Foggy14 wrote:
Hi, gang. I had the chance to take the family skiing for a few days in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California.
While spring was coming on fast in the valley, it was still full-on winter in the mountains, with a lot of new snow while we were there. The best late-season skiing I've seen. The snow pack was impressive, with Mammoth Mountain ski area at 540 inches for the season and a 330 inch base at the summit. One of the local hosts said that the mountain will be open for skiing and boarding until July 4th, at least.
Here are a couple pano-style, black and white shots of Mammoth. The first (105/2.5 ais) shows the ski area from the valley, near the Hot Creek fish hatchery. Mammoth's summit (11,053 feet / 3,369 meters) is in clouds. Lincoln Mountain (10,091 feet / 3,076 meters) is the peak in the sunshine.
The second shot (180/2.8 ED ais) shows the summit and the eastern ridge of the mountain on a clearer morning, before the lifts opened.
Peter has a lot of great shots from his trips to the Eastern Sierra and I'll share some more images of the area over the next week.
Cheers,
Jeff
PS:
Leighton, sorry to hear you needed surgery, but glad that it went well and that you're on the mend!
Philippe, congratulations on your article. Very well deserved!
Nice. Chair 9. I'll be there for the week after Easter, kids week off. Also planning mid May on my birthday and 4th of July skiing 🎿⛷👍 14 days so far between Mammoth and Big Bear. One last shot at Summit tomorrow
RicHammond wrote:
Nice. Chair 9. I'll be there for the week after Easter, kids week off. Also planning mid May on my birthday and 4th of July skiing 🎿⛷👍 14 days so far between Mammoth and Big Bear. One last shot at Summit tomorrow
rafaelcasd wrote:
Love everyone's work, Ken, Jose, Philippe, particularly liked George's use of the 28 3.5 of yore,
Drove out to Anza Borrego for the bloom that has made national news.
Went where few people go, do not like crowds, it is truly impressive to see little flowers sprouting from hot sand, and entire mountainsides colored by yellow flowers. Here is a teaser.
28mm 2.0 ais with a polarizer and the 18mm 3.5 ais.
Anza Borrego is filling with natural steel statues, this is a statue of a stage coach not yet properly rusted, they ran through here.
The photos do not convey the experience of being present, there are blooms everywhere where nothing is the norm.
Indeed. The California deserts are crazy. My brother posted some Facebook photos of him and a group of Ford Raptors. I asked him what golf course would let you drive trucks on it. He said He was outside of Barstow!
46% cropped (11/24Mp).
I suppose this bird to be a male Blackbird (Turdus merula).
Both taken with D610 + Nikon 75-150mm f/3.5E @150mm, ISO 3200, f/5.6 at 1/60s.
Both are wall details from a room found at Livia's Villa, Rome 30-20 BC. Livia was the wife of the first Emperor, Augustus. Museo Nazionale at Palazzo Massimo, Rome.
Foggy14 wrote:
Laura, my big decision was more camera gear, or more wine and beer?
I went for the wine and beer!
My problem is similar, but the competing parties are Mini Coopers, bicycles and camera gear. All three are rather large black holes my money is attracted to. Had to give up the beer years ago to be able to afford the toys I really wanted, while wine always struck me as overpriced vinegar that causes fuzzy vision and headaches the next day.
Jose, someone with the same appreciation of science and exquisite detail from 2 millenia ago that you have now, except drawing with a different set of tools. Amazing ancient find in Rome!!
Peter (Knysna), interesting scene at "Wild Oats".
Laura, the 135 f2 was perfect for that capture of the mini-helicopter. Haven't come across something that small before.
kwoodard wrote:
Finally got around to editing some photos... I am only about 800 behind. These are from my recent trip to Long Beach to visit some friends of my wife. This was also the first opportunity to use the new-to-me 35/2 AI. I like the lens, even though it has some distortion that can be hard to tame at times. Still learning how to use it affectively. All shots on the D700.
