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Tree in fog

Tree in fog. Calero Park. January 23, 2005. Photo copyright Dan Mitchell.

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January 28, 2005 Posted by gdanmitchell | Commentary | Comments Off on Tree in fog

Duplicate photos?

Someone (a very important someone) pointed out that a picture I posted on Monday looks very similar to a picture I posted on Sunday. True enough. They are very similar, though not exactly the same – look closely at the fog behind the tree and notice that it is thicker in one than in the other.

I took a lot of photos of this scene on a hike last Sunday. I had been hiking through dense fog when I arrived at this spot just below a small ridge, and I noticed that the sun was starting to break through nearby. I decided to set up my camera gear and wait to see what might evolve. Over the next 10-15 minutes I took a lot of pictures.

At the time I was thinking in terms of the vertical image. When I arrived home that day I played around with that version and posted it a few hours later.

The next day I went back over the photos and began to see more possibilities in the closely cropped image so I posted that one on Monday.

To be honest, neither version is exaclty what I have in mind – I’ll return to them and see what improvements I can make when I have time. For now I think I prefer the close crop over the vertical version but that could change.
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January 28, 2005 Posted by gdanmitchell | Commentary | Comments Off on Duplicate photos?

Javelina Trail

Oak and clearing fog on the Javelina Trail. Calero Park. January 23, 2005. Photo copyright Dan Mitchell.

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January 24, 2005 Posted by gdanmitchell | Commentary | Comments Off on Javelina Trail

Calero tree

Tree and fog. Calero Park. January 23, 2005. Copyright Dan Mitchell.


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January 23, 2005 Posted by gdanmitchell | Commentary | Comments Off on Calero tree

Calero Bird

Bird in trees at Calero Park. January 23, 2005. Photo copright Dan Mitchell


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January 23, 2005 Posted by gdanmitchell | Commentary | Comments Off on Calero Bird

A new twist on an old hike

Every so often I hike at Calero County Park south of San Jose, often taking the Peña Trail to the Javelina Loop Trail, which I tend to hike in a clockwise direction. Near the furthest point from the trailhead the Javelina Trail crosses a ridge and then drops down towards Calero Reservoir.

Last May I detoured off the trail at this high point, crossing a small rise and a meadow to climb to the top of a rocky ridge where I could watch birds. Today I climbed out of the tule fog to this same point and saw a trail running back along the open grassland on the top of the ridge. Although it is not marked on the map it is clearly a real trail, so I decided to follow it.

It more or less follows the top of the ridge between the two legs of the Javelina Trail. Today this meant that I was just barely above the fog most of the time, dipping in and out of the top of the fog back as I traversed the ridge, finally descending to the old corral at the junction with the Peña Trail.

Above the fog on the Javelina Loop Train. Calero Park. January 23, 2005. Photo copyright Dan Mitchell

This view was not typical on today’s hike. Almost the entire morning was spent hiking through very heavy fog – except for breaking out when I crossed this ridge.
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January 23, 2005 Posted by gdanmitchell | Commentary | Comments Off on A new twist on an old hike

Not again!

I found another web site that is swiping my content verbatim: http://www.mylatestnews.com/moreshopping/Outdoors.asp

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It is fine to link to pages on this web site but it is not OK to insert the content into other sites without permission. Doing so consititutes a violation of copyright. For further information see the copyright notice at dan’s outside.
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January 23, 2005 Posted by gdanmitchell | Commentary | Comments Off on Not again!

Copyright

Photographs and other materials at dan’s outside are copyright Dan Mitchell unless otherwise indicated. Photos may not be used without written permission for any purpose. The RSS feed from this site is for personal use only and may not be inserted verbatim into other web pages. Please see my Copyright Notice.
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January 23, 2005 Posted by gdanmitchell | Commentary | Comments Off on Copyright

Looks like spring

Oak and grass covered ridge near Webb Canyon. Almaden Quicksilver Park. January 22, 2005. Photo copyright Dan Mitchell
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January 22, 2005 Posted by gdanmitchell | Commentary | Comments Off on Looks like spring

Bay Area Bears?

No, I’m not thinking of Cal’s football team. According to Tom Stienstra in SFGate:

The Bay Area’s greatest wildlife mystery — the chance that a few bears are roaming the region’s 1.2 million acres of surrounding greenbelt — gained new credibility last week with the return of the “Swanton Road Bear.”

I like the idea that there could be black bears in the Bay Area and I’d love to spot one on one of my hikes.

January 21, 2005 Posted by gdanmitchell | Commentary | 1 Comment