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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.
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!
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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Morning arrived at Precipice Lake. It was time to pack up and get on with the day. It was a rather slow morning though as I had stood up a bit late into the night capturing the moon and the stars. But we knew that it would be downhill all the way to Big Arroyo Junction. From there to somewhere near the halfway to Moraine Lake it would present a bit of climb, gaining as much of elevation that we would lose to reach Big Arroyo Junction. But first, we had to trudge over Kaweah Gap. It was a big deal that we were about to cross the Great Western Divide that we had been looking at for the last two days. This divide separates the Kern and Kings rivers from the western part of Sequoia National Park. Before leaving, we turned around and took one last look at the amazing Precipice Lake. The water glowed in almost emerald green in the sunlight. Part of me still wished that we had stayed here for one more day and climbed Eagle Scout Peak, towering over the lake. Oh, well… One more reason to come back.
Fiery sunset at Sequoia National Park in California this June.The sunset was made more vivid by the smoke from the San Bernadino wildfires and by prescribed burns going on in the park itself.I have to admit when we saw smoke while driving through the park late that day we thought the worst,but the conservation service had it well under control....that day.
2016 marks the 100th anniversary of the National Park System in the United States.There are currently 58 National Parks....
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