time lapse remote control.
- Torchlights – this is again one of the most important item. Get one which is waterproof & >100 lumens. There are no street lights at night, so torchlight is the only way to move around without falling into holes. Besides torchlights helps u to figure out the buttons on ur camera.
Hopefully in the hopefully not too far away future, I would be able to touch base on Antarctica for the penguins!!
1st set: iphone - the best camera in the world!!! - use to snap in shopping centres or in museums or in situations where photography is not allowed
2nd set: waterproof camera - those olympus tough series - use for all water related expeditions! too bad i dont have it that time, i only have the sony nex-5 which is not really good.
3rd set: a full frame weatherproof camera couple with 14mm f2.8L lens or 8-15mm L fish eye. Personally I think the 8-15mm L fisheye would be ultra useful in Alaska. When I was there, the “widest” camera I had was the canon 1D Mark IV, which is 1.3x crop and the lens was 24mm F1.4L. When I was shooting the night scape and some landscape, I realise that my camera + lens is just simply not wide enough. Take for example the milky way night shots above, the milky way actually stretched on and way beyong my picture, but mine was truncated unfortunately....my image certainly doesn’t do justice to what I see. I had a camp mate who shot using the canon 5D Mark 2 + canon 17-40mm. Though the shots were much much much much better than mine, the combo was still unfortunately not wide enough to capture the entire milky way, and it was also not wide enough for several landscapes.
To get a sense of the “size” of the nature in Alaska, just imagine this: I asked a couple of Ang Mohs from Swiss how does the nature in Alaska differ from that in Swiss (I have never been to Europe)? Their reply to me was “Before I come to Alaska, I have always thought the Swiss Alps, the Swiss mountains etc. are the biggest in Europe, and perhaps in the world. But now that I am in Alaska, the Swiss mountains seems like just another mountain in Alaska. Everything about the nature in Alaska is just simply much bigger. The mountains are way taller, way wider. The landscape is much much much more vast & wider, the rivers & meanders are much longer. And of course the Ice Planet is in a different league of its own – there’s simply no comparison. Suddenly the nature in Swiss seemed to be dwarfed.”
4th set: a weatherproof camera with a normal-range zoom lens e.g. 16-35mm, 17-40mm, 24-70mm. Perhaps you could just use this zoom lenses on the 3rd sets full frame camera, so you can bring one less camera.
5th set: a Fast FPS weatherproof camera with medium telephoto zoon lens e.g. 70-200mm, 120-300mm. Sometimes I was just too near to the wildlife, and my 500mm was simply too long. For example, My 500mm lens with minimum focusing distance of 4.6metres, can’t shoot the Bears which were about 3metres away. I lost numerous opportunities because of this...
6th set: a Fast FPS weatherproof camera with super telephoto lens e.g. think 500mm with 1.4x teleconverter. 800mm might be too long, unless you are very certain to just shoot birds in Alaska or if u are in Katmai National Park shooting the bears which are >500metres away. But then again, shooting subjects which are so far away are pointless, because the air will degrade the image quality, no matter how L or how good the lens is. In the place where i shot the bears, I am almost at the borderline of being able to shoot the bears, 600mm might be too long.
Note that all the cameras/lenses are highly recommended/definitely needed to be weatherproof. The weather in Alaska is crazy.
Camera support:
- It’s good if u are fit enough to carry a heavy sturdy tripod with ball head to shoot the night scapes. Although the one I brought to Alaska was already Gitzo’s 3 series (3541), it was still not sturdy enough to handle the wind there. And unfortunately, the camp site area where i shot the night scape was muddy, dirty, and there was no stones/ tables where i can place on instead to shoot...
- Monopod is an absolute MUST!!!! (which stupid me did not bring!!) Can’t stressed enough the importance of this. If you have to decide between monopod and tripod, ditch the tripod!!!
- There is a camera shop in Anchorage that sells photography stuffs, in case u require anything – e.g. lowepro bags, memory cards, lenses, dslrs, cleaning kit etc. But it’s not cheap, and in fact more ex than US Amazon.
Camera Accessories:
- it would be nice to have circular polarisers.. sometimes the sun maybe too strong and cause strong glares from the water e.g. sea water. During the cruise, you shoot directly into the sea for the whales etc. and would inevitably shoot the sea water.. Besides the fur of sea animals like sea otters are rather silky and reflects glaring lights. Circular polarisers can help to eliminate that.
- time lapse remote control.
- Torchlights – this is again one of the most important item. Get one which is waterproof & >100 lumens. There are no street lights at night, so torchlight is the only way to move around without falling into holes. Besides torchlights helps u to figure out the buttons on ur camera.
Hopefully in the hopefully not too far away future, I would be able to touch base on Antarctica for the penguins!!
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tsaieh
Senior Member
Thanks for the tips and advise. It really is a wonderful trip for you and i guess many people were also start their plan to go to alaska too.
You mentioned countless time about how you regret not getting monopod instead of tripod. haha. Can the leg closed together to become a monopod?
You mentioned countless time about how you regret not getting monopod instead of tripod. haha. Can the leg closed together to become a monopod?
Thanks for the tips and advise. It really is a wonderful trip for you and i guess many people were also start their plan to go to alaska too.
You mentioned countless time about how you regret not getting monopod instead of tripod. haha. Can the leg closed together to become a monopod?
haha.. i didnt realise i commented so much on the monopod...
can close, but it will be too "fat" & clumsy & at abt 2kg, its not light to use... compared to a real monopod thats only abt 600 - 700g...
TWmilkteaTW
Senior Member
very nice and interesting thread. To read and to view.
Thumps up for the effort put in. I enjoyed every post in this thread
and wow..after seeing the cost..i think i can only dream and be hopeful :bsmilie:
Thumps up for the effort put in. I enjoyed every post in this thread
and wow..after seeing the cost..i think i can only dream and be hopeful :bsmilie:
Hi, thank you for the great sharing of first hand experiences of alaska.
Your thread had become my contantly re-reading thread, as i am currently planning a alaska trip myself.
Can you share with me the agency you book with?
And did you book the bear watching trip in singapore, or you book it in alaska when you reach there. And any weblink to the agency?
Thank you for your wonderfull sharing
Your thread had become my contantly re-reading thread, as i am currently planning a alaska trip myself.
Can you share with me the agency you book with?
And did you book the bear watching trip in singapore, or you book it in alaska when you reach there. And any weblink to the agency?
Thank you for your wonderfull sharing
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