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Up Bishop Creek

DianaT - 9-19-2013 at 09:30 PM

We just wanted to check out the beginning of autumn in the high country. The season of color is beginning and should be in full bloom in a couple of weeks. Great time to be here!

Different plants with different ways of announcing autumn

And some critter thought he just might improve on nature by sculpting a new design. I liked his work, especially the face he created. :biggrin:

[Edited on 9-20-2013 by DianaT]

BajaRat - 9-19-2013 at 09:59 PM

Great stuff D. Thanks, have fun

Skipjack Joe - 9-19-2013 at 10:15 PM

Very nice, Diane. Especially #3. The light can change quickly in those canyons.

DianaT - 9-20-2013 at 05:56 AM

THANKS ---
And you are so right Igor about the light in those canyons. You see and by the time you get there, it is gone. But it sure is fun to chase it.

bufeo - 9-20-2013 at 07:43 AM

Nice photos...again, Diana.

Your fall colors are ahead of us. We were up in the high country of NE Nevada (east of Jackpot along the old California Emigrant Trail) yesterday and failed to see any harbinger of fall, unless you consider that we could see for miles and miles and...miles. After a summer of smoke it was gratifying to breath clean, fresh air again.

Allen R

durrelllrobert - 9-20-2013 at 10:50 AM

Up Bishop Creekwith lotsa petals (but no creek in sight?)

DianaT - 9-20-2013 at 11:01 AM

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Originally posted by bufeo
Nice photos...again, Diana.

Your fall colors are ahead of us. We were up in the high country of NE Nevada (east of Jackpot along the old California Emigrant Trail) yesterday and failed to see any harbinger of fall, unless you consider that we could see for miles and miles and...miles. After a summer of smoke it was gratifying to breath clean, fresh air again.

Allen R

Thanks,
So glad the smoke is going away! We were on part of the Old
Emigrant Trail last week in NW Nevada --- all quite interesting.

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Originally posted by durrelllrobert
Up Bishop Creekwith lotsa petals (but no creek in sight?)

The creek was occupied. :biggrin:

wessongroup - 9-20-2013 at 12:36 PM

Now that's the shot I was waiting for ....

DianaT - 9-21-2013 at 08:13 AM

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Originally posted by wessongroup
Now that's the shot I was waiting for ....

And I thought I might slip one thread through without a picture of a dog.

JohnMcfrog - 9-21-2013 at 11:42 AM

thanks! Was up Big Pine North Fork last week, but missed the color of your pics. Learned a few old lessons about rain on down and not underestimating 10k when weather blows in.

Juanito

DianaT - 9-21-2013 at 01:21 PM

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Originally posted by JohnMcfrog
thanks! Was up Big Pine North Fork last week, but missed the color of your pics. Learned a few old lessons about rain on down and not underestimating 10k when weather blows in.

Juanito

Thanks --- one tends to forget how fast the weather up there can change and what it can do! Taking a break from other things and watching those clouds float across the mountains up the Big Pine.

We just hope we don't get a hard freeze or major storm or it will mess up all the color for the next several weeks!

OCEANUS - 9-21-2013 at 04:54 PM

Diana
At what elevation were the photos taken? We're considering a trip up to see the color this year, and are trying to gauge where we should spend our time - up high or down lower in the valley.

Thanks!

DianaT - 9-21-2013 at 05:04 PM

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Originally posted by OCEANUS
Diana
At what elevation were the photos taken? We're considering a trip up to see the color this year, and are trying to gauge where we should spend our time - up high or down lower in the valley.

Thanks!

Right now you are looking at around 8 and 9000 feet for the color, BUT it is changing every day and it does seem to be coming earlier that usual. Don't delay. One big storm or freeze and it will be all over with before it really gets going. It happened to us one year when they had one of the shortest seasons ever. :biggrin:

Keep a watch on this link. California Fall Color

Tis beautiful-- we don't go out much on the weekends, but hope to check out the Virginia Lakes/Green Creek area the first of the week.

And to all planning on coming up, do be very careful on the highway as many animals are on the move. Coming around a curve near Lee Vining, we had a mishap with a coyote which made us feel just awful. It was a choice of the coyote or swerving into traffic. It is just a terrible feeling. :no:

And the man at the body shop said that very recently he has had damaged vehicles from deer and is working on one from a bear crossing the highway.

