Mountain Shots

[gio67]

the very beginning of the mighty Andes around Cape Horn/ushuiah, tiera del fuego, argentina

[edrice]

Great shots edrice, I like them all but I especially like that amazing first shot with all the fractured rock.
Greg

Thanks, guys! For all the encouragement... you'll cause me to make a pest out of myself.

Greg, that fractured rock shot was the back side (west side) of this shot which was taken at 12,500 feet (3810 meters) on the east side, earlier that morning. You can see that the sunlight is on the west side later that afternoon in the previous shot. Those spires, in the previous shot, are to the right in this shot. Mt Whitney, which was our destination, is just to the right out of this photo. It was like a moonscape up there. (Minolta X-700, MD 35-70, Kodachrome 64)

Ed

[edrice]

Great pictures Edrice. I particularly like the Alasca and S. California shots. Plenty of mood and magic in these. The light around the animals is fantastic.

Thanks, alphaomega. We had one very magic morning in the Canadian Rockies when we were driving south on the road through Jasper NP through thick fog and we noticed that at times the fog was bluish and at other times it took on a warmer golden hue. I finally realized that when it was blue when were in the shadow of a mountain (which we could not see) and the golden moments, the rising sun was shining on the fog between mountains. This shot was taken when we came to some trees in the shadow of a mountain. And this mountain was close enought that we could barely see it. (Minolta 5D and KM 28-75 f2.8)

Ed

[edrice]

A couple of shots from the top of Whistler Peak in Jasper NP. (Minolta 5D and KM 28-75 f2.8)

Ed

Mount Edith Clavell (Named after an English nurse from WWII)


An Inukshuk (I'll let you look it up)

[edrice]

A couple of Moraine Lake in Banff NP. (Minolta 5D and KM 28-75 f2.

Ed

[edrice]

A couple of Southern California -

Looking down from the Santa Ana Range (A55, CZ16-80)


Looking across the channel at Santa Catalina Island from the top of Saddleback Peak in the Santa Ana Range. (A55, Minolta 100-300 APO D @200mm)

[Birma]

More lovely shots Edrice. I especially like the pines in the fog

[Dr. Harout]

wow... (that's all that comes to my mind)

[Greg Beetham]

I sortof expected the Tierra del Fuego area to look more bleak and frozen gio67 but that looks quite nice, I wonder what the story with the old DC3 in the photo is?
Wonderful stuff edrice, that Mt Whitney area is quite interesting, looks like the rock type is quite unstable thermally speaking, could be dangerous to go climbing on. I like the composition of the pines and mountain in the mist also, and it looks like the whole Mt. Edith Cavell area had been thrust up and tilted on one side, I don’t think I’d have liked to have been around when that took place, majestic looking mountain though. The Lake Moraine is a magic place and the other views are very impressive also.
Greg

[UrsaMajor]

I sortof expected the Tierra del Fuego area to look more bleak and frozen gio67 but that looks quite nice, I wonder what the story with the old DC3 in the photo is?

It may still be in service. The last figure I saw (about 6-7 years ago) was that we still had about 2300 DC-3 aircraft in operation, mostly in relatively remote areas.

For certain routes it is hard to find a modern aircraft that is superior and economically competitive. For example, we have an operator in Alaska that flies fresh salmon out of the interior during the time that the salmon are running. At other times they transport people, machinery, and anything else that will pay their rates.

With best wishes,
- Tom -

[Greg Beetham]

Yeah I guess Tom, but she seems to have a bit of a lean, can't see why. I wonder what it costs to fill er up with avgas these days, I suppose the offset is the price one would pay for an old DC3 (and don't look too closely for any corrosion problems). The airforce here finally pensioned off the Vietmam era Caribous a couple of years ago, you'd think that type would be in high demand as an excellent replacement for the DC3 in remote places as well, they have avgas engines of course, that's the only drawback.
Greg

[aster]

Great series, Edrice.

The first of the last post is extra special with the heavenly light and the wondeful green hills.

Thanks for sharing,

Yildiz

[edrice]

Thanks, guys! I haven't been able to stick with this as priorities have kept me at me at bay.

Here's one of the Alaska range very early in the morning as the sun wasn't quite up yet. This was taken with the Maxxum 5 and 24-105 with E100VS and it was darkish so it took a bit of pulling to coax the image out of it, but I think maybe I got the feel for what it was like that morning. It gives it an almost graphic quality. You'll have to supply your own chilly temps to complete the essence.



Another of the Alaska Range later that morning. Same equipment data.

[bakubo]

Everyone is still posting lots of great shots!

Here is one in Montana from 2005 with the KM 7D.

[edrice]

Here is one in Montana from 2005 with the KM 7D.

Very dramatic clouds. Where in Montana is that?

Ed