One quick addendum to yesterday’s post. I mainly worked off 3 decks in Glacier National Park. Way up on deck 17 (and 16), my stateroom balcony on deck 12, and deck 7 (and 6). I get the math but decks 17 and 16 are about the same perspective, as are decks 7 and 6.
When I wanted to make the mountains look towering or get wildlife photos then I worked from decks 6/7. When I wanted to see distance, more of the mountain, and get up to level then I worked from decks 16/17. When I wasn’t sure or things were getting crowded, I worked from deck 12.
Anyway, the other considerations for what deck I wanted depended on two other factors as well:
1) How crowded was the location I was going to likely to be. If they just announced a location and I wasn’t there, going to the obvious deck and side was going to be crowded. There’d already be people there and it would be tricky to get a good spot.
2) Could I get there in time? Usually the answer was yes, but sometimes I backed off to prep for the next location or adjust my gear.
It also helped to look at the route and know that the ship wasn’t on a looped course. It was a straight route to the Johns Hopkins Glacier and then turn around and back the same way. That means two chances at anything I wanted photos of as well as a different angle and different time of day.
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