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2024-09-12, Day 6
The saddle of Atlas Pass provides an expansive view of the tundra-clad uplands with the Donjek River flanked in the distance by an ocean of mountains, Kluane National Park, Yukon. After this sight, one turns over the hump of Atlas Pass and bids the Donjek Valley farewell.
There is no trail to Atlas Pass, though a number of folks infected with an inexplicable love of total solitude have found its barren heights. The ruddy-colored ridge in the middle of the frame turns to willow as it slopes downward toward Expectation Pass, and it was here on the previous day that we encountered five Grizzly Bears, though it was impossible to tell whether some of them might have been the same bear seen more than once.
As we ascended the slopes toward our present vantage, we encountered a herd of Dall Sheep (Ovis dalli) gleaning sustenance from the late-season vegetation. They paid us very little heed, and a couple of the older rams reclined amongst the boulders and were so unperturbed they did not deign to rise as we made our way slowly past and upward. Including the number we saw on the previous day on the other side of Expectation Pass, the total number of Dall Sheep with which we crossed paths in this drainage alone counted somewhere near sixty.
I cannot stop thinking about this country with its animals and vast wildness.
"Expectation is the mother of all frustration."
Antonio Banderas
It's always fun to come across artwork I created many years ago. I know we've always felt this way at one time or another. Here's to remembering to be calm instead of being in the middle of an emotional storm when frustrated. Just keep breathing.
2024-09-11, Day 5
Expansive views of the Donjek River valley and the Donjek Glacier unfold below the heights of Expectation Pass, Kluane National Park, Yukon.
To leave the Glacier and its remote environs, one must find a way to ascend to Atlas Pass. The helpful Parks Canada route description indicates that the most popular way to do this is to follow Bighorn Creek upstream and then head north along the first tributary one encounters. There is a narrow canyon in the lower reaches of Bighorn Creek and passage can be difficult if the water is high. Given the time of year, we didn’t expect elevated water levels but we knew for certain that crossing the creek would be cold if such a thing were required. The alternative is to find the narrow mouth of Expectation Creek as it exits the mountains and then ascend steeply to Expectation Pass by way of the constricted crease of its watercourse. From Expectation Pass, it is then possible to contour around the upper reaches of the watershed and finally to gain the summit of Atlas Pass. The route description suggested exceptional views might be on offer if one were to choose the second option and climb to Expectation Pass. Further deliberation felt unnecessary.
Breaking camp, we walked parallel to the Donjek River until we encountered the floodplain of the small creek that can be seen to the right of center. We chose to follow this floodplain upstream and toward the mountains until it became necessary to turn off and into the trail-less forest to begin the search for Expectation Creek. Following a climb through willow, moss, and spruce, we eventually intersected the Creek and located the beginning of the narrow, steep ascent to the Pass (down which we look in the photo). Curiously, where the climb began in earnest and the landscape opened up down below, we noticed half a dozen or more skulls littering the underbrush, the remnants of Dall Sheep. One had a significant length of spinal cord still attached and fur around the base of the horns. I picked it up for a closer look and instantly regretted it as the stench of death had not yet left and now clung stubbornly and putrescently to my fingers. We surmised that the sheep had died somewhere upslope and then been funneled down the narrow cleft in the landscape as snows slid, shifted, and melted. It seemed impossible that so many had simply died in the same small place.
The steepest part of the climb to Expectation Pass gains 1600 ft (500 m) in approximately 1.2 miles (2 km). We stopped part-way up amongst the boulders and drew a pot of water for tea from the small, splashing stream. Crackers, cheese, dried fruit, and cookies all made an appearance as we opened the food bags and leaned back into the packs, relaxing and waiting for the water to boil. I looked up from the stove and glanced down the canyon - a Grizzly Bear was about 400 meters away and climbing steadily up the canyon toward us. Interesting. It had not yet seen us but food was spread out everywhere, there was nowhere for us to go but up, and we could only manage a relatively slowly escape due to the grade. Lunch was hastily re-packed, hunger seemed all but forgotten, and I readied the canister of bear spray should we find ourselves bereft of luck. Climbing up and away from the bear as quickly as we could manage, I was relieved to see it angle off along the hill slope (on the left in the photo) and disappear from sight.
We gained the Pass an hour or so later and felt that another go at tea and lunch was in order. Backpacking is all about having a cuppa and biscuits in extraordinary places. As we supped, a band of 30-40 Dall Sheep dotted the meadows and talus above us, providing some confirmation as to where the skulls down below might have originated. Of course, there was also the fact that a Grizzly was likely not far away and could reappear whenever it liked. Wild country, indeed.
Erwartungen
können dich glauben machen ,
dass das, was du begehrst ,
das ist, was du brauchst .
Und ich denke:
Was wäre, wenn wir einfach aufhören würden
, im Augenblick zu leben?
Und ich denke:
Und vielleicht werden wir dann beide
viel weniger enttäuscht sein.
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(expectations)
Can make you believe (can make you believe)
That what you desire (what you desire)
Is what you need
And I'm thinking
What if we just stop
Livin' in the moment?
