High Sierra Topix

You are correct Greg, there are bear boxes in all the locations you visited except in Lost
Canyon which is a breeze to get through till you reach Columbine Lake where the
next bear box is located.

Great photos! I did the same trip a couple years ago and your photos capture the beauty of the area very well. I had almost forgotten what a pain descending Sawtooth is!

Thanks for the verification Mav, ad thanks for the comments trav.

A couple more:

Beautiful photos! I' ve done this trip twice in various ways. The sandy slog up Sawtooth Pass is the worst. The last time I went over Black Rock Pass, clouds were zooming through the gap and I could lay down on one side and stick my hand up into the clouds! Pretty cool and one of hiking's little perks.

Alan

Greg,
In the first set of photo's, the 30 min moonlight exposure, I'm guessing your using film?
If so, what ISO are you using? I have trouble w/Digital and long exposures. If you are
using digital, any advise for long exposure ISO. Thanks again for sharing your photo's
with us amatures.

Thanks Alan and stretchman.
Alan, that's pretty cool about the clouds.
Stretchman, that was digital at iso200 (at the time I sure did wish I had brought my film camera). I'll usually hover around iso400 at night, but because of the moonlight bumped it down a bit. I was a bit surprised at the lack of noise, my previous digital couldn't go five minutes without accumulation of noise. The going recommended techniques nowadays to reduce noise is to a) take several consecutive photos and stack them in photoshop and/or b) take an image of the same length with the lenscap on and subtract out the noise (both are frequently used in astrophotography). Of course a sturdy tripod helps.

Wonderful photos...ditto whoever said puts theirs to shame ...

ndwoods wrote:Wonderful photos...ditto whoever said puts theirs to shame ...

- that goes for me too!

I look thru the pictures that I take, and I think they're pretty good.... until I see posts like yours, Greg. You've got this magic touch! They can't ALL be simply the "right place at the right time".

Your trip report is just as interesting. My trip reports are basically "trip was great....this is what I did....I had a great time....." You, Marksor, and Laura (and others) can paint a picture with your words, and I feel like I'm there.

Rosie

And another ditto from me! I really appreciate the trip reports since I generally don't have a way with words and mine would be rather dull. Quality photographs require effort, equipment and skill so it's great to see people who can put the elements together.

Alan

Thanks Dee, Rosie, and Alan. I'm glad it was a good read with a good visual show