doug grosjean Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 Hi all, Following are a few snaps from the Crystal River Valley and Lead King Basin, in the Marble / Crystal area. Taken this past summer on return leg of a Jeep trip with my 13 y/o son down Route 66. Enjoy! Doug Grosjean, NW Ohio<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug grosjean Posted January 11, 2008 Author Share Posted January 11, 2008 Another, this of the road out of Lead King Basin. With better sunlight, this would be a gem of a place to shoot wildflowers in July.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug grosjean Posted January 11, 2008 Author Share Posted January 11, 2008 Marble stockpiles just outside the town of Marble, Colorado. Yes, the old Yule Quarries are operating again....<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug grosjean Posted January 11, 2008 Author Share Posted January 11, 2008 Finally, after a morning on the Jeep trails out of Crystal, through Lead King Basin, and before the long grind home to Ohio, my son and I stop in primitive Penny Hot Springs, just downstream of Redstone, Colorado. Who says a Widelux isn't the perfect snapshot camera? :):)<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug grosjean Posted January 11, 2008 Author Share Posted January 11, 2008 Oooops... an error in the title. It was July 2007, not June. Summer goes by so fast, it's easy to lose track of which month it was.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene m Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 Stop it !!! You're tempting me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnycake_.1 Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 Hello, Doug. Beautiful photographs. Which model Widelux did you use? And, if I may ask another question, if you were to need service on your Widelux who would you use? Thank you. Johnny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig_supplee Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 OK, Think I just found my next camera! Beautiful shots Doug. Looks like it was a great trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug grosjean Posted January 11, 2008 Author Share Posted January 11, 2008 Gene: Thanks! I like your stuff, too. Very much. Johnny: Bob Watkins did some work on my Widelux (FV model) when I bought it from a brick-n-mortar place on Ebay. It had banding problems. Bob installed helically-cut gears from an F8 model, explaining that the later gears have more teeth, and are helically cut, so that there's always some teeth meshing, which ends banding problems. That was 2 years ago, and so far, so good. Craig: For these shots you'll also need a Jeep, ATV, mountain bike, offroad motorcycle (though I've done almost all of it on a dual-purpose BMW motorcycle) or good hiking shoes and lots of time. The Lead King Basin loop is lesseee... Marble to Crystal is about 5 miles, then the road out of Crystal via LKB is IIRC about 7. When g/f and I did LKB road out of Marble, we went about 6 miles each way, 12 total, spent about 3 hours, crossed a few streams, and saw a Mercury Mountaineer, 2 horses and riders with 3-4 dogs, and then a couple ATVs, and a guy on a real dirtbike. No matter the vehicle, it's slow. I don't think a Jeep has a huge advantage in speed over a mountain bike. A dirtbike is probably the fastest vehicle, but then speed isn't everything. It was a great trip. The Route 66 part was the main course. Then the road back to Crystal, and another offroad foray south of Escalante UT to Hole-in-the-Rock (Mormon wagan trail), were the icing on the cake. I'm not sure how a person could see more ghost towns, and a wider range of them, than to combine Route 66 and then Rocky Mtn. Jeep trails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger_randle Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Stunning! You can almost climb into these and feel you are there, so tempting. Thank you for posting Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph_wei Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 That second photo is amazing! I like the depth and colors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug grosjean Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 Roger & Joseph, Thanks for the comments, glad you liked. The Widelux is an interesting / weird thing to use. But when I do my part of the job right, it sure does produce some neat stuff. Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_m Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Marvellous photos. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralf_j. Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Beautiful vistas Doug. Enjoyed all of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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