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Star Trails in Yangshuo, China
I slept 5 hours the whole weekend I was here and was sick the following week because of it. Still, I was happy to make the trip because relaxing on the top of a mountain without a soul in sight was one of the best experiences I've had here.
This looks like this is a good place to venture off the trail but it is the trail up the Middle Fork of the St.Vrain rushing down to our left. The trail was washed by a lot of water during the floods last fall. There is still a lot of water on the trail due to our wet winter and spring. I remember just walking up the trail but not having to note where every foot fell. Rock, logs, brush, pine and aspen trees, grasses and weeds. I found some alpine strawberries and some scrub oak around that harbors the occasional tick. We may have to back out pretty soon considering the looks of the clouds streaming in. Today we walked up the trail across the bridge to the right of the old logging road.
This spot is north across the foot bridge over the Middle Fork of the St.Vrain from the old wagon road (Middle St.Vrain Road). It was reported that there was a saw mill up the valley in the late 1800s. I have never found trace of it even though I have been all the way up the trail on this side of the river to Indian Peaks Wilderness area and back down the road... by foot. I also hiked the road (the Coney Flats Road) from Beaver Reservoir that met the old wagon road (posted) up near what is now the wilderness area. It would probably be slow work getting a four-wheeler up either road now. Perhaps a healthy hike is better. Camp Dick Allenspark Colorado on Google maps will get you near the parking lot, just west. The road is marked but it is a bit harder to find the foot bridge and trail.
This shot is south of Rocky Mountain National Park and west above Lyons, Colorado just up Hwy #7 above Peaceful Valley Resort.. The old wagon roads up there are still useable but camping is forbade in Roosevelt (Teddy) until a quarter mile up the road.. We headed up Boulder Canyon aiming for Caribou Trail head (not the recording studio) but it was closed so we turned early and headed over into the Middle Fork Valley where I shot the Switzerland RR trail shots near Ward, Colorado. We decided on this route as the second best to the closed area which was probably closed for flood recovery or nesting habitat. Not to fear, the Middle Fork trail here was not hit by the flood. It just got badly washed in the rain.
It's clear that Boulder, Longmont and other communities in Boulder County like to get out to their parks and open space... pedestrians, bikers, birders and dog walkers alike. Peaceful Valley Campground and Camp Dick were nearly filled by middle June. Usually summer trickles in by July.
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Ferntree Gully. Dandenong Ranges National Park. In a clearing at the bottom of the walk. Quite a few cars, 6.30 in the morning, but it looked like she just zoned it all out.
A four by eight lean-to with tarp extension provides safe haven for business in snow or rain. Trail provided and kept clear by weary hoomans.
40 exposure stacked.
40sec each exposure.
iso 400
D90+Tokina 116 @ 11mm f2.8
Phottix Timer
p/s: this shoot couse me Mosquito Bite like hell! next time jgn lupe bawak obat nyamok!
"Dusty, I think we took the left fork when we should 'a taken the right one!"
"Yup, Lefty, it looks like we're headin' direct into Desolation Gulch, partner!"
This photo was taken by a Kowa/SIX medium format film camera and a Kowa 1:2.8/85mm lens with a Kowa L39•3C(UV) ø67 filter using Kodak Portra 400 [220] film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.
Footprints left on the beach and not a soul in sight... They have all vanished...
Pity... They missed a great sunset...
This swift moving creek along the Cataract Trail feeds the Cataract Falls in the Mt Tamalpais watershed. A 3 shot HDR capture. The hike was around 6 miles round trip!
Another view from the underpass area accessible when you access the trail from Ashland. A makeshift living room of sorts. And yes, I climbed the ladder to see what might be in the underpass area on the other side ... a matress, and more uninteresting graffiti and tags. Blah!
This trail follows the shoreline of a section of Lake Brantingham and proved a great place to have a short hike.
Hiking trails provide easy access to the Valee de Mai Nature Reserve on Praslin Island, Seychelles. The reserve`s famous coco-de-mer palms can live up to a thousand years and grow over 30 meters tall.
This is the western end of the eastern portion of the White River State Trail.
Situated in a Burlington public park, here's where trail users can connect, via city streets, to the Seven Waters Trail.
Marybeth and Brianne walking down the Paulinskill Trail. Clearly I'm not keeping up because I'm too busy fooling around.
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The Pipiwai Trail is a must stop along the Road to Hana. Walking through the bamboo forest, found on the second half of the trail, almost feels spiritual. It was fairly busy on the trail, but even so, I could wait a minute or two for people to pass and the trail to empty. Then I would experience a cathedral-like silence to revel in the moment before eventually starting back up the trail to Waimoku Falls.
Haleakala National Park, HI
My first attempt at this kind of photographing of the stars.
You can also see the Aurora Borealis in the distance, not very strong but green and shiny :)
Used Pentax K5, DA10-17mm fisheye lens at the beach behind my house.
Here's another shot snapped in the fog Monday morning. This trail for joggers and bicyclists runs for a number of miles along Lake Michigan. HFF
Dixie National Forest
The Arches Trail
Red Canyon
Utah
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We discovered this trail last weekend at Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park. The surrounding woods are incredibly dense full of mosses and ferns. The place is almost like a mini rainforest with its own microclimates. I can't wait wait to explore that park again.
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Abineau Trail is a steep 1,800 foot climb over two miles up the slopes of the San Francisco Peaks through Abineau Canyon. The trail meets the Waterline Trail at the top, which can be followed down to Bear Jaw Trail to return to the trailhead. Each leg of the loop is around two miles long, plus a 0.4 mile connector trail from the trailhead to the loop, making a total loop hike of seven miles. The loop is one of the quintessential autumn hikes in the San Francisco Peaks. Aspens along all three legs of the loop turn gold, and falling leaves carpet the forest floor and decorate the conifers.
A storm system passed through the area October 4-7, 2015, raining at lower elevations and snowing on the upper reaches of the San Francisco Peaks. The snow-capped Peaks were a wonderful treat after the few days grey, cloudy, wet weather that had put a damper on outdoor activity.
Photo by Deborah Lee Soltesz, October 8, 2015. Credit: U.S. Forest Service, Coconino National Forest. For more information about this trail, see the Abineau-Bear Jaw Loop trail description on the Coconino National Forest website.
Fay Canyon is a favorite hike for many who prefer a shorter hike with minimal elevation gain or who enjoy the grandeur of red sandstone walls towering overhead. Some people visit Fay Canyon to see the natural arch located just under a half mile up the trail. Those who don't know about it usually walk right past. Though the Fay Canyon Arch is by no means small, it looks so much like an ordinary rock overhang, it's easy to glance right at it and not realize what you've seen. If you keep watching the rock wall to the north (right) side of the trail sooner or later you'll spot it.
This small, hidden canyon supports a diverse community of desert plants and provides good views of the surrounding cliffs. It dead ends at a red Supai sandstone cliff. Throughout Fay Canyon you can marvel at the breathtaking scenery that surrounds you.
Photo by Deborah Lee Soltesz, January 5, 2011. Credit: Coconino National Forest, U.S. Forest Service. Learn more about hiking Fay Canyon Trail No. 53 in the Red Rock Ranger District of the Coconino National Forest.