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Re: Mystery Spot

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2016 8:06 am
by balzaccom
Giving this a bump one more time. Should I post another photo? OR does someone else want to lead off? Dave? Its your turn!

Re: Mystery Spot

Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 8:48 pm
by SSSdave
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Independence Day firecracker flower scenic mystery


What are we looking at here? Yes a famous peak is in view and more. Did I have to hike...yep. Is it a lonely place one will not see any footprints...yep.

Taken this holiday weekend Saturday afternoon July 2 with my 60mm Sigma on A6000 image size 6000 by 4000 pixels. Processed with focus stacking.

Dwarf monkeyflower, mimulus nanus, sulphur buckwheat, eriogonum umbellatum, a few branched tidy-lupine, lupinus lepidus var. ramosus, and jeffrey pine.

David
http://www.davidsenesac.com/2016_Trip_Chronicles/

Re: Mystery Spot

Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 9:06 pm
by Cross Country
this is?

Re: Mystery Spot

Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2016 10:33 am
by ERIC
A reminder regarding the rules of the game:
balzaccom wrote:The rules are simple: identify the spot of the [last] posted photo. If you get it right, you are next up to post a photo of a beloved place you've visited.

Re: Mystery Spot

Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2016 2:16 pm
by copeg
SSSdave, taken in the vicinity of Lookout Mountain looking south towards Sherwin Lakes, Bloody Mountain on the left?

Re: Mystery Spot

Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2016 2:36 pm
by SSSdave
Very good my friend, you're up. Of note my tripod was somewhat north. The distinctive silhouette of those impressive peaks while one drives south on US395 is likely to register in one's mind. At frame mid left is of course Bloody Mountain with its snowy couloir backcountry skiers enjoy. On its shoulder poking over the top is Red Slate and at frame edge left, Laurel Mountain. This is a large treeless pumice plain thanks to Mono Craters of which there are several in that region. For most of each year those areas are of little interest to all but off road vehicle enthusiasts, particularly dirt bikes. However there is a narrow window when those areas hold some treasures that ought be of interest to photographers because of a short season usually late June to early July of striking wildflower carpets. Although my downsized image looks impressive it does not satisfy my work there because I had to compromise capture due to breezy conditions in somewhat harsh midday light. Thus may return in the future on a calmer day and likely disperse camp right out on that lonely plain where I can capture a mid morning frame.

Re: Mystery Spot

Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2016 6:40 pm
by copeg
Taken in June of '05. The snow might make this trickier.

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