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This image is a composite of one shot for the foreground and for the sky over thirty exposures at ISO1600 and 55 second.
An agave growing along the edge of the Catalina Highway along a small creek. Shot in digital infrared.
I'm looking over some past photos...
Soon, when my car's air conditioner works again, I hope to drive up the highway on Mount Lemmon.
On a clear day, you can see the Gila National Forest in New Mexico from here!
This was an unplanned day trip so the only camera I had was my iPhone 4S... I remembered that Katharine Hanna identified the features seen from this outlook in a set of great photos she took of the view. She didn't take photos of the poster. Katharine, this is for you. It is the best I could do with my limited camera...;))
I remembered incorrectly. Katharine's photos were taken from Sykes Knob outlook. She did, however, refer to this poster: She wrote:
"You asked in your comment on this photo www.flickr.com/photos/goldengirl2011/9131281222/ whether I knew of a good atlas with mountains around Tucson identified. I don't know of one. The best thing I've seen for the view in the photo is an interpretive sign at the San Pedro Vista point which identifies several different mountain ranges in addition to the Galiuros. Of course, I did not think to take a photo of if when I was there. Will have to snap it next time I'm up there. I do use a topo map of the Catalinas which helps ID some locations."
This is a composite of two out of a number photos I took of a roadside poster that identifies landmarks and mountain ranges visible at the San Pedro Vista outlook. this outlook point is on the highway up Mount Lemmon on the way to Summerhaven.
I scaled and combined two photos using DoubleTake on my iMac. I cropped and added text in Pixelmator which uses layers and a has bunch of useful and fun tools. Then I sharpened and added a bit of contrast and saturation in iPhoto.
If my memory serves me, the San Pedro Vista outlook is at about 8000 feet or 2400 meters elevation above Tucson. Tucson's elevation is 2548 feet above sea level at Tucson International Airport .
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Magdalena Bartsch 7y
Lovely view for sure! Great info. Thanx!
Katharine Hanna 7y
Thank you so much for doing this, Chic. I will definitely refer to the image you generated if/when I need to ID land features in future photos. I had a bit of a challenge reading the name of the peak that's between the PinaleƱo Mountains and the Winchester Mountains on the poster. Finally figured out that it's Bassett Peak, the highest point in the Galiuro Mountains [elevation7,663 ft. (2,336 m)]. I learn something new every day! :-) Thank you, again.
Chic 7y
Magdalena Bartsch I'm so glad you like it, Magdalena. It's my pleasure..;))
Chic 7y
Katharine Hanna You are most welcome, Katharine. Yes, it is Bassett Peak. It got blurred as i was fitting two photos together. I will post the individual photos. Sorry I didn't notice that before I posted it...;)) Thanks for looking up its elevation. I believe that's close to the elevation of Summerhaven.
Paul_Larson 2d
So well done and with all the really great information research work on this. So many mountains and such a short time to hike them all.
That stretch of Mount Lemmon Highway threads through towering hoodoos and jagged rock spires like a snake through a jungle. While the curves suggest motion, it isnāt a landscape to rush through. Massive rock formations jut skyward and the sparse vegetation ā scrubby junipers, maybe a few agaves ā adds texture without softening the starkness.
This was taken right at midnight using a 109 second exposure. I was fortunate to catch five ground-to-cloud lightning strikes during those 109 seconds. This photo was taken from Windy Point near Mount Lemmon.
A view (albeit restricted) from the summit of Mount Lemmon just below the Sky Center. Shot in digital infrared with a modified Canon D60.
I will be hiking Mount Lemmon again this weekend! I'm building inspiration from my previous photo shoots there. This was taken last year on my 5th wedding anniversary and it's composed of 5 stitched images. I hope to get lucky with weather like this again :)
This was taken on a hike with people from the lab I work in back in September. A fire went through this area, but some trees survived. The clouds look kind of like a disconnected snowman? The middle one--maybe an elephant?
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360 VR panorama from a hike on Mt Lemmon, in Tucson, Arizona.
A beautiful place in the woods for this one.
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On July 29 2015 I joined Ned and the gang on one of the summer Mount Lemmon hikes. We hiked the loop formed by the Mt. Lemmon Trail and the Meadow Trail (formerly the Power Line Road and the Lemmon Park Trail) at the top of the mountain.
