The Strangest Place I Ever Woke Up In

abraxas · Jun 23, 2008

Drove up at night in total darkness- Slept. Woke up. Shot this;

Black Mountains, Arizona - Colorado River at Lake Mojave

bethanyb · Jun 23, 2008

I love the top third of it-- great purples, and the texture is neat.

BoblyBill · Jun 23, 2008

Sweet shot abraxas!!! I would love to be there. I have been thinking about going camping, and I might check that place out.

abraxas · Jun 23, 2008

bethanyb said:
I love the top third of it-- great purples, and the texture is neat.

I was hoping I was up to the processing. Looks like I'll try again later. Thanks. mumble-grumble-mphffdshfe...

BoblyBill said:
Sweet shot abraxas!!! I would love to be there. I have been thinking about going camping, and I might check that place out.

Hm,... here it is;
I was camped on the top of the ridge furthest back on the extreme right of this shot.

http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=119644

The spot ain't on no map though- but anywhere is fine.

mmcduffie1 · Jul 8, 2008

You must have led a sheltered life if that's the strangest place you've woke up in.

The greens seem to jump out in it to me.Nice shot

abraxas · Jul 13, 2008

mmcduffie1 said:
You must have led a sheltered life if that's the strangest place you've woke up in.
The greens seem to jump out in it to me.Nice shot

Strangest, not the worst.

Thanks.

ShaCow said:
wow, i love it

Thank you.

rjackjames · Jul 13, 2008

I all ur photos you really capture the world. scenic spots.

KD5NRH · Jul 13, 2008

abraxas said:
Drove up at night in total darkness

Great shot, but I'd strongly advise using headlights on mountain roads, lest you become a photo op for others.

aliaks · Jul 13, 2008

great! love the colors!

Senor Hound · Jul 14, 2008

Good shot, sir. I love how hard you push the saturation, yet make it seem natural. That's very difficult to do, IMO, as I increase the saturation on my shots 1% and they start looking fake...lol.

The strangest place I woke up in was on a cliff/bluff only a few yards from the edge. I went camping and got drunk, and woke up 100 yards away from the campsite in my sleeping bag, about 10 feet away from the edge of a 20-foot cliff... Yikes! I guess after everyone else passed out I thought it would be a cool idea to camp close to the edge. Luckily there was water underneath so even if I had fell in I wouldn't have broken any bones or anything.

But thank you for sharing your photo, sir. I get the feeling, too, that this would be much better (though hard to believe) in print.

abraxas · Jul 14, 2008

rjackjames said:
I all ur photos you really capture the world. scenic spots.

Thanks- I enjoy what bits I can get out into it.

KD5NRH said:
Great shot, but I'd strongly advise using headlights on mountain roads, lest you become a photo op for others.

I probably should have drove up without lights. I would have stopped in the juniper woodlands and been able to set up my cot. Slept in the front seat of the Jeep.

aliaks said:
great! love the colors!

Thank you.

Senor Hound said:
Good shot, sir. I love how hard you push the saturation, yet make it seem natural. That's very difficult to do, IMO, as I increase the saturation on my shots 1% and they start looking fake...lol.

The strangest place I woke up in was on a cliff/bluff only a few yards from the edge. I went camping and got drunk, and woke up 100 yards away from the campsite in my sleeping bag, about 10 feet away from the edge of a 20-foot cliff... Yikes! I guess after everyone else passed out I thought it would be a cool idea to camp close to the edge. Luckily there was water underneath so even if I had fell in I wouldn't have broken any bones or anything.

But thank you for sharing your photo, sir. I get the feeling, too, that this would be much better (though hard to believe) in print.

Funny how a lot of sleeping-by-the-cliff stories start out with, "I got drunk one night." At least mine does- San Onofre, cheap red wine, ...

Anyway, I couldn't have drove any further on the night in question in the photo. The road just kind of ended.

I think I may have found an archeological site in the morning though. Maybe a signal site as this was the highest point on the ridge and could be seen for maybe 50-60 miles in every direction. Maybe not. Going camping next week. Maybe I'll find something then. Maybe not.