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Unlike the other bears in this park that are supposedly used to humans, this one did not like having his picture taken.
Last week, James posted "Clear and Cold" (flic.kr/p/2nPoFbC), and when I saw it, I knew that somewhere in the archives, I had photographed "something similar" and all I could remember was that it was "in the mountains."
To me, that's the Sierras although it could have been the Cascades, the Olympic Range, or the Tetons. Even if the shot isn't that good, I want credit for finding it within 10 minutes. "Sequoia!" Yes, Kings River? Close. A stream?
So, for the first time, I gave a title to the image which was helpful. These are rocks in a stream bed off the Kern River that runs through Sequoia National Park. Well, so does the Kings (no apostrophe in the River or the NP) and I've dipped my tootsies in both.
So here, from 2013, shot handheld with an SX10 which shows it did have some abilities, is my attempt at Nature's Abstracts" is rocks at some river in the West. Hints of blue from the sky, green from the overhanging trees.
A roadside stop looking to the northeast while driving the winding roads of the Generals Highway in Sequoia National Park.
Camera Body: Nikon D7100
Lens: AF-S Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G DX
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 400
Shutter Speed: 1.3
WB: Auto
Mode: Manual
After walking around all day at Sequoia National Park looking for nests, etc to photograph, came back to the lodge for dinner and observed this nest on the Lodge building!
One of the photo ops on the Pear Lake trail in the Sequoia backcountry is Aster Lake, nestled in a granite bowl on the way to Emerald Lake.
Pride-of-the-mountains (Pentstemon newberryi) is a delight wherever it is found. You can get here and back in a long day hike. Better is to camp at Emerald Lake for a night or two and enjoy a full day at beautiful Pear Lake. The trail between the lakes is festooned with many kinds of wildflowers.
Dramatic light is filtered through gaps in storm clouds. I shot this 25 miles into the backcountry, far from the reach of any trail.
The title of the shot comes from the spotlight on the peaks, which spilled off just a bit to the left, and from the forest fire happening in the area that made for some interesting conditions.
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The Sentinel Tree stands in front of the museum in Sequoia National Park. It is an amazing tree, but only average in size compared to some others found in the forest.
To get an idea of its size compared to us mere mortals, see the next picture.
When I came across images of this lake prepping for my trip I knew I had to see this lake, and it didn't disappoint. Only wish I could have spent more than 40 minutes there, but still had 13 miles left to go that day. Definitely want to go back.
early Christmas morning at Sequoia National Park, overlooking the world's largest forest of the world's largest trees: Sequoiadendron giganteum. (not tallest)
We had our breakfast on top of Moro Rock while enjoying the sunrise. It was wonderful. No one was up early to catch the sunrise, to our surprise, and it was quite remarkable to look back at the backpacking trip that we just completed less than a week ago while gazing at the Great Western Divide in the far distance. On our way down, this snag laying on one of the granite slabs on the side and the forest of Pines and Giant Sequoias around us were quite exquisitely juxtaposed against the divide slowly fading into the haze under the bright morning sun.