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Bodie with a bit of Snow

DianaT - 10-11-2013 at 08:40 PM

When one is in this area, this is not to be missed. With the early snow, we and everyone else in this area who owns a camera headed up to Bodie. We hoped for more snow, but we arrived later than we wanted because of some appointments and the snow was melting at warp speed. BTW-- we found we prefer the road from the north side of Mono Lake to the main road. It is more dirt road, but there is no traffic and it is great.

The overall view.



Snow is just great and we hope to be able to be there with more snow.



More of an overall picture



One of the favorite vehicles stuck in the snow



A picture I like of a broken tool -- one that John thinks is nonsense . But I am the one posting. :biggrin:



While we have many more, this is enough and like so often, it needs to end with a dog picture



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BajaLuna - 10-11-2013 at 08:58 PM

Oh Diane, these are spectacular! I know I might have said the pics you took of the "scenes" in the tree trunks were my favorite but now these are! Especially the second one, you can FEEL movement in that picture! And what a perfect last picture with your cute dog in the dwelling, seriously sooo CUTE!

Mulegena - 10-11-2013 at 09:38 PM

Oddly, my favorite photo in this collection is the one of the broken tool. I'm taken by the blue hue of natural lighting and the quirky, asymmetry of geometry the figure takes in your framing-- what the heck is it, btw.

My other favorite picture is of Mr. Tommy in his new doggie digs!

BornFisher - 10-11-2013 at 09:44 PM

Beautiful shots, thanks. Thought you might like this article----

http://www.desertusa.com/mag08/oct08/fall-color.html?utm_sou...

DianaT - 10-11-2013 at 09:47 PM

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Originally posted by Mulegena
Oddly, my favorite photo in this collection is the one of the broken tool. I'm taken by the blue hue of natural lighting and the quirky, asymmetry of geometry the figure takes in your framing-- what the heck is it, btw.

My other favorite picture is of Mr. Tommy in his new doggie digs!


Thank you, I am really pleased to see that someone else likes and sees what I saw with that picture. itI have no idea what it was, I just liked it.
:biggrin:

DianaT - 10-11-2013 at 09:50 PM

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Originally posted by BornFisher
Beautiful shots, thanks. Thought you might like this article----

http://www.desertusa.com/mag08/oct08/fall-color.html?utm_sou...


Gracias! It is a good link.

churro - 10-11-2013 at 09:53 PM

Nice work!!!! Love It!!!!

Skipjack Joe - 10-11-2013 at 10:53 PM

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Originally posted by BajaLuna
Oh Diane, these are spectacular! I know I might have said the pics you took of the "scenes" in the tree trunks were my favorite but now these are! Especially the second one, you can FEEL movement in that picture! And what a perfect last picture with your cute dog in the dwelling, seriously sooo CUTE!


Oh, I agree. The second one rocks. It has a lot of energy. The sagebrush complements the clouds real well, adding to the tension.

The last one adds humor but is also a very nice composition, actually.

It must have been very cold. On the other hand, you probably had fewer photographers to deal with.

DianaT - 10-12-2013 at 08:51 AM

Churro --- thank you very much. :saint:
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Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
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Oh, I agree. The second one rocks. It has a lot of energy. The sagebrush complements the clouds real well, adding to the tension.

The last one adds humor but is also a very nice composition, actually.

It must have been very cold. On the other hand, you probably had fewer photographers to deal with.


Igor, John and I thank you. I also liked the second one in color.

It was not too cold as the sun was bright and melting the snow RAPIDLY. It was quite slushy and muddy. We wanted to get there earlier, but that was not possible. I don't know about there being fewer photographers because it looked like someone yelled SNOW and all camera owners came running. :biggrin:

Also, there were a lot of Europeans. This time of year, there are always a lot of Germans, Dutch, Danes and this year it seems we have heard more French than in the past. Walking up to TJ lake in Mammoth the other day, we met a really cute young couple from Bavaria who were scared to death because of all the bear warning signs. They wanted to know how many hikers were attacked by bears. They said the bears are gone in Bavaria except one showed up last year and it was on the news every night until they killed it.

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