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!
Hey all, been a while since I posted, but I wanted to let you guys know that my 200/2 AiS is up for sale right now on the forum. Pretty amazing lens, as you guys well know.
deadwolfbones wrote:
Hey all, been a while since I posted, but I wanted to let you guys know that my 200/2 AiS is up for sale right now on the forum. Pretty amazing lens, as you guys well know.
I shouldn't have looked, I'm drooling. Boston to Vietnam is a drastic change for sure. Are you going to have any MF Nikkors left so you can share some views from there, along with Han Diep's?
deadwolfbones wrote:
Hey all, been a while since I posted, but I wanted to let you guys know that my 200/2 AiS is up for sale right now on the forum. Pretty amazing lens, as you guys well know.
NightOwl Cat wrote:
I shouldn't have looked, I'm drooling. Boston to Vietnam is a drastic change for sure. Are you going to have any MF Nikkors left so you can share some views from there, along with Han Diep's?
Laura,
I exchanged a couple of PM's with Ben
He is living back in New Mexico now
