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Exploits from last weekend's photo jaunts: First stop, Humbolt Mountain. Actually I'm on top of it and in front of you, looking north is the Mazatal Moutain range. Nothing spectacular except the 40mph winds and the fact that I got one picture between gusts that didn't get ahold of the telephoto and blur things up.
I did have some company while waiting for the light to get better and the wind to die down. The first time I caught a glimpse of the little bugger, it was on top of my backpack already. When I was done screaming like a 4 year old just spanked at Kmart, we hung out for awhile. After all those Discovery and Animal Planet shows I've watched, you can't help but admire everything you find if you've seen their episode. This was only the first of 5 I ran into that evening once I headed home.
Sunday I found myself on a dirt road called Ranch Rd that lead to Ranch Mountain, which in turn led to The Ranch atop said mountain. Simple enough I guess
Tried out some Ektachrome 100VS for the first time as my now discontinued 100SW supply has run out. With a polarizer this stuff is actually too saturated and my skies and clouds looked like a cartoon. I had to desaturate the next images to make them look real. Anyway, The Ranch, or what's left of it.................
As the ranch falls into shadow before the sun actually sets, I got to chase the sun down the mountain.
And then the grand finale when everything turns orange, red, gold, and everything in between for less than a minute.
till next week...............................
I did have some company while waiting for the light to get better and the wind to die down. The first time I caught a glimpse of the little bugger, it was on top of my backpack already. When I was done screaming like a 4 year old just spanked at Kmart, we hung out for awhile. After all those Discovery and Animal Planet shows I've watched, you can't help but admire everything you find if you've seen their episode. This was only the first of 5 I ran into that evening once I headed home.
Sunday I found myself on a dirt road called Ranch Rd that lead to Ranch Mountain, which in turn led to The Ranch atop said mountain. Simple enough I guess
Tried out some Ektachrome 100VS for the first time as my now discontinued 100SW supply has run out. With a polarizer this stuff is actually too saturated and my skies and clouds looked like a cartoon. I had to desaturate the next images to make them look real. Anyway, The Ranch, or what's left of it.................
As the ranch falls into shadow before the sun actually sets, I got to chase the sun down the mountain.
And then the grand finale when everything turns orange, red, gold, and everything in between for less than a minute.
till next week...............................
