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dsefcik Administrator Posts: 2609
5/3/2015
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Backpack trip with Tommy750 this weekend, loop trip from Agua Caliente up Squaw Cyn and down into Inner Pasture then back up Moonlight Cyn. I gotta say Squaw was no fun and won't be on my return trip list anytime soon. IP was beautiful as always but the gnats were pretty bad, they were in my face the whole trip but some 99% deet relieved some of it. Didn't take too many photos, Tom may have some to contribute.
Most of these are from my old Olympus mount Sigma 600mm manual focus mirror lens on my Fuji X-E1 with an adapter.
These are from Grapevine Cyn and Sunset Mountain over Spring Break Week 2
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ziphius Posts: 911
5/3/2015
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Nice pics Daren. The entrance to Squaw after the spring didn't look any fun (jagged, rocky, bad footing) when Alex and I ventured past on our way to The Potrero in December. Looks like you guys had a great moon, wish I could have joined up with you and Tom. Next time.
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tommy750 Posts: 1040
5/3/2015
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Would have agree with Daren, Squaw Canyon was not my favorite part of the trip especially with 7L of water still in the pack. Here's a couple pics:
 Ram Axial Skeleton by tomteske, on Flickr
 Daren IP Picto_lrd by tomteske, on Flickr
 IP Sunrise by tomteske, on Flickr
 IP Morning by tomteske, on Flickr
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ziphius Posts: 911
5/3/2015
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Great pics / carcass Tom. Seeing those makes me homesick. 
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tommy750 Posts: 1040
5/3/2015
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Jim (ziphius) wrote:
Great pics / carcass Tom. Seeing those makes me homesick.
Wish you could have joined us, Jim. Sounds like it's a place you enjoy visiting.
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dsefcik Administrator Posts: 2609
5/4/2015
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Total Mylar Balloons this trip - 7 (no picture sorry)
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surfponto Administrator Posts: 1362
5/4/2015
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You guys took some great pictures.... 
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tommy750 Posts: 1040
5/4/2015
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surfponto wrote:
You guys took some great pictures....
My favorite is the crow. Amazing circular bokeh is Daren's photographic signature 
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ziphius Posts: 911
5/4/2015
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tommy750 wrote:
My favorite is the crow. Amazing circular bokeh is Daren's photographic signature
Raven, gotta be a raven, bill is too big. I like how the clouds managed to just clear out above the mountains in your shot Tom, great vertical symmetry going on in that photo. Bokeh. Thanks for the new vocabulary word.
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dsefcik Administrator Posts: 2609
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tommy750 wrote:
Amazing circular bokeh is Daren's photographic signature More like Daren's cheap mirror (Catadioptric) lenses....cuz he doesn't have $11,000.00 for a real lens...http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2013/09/11/understanding-bokeh-the-art-and-science-behind-the-beauty-of-blur-part-1
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tommy750 Posts: 1040
5/4/2015
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dsefcik wrote:
tommy750 wrote:
Amazing circular bokeh is Daren's photographic signature More like Daren's cheap mirror (Catadioptric) lenses....cuz he doesn't have $11,000.00 for a real lens...http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2013/09/11/understanding-bokeh-the-art-and-science-behind-the-beauty-of-blur-part-1
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My bad. Your amazing bokeh is doughnut bokeh not circular. Thanks for the link!
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tommy750 Posts: 1040
5/4/2015
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Jim (ziphius) wrote:
tommy750 wrote:
My favorite is the crow. Amazing circular bokeh is Daren's photographic signature
Raven, gotta be a raven, bill is too big. I like how the clouds managed to just clear out above the mountains in your shot Tom, great vertical symmetry going on in that photo. Bokeh. Thanks for the new vocabulary word.
Just reading up on ravens and crows( http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Common_Raven/id#similar ). The guy was not in a group, looks like he has ruffled neck feathers and was pretty big with a big beak. Thanks for pointing out the now obvious, Jim! Wasn't really paying attention but now I will.
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dsefcik Administrator Posts: 2609
5/4/2015
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tommy750 wrote:
Jim (ziphius) wrote:
tommy750 wrote:
My favorite is the crow. Amazing circular bokeh is Daren's photographic signature
Raven, gotta be a raven, bill is too big. I like how the clouds managed to just clear out above the mountains in your shot Tom, great vertical symmetry going on in that photo. Bokeh. Thanks for the new vocabulary word.
Just reading up on ravens and crows( http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Common_Raven/id#similar ). The guy was not in a group, looks like he has ruffled neck feathers and was pretty big with a big beak. Thanks for pointing out the now obvious, Jim! Wasn't really paying attention but now I will. If anything he was following us..! I thought there was something about crows vs ravens and hopping vs walking....
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rockhopper Posts: 668
5/6/2015
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Nice trip and great photos. Looking forward to getting back out there!
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