And I'm thinking
And maybe we both will be
Way less disappointed
From all these e-e-e-e-e-expectations
E-e-e-e-e-expectations
So many e-e-e-e-e-expectations
E-e-e-e-e-expectations
Yeah
Expectations (expectations)
Babe, I know you don't mean (said I know you don't mean)
To make small situations (make small situations)
Bigger than they should be
Than they should be
And I'm thinking
What if we just stop
Living in the present?
And I'm thinking
And maybe we both will be
Way less disconnected
listen :
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questo scatto è presente anche sul blog di etrusco74, questo è il link al blog:
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Comet C / 2020 F3 (NEOWISE) crosses the sky of Salvador during one of the few nights of "clear" sky in July / 20.
The expectation to photograph the Neowise only increased while I saw the images captured in the Northern Hemisphere during the beginning of July / 20. This expectation ended up becoming a great frustration for the fact that Neowise had already reached the skies of Brazil very barely visible, very different from what had been seen before. Furthermore, without being able to travel because of COVID-19, trying to photograph the comet in the region near Salvador has become an almost impossible task, after all, practically every day it has been raining in Salvador and the sky is always cloudy.
As a nature photographer he never gives up, one day I was at home in Salvador and I realized that the sky had cleared a little, already close to the sunset time. With the help of my photographic planning apps, I realized that it would be possible to frame Comet Neowise from my daughter's bedroom window, around 6:50 pm. Without thinking twice, I set up the tripod and camera inside the little girl's room and left the equipment aligned with the direction where the comet would cross Salvador's sky. Setting up a composition was complicated, after all, we have protection screens on every window in the house. While my wife was cradling the little one in the other room, I tried to locate Comet Neowise.
Finally, when the estimated time arrived, the comet appeared in the frame that I chose to photograph it. As expected, it was not very visible, after all, I was making the capture from the window of my house, in the middle of Salvador. Despite this, it was very nice to make some captures of Neowise and record this moment that will not be repeated soon.
The techniques used to capture this image were "Long Exposure" and "Focal Length Blending".
Canon EOS R Canon EF 100-400mm L
1 x 105mm / f:3.2 / 5 sec / ISO 3200
1 x 400mm / f:5.6 / 5 sec / ISO 3200
Smile On Saturday with an emotion portrayed:
Expectation is the state or condition of spirit which, in the process of human emotions, is preceded by hope and followed by despair.
Because obviously I didn't kiss her ;-)
L'Aspettativa è lo stato o condizione di spirito che, nel processo delle emozioni umane, è preceduto dalla speranza e seguito dalla disperazione.
Poiché ovviamente poi non l'ho baciata ;-)
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Despite the rain, Dad brought his brood to the feeder yesterday. Although they were perfectly capable of feeding themselves every time he approached they put on a vigorous display of wing flapping and chattering.
Drinking Rail
This Clapper Rail exceeded my expectation when he not only stepped out from the marsh and offered us a great view, but then it became apparent why he did so..... refreshment . The light, colors, subject and action all came together for this elusive bird, one of my favorite birding moments of the summer.
Jersey shore 2017
n. *expectation:
The feeling that something is about to happen.
Awaiting Winter, Sunrise on Lake Kaiagamac, St-Michel-des-Saints, Quebec, Canada.
PixQuote:
"The enemy of photography is the convention, the fixed rules of 'how to do'. The salvation of photography comes from the experiment."
-Anonymous
For more colors!
“In theo-drama it is God’s stage; the decisive content of the actions is what he does: God and man will never appear as equal partners. It is God who acts, on man, for man and then together with man; the involvement of man in the divine action is part of God’s action, not a precondition of it.” -Balthasar, Theo-Drama, vol. 1, Prolegomena, trans. Graham Harrison (San Francisco: Ignatius, 1983), 18.
What we love we shall grow to resemble.
-St. Bernard of Clairvaux
Waiting for breakfast on a cold and frosty morning in Dunham Park. Time for a cuppa for me too I think
"Like the best kind of expectation. Ice cream expectation. Chocolate expectation."
Sarah Addison Allen, The Sugar Queen
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For a long time, high fog also had the highest heights of the Black Forest under control - the hoar frost on the trees is evidence of this. A strong wind brings a change, for the first time the sun rises again. Wind and sun bring hope for the trees to be relieved of their heavy burden...
“Help others without any reason
and give without the expectation of receiving anything in return.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
Blog Post
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The Expectation is to Stop and Smell the Roses
But in the mountains there are only wildflowers to enjoy
So I will stop to live that moment
No speed involved to my finish line
Just the day, a moment, and a vista like none other
I could always sing and give Julie Andrews a run for the money
I am all alone with only the trees and birds to share my company
So hike your own hike
Speed to adventure, if you must
And explore the planet we all share
You might just find me with my shoes and socks off
And only a smile as I sit and take in a view.
Another work of short poetry or prose to complement the image captured one afternoon in Big Bend National Park at a roadside pullout along the main Basin road. The view is looking to the west across the Chisos Basin area to The Windows off in the distance. Because of the several thousand foot decline in elevation present across this national park landscape, I had to angle my Nikon SLR camera slightly downward to capture a more sweeping view. The more distant peaks and mountains would be pushed higher into the image but leave enough for me to include some of the blue skies and clouds above.
For processing the image, I chose to work with Aurora HDR Pro to better bring that complete setting in the image. I later exported a TIFF image to DxO?PhotoLab 4 where I did some final adjustments with contrast, saturation and brightness for the final image.