A few Sierra images from my Canon 20D this summer.
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 6:20 pm
I didn't get out as much as usual last summer because I got married and got my wife pregnant (at least I hope it was me), but I still managed quite a few backpacking/camping trips. I like my 20D in many regards and I like my Elan 7 film camera in many regards. Being a landscape photography I don't like the 1.6x crop factor at all with my digital. Ick. I also still prefer the look of Fuji Velvia 50 film, usually, but there are times I like how the digital version came out better. So I shoot with both. I didn't shoot much film this summer because my wife didn't want me spending katrillions of dollars on film, which is why she spent katrillions on my 20D, so I shot mostly digital to make up for it. Now I really want a full-frame Canon 5D, but first I have to find a buyer for my left kidney before I can afford it. I'll post a few images from my 20D.
Here's a photo of an undisclosed location somewhere in the western hemisphere. That's all I'm gonna reveal about where this beautiful place is located. I know, it's selfish of me to try and keep it for myself, but if I tell you where it is here on a public forum, it will become overrun with tourists. Word will get out. I just know it. Forgive me.
Here's an image of the same area, looking down on it from a place I shall call, "Near Inspiration Point", which means nothing to you since you have no idea where this place is in the first place. This was late afternoon, or is it early evening? I used a 3-stop hard Galen Rowell/Singh-Ray GND filter. I just like saying "Galen Rowell". Galen secretly referred to this place as "The Cirque Of The Unmentionables". He climbed many of these walls, but then again, maybe he didn't. You don't know.
Here's another top secret area. The only access here is through a looooong tunnel underneath Area 51, aka Dreamland, aka Groom Lake, which may or may not exist. According to National Geographic Adventure magazine, these are all 14,500' peaks. The trail you see my dogs on, Heidi and Sierra, is actually a Sasquatch migration trail. It's not heavily used, but Sasquatch is a heavy animal, so it just looks heavily used.
This'll be last one for now, my break at work is over. These are my hiking partners at Marsh Lake in the John Muir Wilderness, taken in the morning from my campsite perched up on a granite knoll above the lake. I found some old biscuit crumbs and poop which I suspect came from John Muir himself. I had to hike a good, oh, 1/2 mile or so to reach this beautiful spot. Don't try this unless you are in excellent condition and fully trained on extremely flat-trails for insanely short distances. Otherwise it's brutal. I don't wanna mention how many mosquitoes were killed during the making of this photograph because I don't even wanna think about it. This was a 15-minute exposure in manual bulb mode using a cable release. I just told me dogs to "stay". They remained completely still the entire time. They're amazing. Thank you, you may now all be seated.
Here's a photo of an undisclosed location somewhere in the western hemisphere. That's all I'm gonna reveal about where this beautiful place is located. I know, it's selfish of me to try and keep it for myself, but if I tell you where it is here on a public forum, it will become overrun with tourists. Word will get out. I just know it. Forgive me.
Here's an image of the same area, looking down on it from a place I shall call, "Near Inspiration Point", which means nothing to you since you have no idea where this place is in the first place. This was late afternoon, or is it early evening? I used a 3-stop hard Galen Rowell/Singh-Ray GND filter. I just like saying "Galen Rowell". Galen secretly referred to this place as "The Cirque Of The Unmentionables". He climbed many of these walls, but then again, maybe he didn't. You don't know.
Here's another top secret area. The only access here is through a looooong tunnel underneath Area 51, aka Dreamland, aka Groom Lake, which may or may not exist. According to National Geographic Adventure magazine, these are all 14,500' peaks. The trail you see my dogs on, Heidi and Sierra, is actually a Sasquatch migration trail. It's not heavily used, but Sasquatch is a heavy animal, so it just looks heavily used.
This'll be last one for now, my break at work is over. These are my hiking partners at Marsh Lake in the John Muir Wilderness, taken in the morning from my campsite perched up on a granite knoll above the lake. I found some old biscuit crumbs and poop which I suspect came from John Muir himself. I had to hike a good, oh, 1/2 mile or so to reach this beautiful spot. Don't try this unless you are in excellent condition and fully trained on extremely flat-trails for insanely short distances. Otherwise it's brutal. I don't wanna mention how many mosquitoes were killed during the making of this photograph because I don't even wanna think about it. This was a 15-minute exposure in manual bulb mode using a cable release. I just told me dogs to "stay". They remained completely still the entire time. They're amazing. Thank you, you may now all be seated.