RAW file processed with Olympus Viewer 3.
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Another panorama from Mount Lemmon that I had not previously processed. A newt view from that spot.
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Another panorama from Mount Lemmon, in Tucson, Arizona. A cool spot but unfortunately defaced by assholes.
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The aftermath of the Aspen Fire over ten years ago. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspen_Fire
On the weekend of August 9th Tania's nephew and his wife visited us, so on Saturday we drove them up Mount Lemmon for a short hike and picnic. We followed the Meadow Trail as far as Lemmon Park and the overview.
Twelve RAW files processed with Olympus Viewer 3 and stiched with MS ICE.
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The forest on the tope of Mount Lemmon outside of Tucson, Arizona. The elevation of this summit is 9,159 feet which is the highest point in the Santa Cataline Mountains. It is located in the Coronado National Forest.
On the weekend of August 9th Tania's nephew and his wife visited us, so on Saturday we drove them up Mount Lemmon for a short hike and picnic. We followed the Meadow Trail as far as Lemmon Park and the overview.
RAW file processed with Olympus Viewer 3.
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I joined Ned and the gang on the final summer Mount Lemmon hike on August 26 2015. We hiked the loop formed by the Mt. Lemmon Trail and the Meadow Trail (formerly the Power Line Road and the Lemmon Park Trail) at the top of the mountain.
RAW file processed with Olympus Viewer 3.
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On July 16 2014 I joined the Sabino Canyon Volunteer Naturalists led hike on Mt. Lemmon. We hiked the loop formed by the Mt. Lemmon Trail and the Meadow Trail (formerly the Power Line Road and the Lemmon Park Trail) at the top of the mountain.
RAW file processed with Olympus Viewer 3.
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The water's edge of a pool at the base of a small waterfall in the vicinity of the Molino Canyon Overlook/Vista on the Catalina Highway in the Coronado National Forest.
On July 29 2015 I joined Ned and the gang on one of the summer Mount Lemmon hikes. We hiked the loop formed by the Mt. Lemmon Trail and the Meadow Trail (formerly the Power Line Road and the Lemmon Park Trail) at the top of the mountain.
RAW file processed with Olympus Viewer 3.
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We got a fairly early start on Tuesday June 17 2014 to try to get there ahead of the wind. We were only somewhat successful.
RAW file processed with Olympus Viewer 3.
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With a summit elevation of 9,159 feet (2,792 m), Mt. Lemmon is the highest point in the Santa Catalina Mountains. A beautiful, curving road runs up the mountains from Tucson to Summerhaven, at the top of Mt. Lemmon. It is a favorite drive for tourists, for locals escaping summer's heat and cyclists, and has been designated as the Sky Island Parkway. Temperatures at the top are often 30 degrees cooler than in downtown Tucson, making Ski Valley on Mt. Lemmon the southernmost ski destination in the continental United States. It gets around 180 inches of snow annually.
360 VR panorama from a hike on Mt Lemmon, in Tucson, Arizona. Awesome views from up there and tranquility. It was windy but the big rock really helped.
Please view the panorama in its full 360 glory on my site:
I'm still taking photos. I'm just experimenting with a completely new direction - superwide angles with very large lenses (well, relative to my usual 18 mm). This is my first attempt at astrophotography. This is the Andromeda Galaxy. You may not recognize it because I didn't manage to capture most of the detail you usually see in other photos. More to come, hopefully. There's about 30 things to adjust, so the learning curve is pretty high.
"Can't beat the view but watch your step. Not a place for selfies."
A beautiful, curving road runs up Mt. Lemmon from Tucson to Summerhaven, at the top of the mountain. It is a favorite drive for tourists, for locals escaping summer's heat and cyclists, and has been designated as the Sky Island Parkway. Temperatures at the top are often 30 degrees cooler than in downtown Tucson, making Ski Valley on Mt. Lemmon the southernmost ski destination in the continental United States. It gets around 180 inches of snow annually.
I joined Ned and the gang on the final summer Mount Lemmon hike on August 26 2015. We hiked the loop formed by the Mt. Lemmon Trail and the Meadow Trail (formerly the Power Line Road and the Lemmon Park Trail) at the top of the mountain.
RAW file processed with Olympus Viewer 3.
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