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Skipjack Joe
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East Sierras with my new toy - 6D
I just had to see what it could do. It was sooo nice to have a real viewfinder again. Some of these pictures are taken by myself and others by Alex.
You can really tell the stylistic difference. The pictures of buildings were taken at Bodie.
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David K
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Coffee Table Book quality! Very nice!!
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BajaParrothead
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Great pics Igor, Thanks. My last time in Bodie was late June 1997 and it snowed on us! 
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Skipjack Joe
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Thanks, guys.
Yeah, I haven't been to Bodie since the 80's. You didn't have to pay to get in back then. I don't think it was a State Park yet. Today there are
photographers everywhere. It seems to be a big draw among them. And it's easy shooting. I think it's because everything is geometric. Just look for
shapes, texture, and shadows. I found it to be much simpler than the natural world.
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Beautiful!
"The future ain't what it used to be"
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DianaT
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Very nice series of photos Igor, very nice. I love the contrast with the green and the yellow trees and stream picture makes me want to be there.
First time I was at Bodie in the late 60s one just drove up to the main street, kicked the prairie chickens out of the way and looked around. It is
VERY popular today so it is difficult to shoot something a little different, but your window shot is different and I really like your B & W. We
have talked about going out again this year just to practice some B & W. I wish the park hours were later. Someone from this forum told me once
that his friend, a dentist, went out to Bodie for an emergency call with one of the rangers and it was so appreciated that after that, he got to go
there after hours and take pictures as the sun set.
Thanks for sharing these!
[Edited on 10-9-2013 by DianaT]
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Barry A.
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Spetacular photos, Skipjack---------you have a wonderful eye for composition and framing. Truly enjoyable to see.
Barry
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Barry A.
Spetacular photos, Skipjack---------you have a wonderful eye for composition and framing. Truly enjoyable to see.
Barry |
You're a true artist with your new toy.
Bob Durrell
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Great "eyes" ... thanks much
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Bob H
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Outstanding images. I need to get back to that area soon!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodie,_California
[Edited on 10-9-2013 by Bob H]
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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Ken Bondy
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Beautiful Igor!! What is a "6D"?
carpe diem!
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Awesome pics! Those Sierra Junipers rival the Bristlecones in beauty IMHO.
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DianaT
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Really glad we got some color pictures last week and that you came over in this area when you did because it snowed today --- rained in the valley,
but the snow level was quite low It may not last, but it may freeze all those beautiful leaves off the trees! We may be able to check some out
tomorrow. Also, the snow closed Highway 120 for now.
We are hoping that the road to Bodie will stay open and a bit of snow will remain. And if you return over to this area now, the cottonwoods in the
valley are just now spectacular. Your new toy could do wonders with the cottonwoods. 
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Thank you for sharing your new toy's photos. The toy doesn't produce those beautiful photos all on it's own. It takes a good operator to make it
happen. Nice work, guys!
P>*)))>{
\"Well behaved women rarely make history.\" Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
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Skipjack Joe
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Ken Bondy
Beautiful Igor!! What is a "6D"? |
It's the Canon 6D DSLR, Ken.
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canon-eos-6d
The 6D is the poor mans 5D. It has less features but none of these are important to a landscape photographer as far as I can see because every shot
you take is a slow measured process where every parameter is measured and planned out and retried if it doesn't come out right.
My 'kit' came with the 24-105mm zoom lens. This is not the sharpest lens in the world but it's very versatile. Buying a group of $1000 lenses is not
in my budget.
I am so looking forward to shooting in baja.
Got any favorite spots?
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Skipjack Joe
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Mexitron
Awesome pics! Those Sierra Junipers rival the Bristlecones in beauty IMHO.
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Yes, they seem to be very similar in appearance, don't they? I've only seen pictures of Britlecones but they both have those sinewy limbs. The beauty
seems to come from the fact that their bark is gone from most of their trunks leaving the woody xylem(?) exposed to the elements. Rather than have
bark around the entire trunk they seem to have small strands of it, just the amount necessary for survival. I'm wondering if that's some sort of high
elevation adaptation that works better up there. Am I off track on this? Any ideas why this would be?
That picture was taken at Olmsted Point. I'm always on the lookout for these magnificent trees and a open granite slope is often a great complement. A
distant canyon would have been a better backdrop but the sunlight came directly from that direction and made that composition impossible.
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Skipjack Joe
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DianaT
Really glad we got some color pictures last week and that you came over in this area when you did because it snowed today --- rained in the valley,
but the snow level was quite low It may not last, but it may freeze all those beautiful leaves off the trees! We may be able to check some out
tomorrow. Also, the snow closed Highway 120 for now.
We are hoping that the road to Bodie will stay open and a bit of snow will remain. And if you return over to this area now, the cottonwoods in the
valley are just now spectacular. Your new toy could do wonders with the cottonwoods. |
Oh, patches of snow on those buildings, carts, and tools could make great compositions. Just think of the possibilities. I was surprised at the
elevation at Bodie. It's at about the same height as Tioga Pass. It doesn't seem like it because the surrounding country is all at that height. I had
a headache up there which disappeared when we dropped down to Mono Lake.
Apparently there was a cold snap in the sierras recently which caused all the trees to turn color. There was one tree at a lower elevation that may
have the best colors of all of them. The leaves were green and red. They grow as undergrowth in the pine forests on the west side of the sierras.
There was a wonderful stand of them near the hwy 120 park entrance after the burned out area.
The devastation from the fire was shocking. There were areas where trees had burned completely leaving circles of grey ashes. In other parts dead
trees remained erect with their dead leaves still attached. You wonder what the right punishment is for someone who did this. The cost is really
unmeasurable. It will take a century for it to regrow to what it had been.
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Skipjack Joe
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Paulina
Thank you for sharing your new toy's photos. The toy doesn't produce those beautiful photos all on it's own. It takes a good operator to make it
happen. Nice work, guys!
P>*)))>{ |
Thanks, Paulina.
I am waiting to return to BOLA and take that image from that overlook at sunset with my new camera. You know which one I mean. I've never forgotten
that spot.
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
Oh, patches of snow on those buildings, carts, and tools could make great compositions. Just think of the possibilities. I was surprised at the
elevation at Bodie. It's at about the same height as Tioga Pass. It doesn't seem like it because the surrounding country is all at that height. I had
a headache up there which disappeared when we dropped down to Mono Lake.
Apparently there was a cold snap in the sierras recently which caused all the trees to turn color. There was one tree at a lower elevation that may
have the best colors of all of them. The leaves were green and red. They grow as undergrowth in the pine forests on the west side of the sierras.
There was a wonderful stand of them near the hwy 120 park entrance after the burned out area.
The devastation from the fire was shocking. There were areas where trees had burned completely leaving circles of grey ashes. In other parts dead
trees remained erect with their dead leaves still attached. You wonder what the right punishment is for someone who did this. The cost is really
unmeasurable. It will take a century for it to regrow to what it had been. |
The change did happen really fast. We had been in the McGee Creek area just a few days before we took those pictures and the trees were just
starting. It was like they changed practically overnight.
And I am looking at quite a bit of snow right now that is quite low. We will go exploring the next couple of days and see what we can find. Damage
from that fire will not be easy to see; it never is.
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BajaLuna
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Gorgeous pics!
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