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tripledigitken - 9-21-2013 at 09:04 PM

Diane,

On our 5pm TV news, they forecast snow in the Mammoth area tonight. It was 49 f. in Truckee at 4pm.

Ken

Thanks for taking us on a fall Sierra tour!

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And the man at the body shop said that very recently he has had damaged vehicles from deer and is working on one from a bear crossing the highway.

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DianaT - 9-21-2013 at 09:16 PM

Ken,

Yes there seems to be cold front heading to this area --- I have not checked the Mammoth report yet. But even here, we had a much cooler wind than usual.

This evening as we watched the clouds over the mountains, they were not the typical summer clouds, but more like a real storm, so we headed up Big Pine Creek to see if the storm was slopping over the mountains.

JohnMcFrog said that last week there was not real color in the back country at even higher elevation. Well, the the color is starting to change now at the end of the road! It is happening fast and it was storming in the high country and some on this side.

Watching the news from Reno and yes, there was a bit of snow on Donner pass and snow predicted for the west side down to 6000 feet . Weather channel says it is snowing now in Mammoth! Yikes and it isn't even autumn!

Everyone is hoping for more snow this year, but I sure hope this early stuff does not mess up the season of color!

mtnpop - 9-21-2013 at 09:26 PM

great pictures.. wish I could figure out how to get some posted

we were 36 degrees in the Colorado sangre de cristo mts this morning and are expecting snow tomorrow above timberline.
must be time to get headed south...

Skipjack Joe - 9-21-2013 at 09:51 PM

Autumn color sprinkled with snow can be the best of both worlds. Those closeups of bristlecone wood is really special with snow on them. There can be great compositions with that combination.

BTW, the beaver pond I posted was on Green Creek.

Conway summit will soon turn gold but I've never shot a good picture up there. A good telephoto lens would have helped.

I don't believe this last storm is the start of winter. It will melt and we should see warmer days ahead with cold nights for a month longer. Some of the best days are still to come.

DianaT - 9-21-2013 at 10:04 PM

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Originally posted by mtnpop
great pictures.. wish I could figure out how to get some posted

we were 36 degrees in the Colorado sangre de cristo mts this morning and are expecting snow tomorrow above timberline.
must be time to get headed south...

Thanks and I would love to see your photos of Colorado!

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Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
Autumn color sprinkled with snow can be the best of both worlds. Those closeups of bristlecone wood is really special with snow on them. There can be great compositions with that combination.

BTW, the beaver pond I posted was on Green Creek.

Conway summit will soon turn gold but I've never shot a good picture up there. A good telephoto lens would have helped.

I don't believe this last storm is the start of winter. It will melt and we should see warmer days ahead with cold nights for a month longer. Some of the best days are still to come.

Yes, it is predicted to warm up and I hope you are correct about the best days to come. The change is just so great to watch and quite renewing.

On our way north, Conway summit was beginning and when we returned 4 days later, there was more. We, hopefully will see it on Monday. And thanks for the ideas!

DianaT - 9-22-2013 at 08:52 AM

Not my photo --- photo is from the facebook page of Parcher's Resort at Southlake where we took the first pictures on Friday, and look what happened last night!

And there is snow on the peaks out my window.

durrelllrobert - 9-22-2013 at 09:05 AM

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Originally posted by DianaT
Not my photo --- photo is from the facebook page of Parcher's Resort at Southlake where we took the first pictures on Friday, and look what happened last night!

And there is snow on the peaks out my window.

Sure hope they don't get a hard freeze in any of the flood areas.

Udo - 9-22-2013 at 11:33 AM

Bishop Creek is one of the most picturesque areas in the Eastern Sierra.
Thanks for sharing Diana!

Skipjack Joe - 9-24-2013 at 11:55 AM

When the leaves turn yellow it's time to get your flu shot.

DianaT - 9-24-2013 at 01:10 PM

Great advice Igor and more and more leaves are turning daily.

In wanting to see the snow from the early storm and as a part of our search for the perfect spot to take "THE" picture when the conditions are right, yesterday we went up to Virginia Lakes and traveled the Green Creek Road. Sky was not good and the light was worse, but that area is always beautiful and the beaver ponds are great.

Just to show some snow and color that is happening. We are so hopeful that there will be a real snow pack this year!