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A tree from 1524BC.
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A tree from 1524BC.

gflora

From Barcroft Mountain High Altitude Study

  • Day 28. August 6, 2010. On the way up to Half Moon Bay, we passed by Crystal Springs Reservoir, and the evening fog was a perfect balance between thin enough to let streaks of light through, and thick enough to make interesting patterns in the distance. Unfortunately, there wasn't a stopping are on the near side of the bridge, but we stopped on the far side and did some trespassing to get this angle. A little tricky to expose this correctly since the sky's still pretty bright low on the horizon. In post-processing, I removed the four power lines, added contrast to the sky, and brightened the foreground.<br /> <br /> (Update: Also, I just realized. This could totally be an ad for quite a few of the basic composition principles at work. Rule of Thirds, breaking the horizon, etc)<br /> <br /> (Update 2: Forgot to mention that I used a circular polarizer for this to have more control over the reflections off of the water.)<br /> <br /> 17-55mm f/2.8 IS lens @ 38mm. f/8.0. 1/125. ISO 200.
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  • Day 35. August 12, 2010. See comments for previous photo.<br /> <br /> This was almost a discard since the smoke was blurred. But after transforming to b/w, this turned out really well. There's a little excess smoke in the top-left that I was thinking about cloning away, but decided to leave this completely without processing (besides converting to b/w).<br /> <br /> 100mm f/2.8L IS Macro @ f/11. 1/20s. ISO 100. 580EX II from camera left and above match tip, 1ft away, at 1/8 power.
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  • Day 43. August 20, 2010. The most spectacular sunset I have ever witnessed over land. And I had my camera and tripod with me. :)<br /> <br /> EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 @ 10mm, f/9.0. 1/60. ISO 160.
  • Lenticular clouds!
  • Day 44. August 21, 2010. Standing on Barcroft Peak, looking at White Mountain Peak. Gusts topping out over 50mph. 13,040 ft. A little winded after hiking up this thing after having slept at Barcroft Research Station at 12,470ft, and doing badly acclimatizing while going through a cold and continuing nosebleeds. The views were spectacular. And the bluest skies I've ever seen.<br /> <br /> EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 @ 10mm, f/7.1. 1/500. ISO 100.
  • Clouds floating over Barcroft Peak.
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  • Jackrabbit bounding in the scrub.
  • A tree from 1524BC.
  • "This may be the very definition of 'gnarly.'"
  • "A friend fittingly calls this "David and Goliath."<br /> <br /> I take way too many pictures of trees. But these bristlecones are amazing.
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