Update: New Years 2006 Hike
New Year’s Day hike update. The hike is still on. The Illustrious Fedak sends his regrets but Dan Mitchell is a go. The first to volunteer was Tom Clifton. Could we see a Steve Sergeant appearance? I’m guessing that w/all the snow that’s arrived in the Sierra of late, he’ll be out skiing all weekend. But maybe he’ll surprise us.
Remember, this is not a blogger-only event. If you read this blog, you’re welcome to to join.
The key facts, in review:
- Start time is 10 a.m.
- Rain does not cancel.
- Trailhead is at Monte Bello Open Space Preserve in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
- To get there: Take the Page Mill Road exit off Interstate 280, go west
on Page Mill for about seven miles up into the hills. For door to door (well,
trail) directions, check this Google Maps link. Page Mill is curvy and apt
to be crowded with road bikers, so leave yourself a half-hour to complete
this stretch of road.- It’s an easy hike to Black Mountain summit, five or six miles (round trip)
max and minor elevation change.More details from a previous post are here.
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End-of-Year Photography Lists
&It is the time of year to make lists. I have posted two at my photography web site:
Pacific Sunset, Windy Hill
Pacific Sunset, Windy Hill. San Francisco Bay Area, California. December 30, 2006. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell. (Sales)]
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Autumn Color Below Vernal Fall
Autumn Color Below Vernal Fall. Yosemite National Park. October 22, 2006. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell. (Sales)
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My Photos of 2006
I did a lot of photography this past year – much of it on the trail and in spectacular natural settings. I’m going to post my favorite images of the year at my photography site, G Dan Mitchell | Photography, sometime tomorrow. I hope you’ll take a look!
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New Years Day Hike Reminder
A quick reminder that Tom Mangan (of Two-Heel Drive fame) is helping coordinate a New Years Day Hike here in the South Bay and Peninsula area. Don’t worry, this one starts at a very reasonable mid-morning hour that even New Years celebrants should be able to handle.
Start time is 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 1, 2007.
Rain does not cancel (at least not for me).
It’s at Monte Bello Open Space Preserve in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
I’m planning to be there. More information, including directions, at Tom’s site: http://tommangan.net/twoheeldrive/archives/2006_12.html#003324
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Oak Grassland, Twilight
Oak Grassland, Twilight. Calero Hills, California. December 28, 2006. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell. (Sales)
As a follow up to the previous post about using the Canon 5D on the trail, I thought I’d do a bit of a photography post today.
Late yesterday I did a short evening loop hike at Calero Hills Park. Although I went out with a plan to do a bunch of photography, the light was very challenging – there are hills to the west here, so the late light is block and twilight comes a bit early to the small valley I hiked through.
At the very end of the hike (at a point embarassingly close to the parking lot) I thought I might find a shot of a very familiar scene near a small lake as the last light illuminated some clouds above the ridgeline. I quickly left the trail to cross a small grassy hill and set up my tripod in windy conditions as the light faded. I took three exposures of this one scene – multiple exposures because the incredibly wide dynamic range between foreground shadows and sunlit clouds would require me to combine exposures in photoshop.
With a scene like this one works to strike a balance between the “real” appearance at the time of the exposure, the way the eye saw it, the way the mind recalls it, the remembered feeling of the scene, and decent photographic practice.
My first “take” on this scene was the black and white version I posted last night. In some ways I prefer the subtler monochrome version, though it may seem too “flat” to some viewers. As an alternative I worked up this color version. I think it is growing on me.
By the way, if you are wondering what the RAW files from the camera looked like… you’ll have to continue wondering for now. :-)
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Rocks and Autumn Reflections, Merced River
Rocks and Autumn Reflections, Merced River. Yosemite National Park, California. October 22, 2006. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell. (Sales)
Oak Grassland, Twilight
Oak Grassland, Twilight. Calero Hills, California. December 28, 2006. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell. (Sales)
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Oaks, Coastal Fog. Almaden Hills, California. May 19, 2007. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell. (Sales)
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