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There's a star man waiting in the sky, he'd love to come and see us.....
tonychristians commented on markst33's gallery image in Space
Beautiful shot! I've always wanted to see and capture the northern lights at some point. I've always lived too far south though to even hope of seeing them. Possibly now that I'm a little further north, but still not sure. -
Sometimes I get to go between buildings. Sometimes the biggest movement I have is heading upstairs for coffee
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I stopped by our local store here in Layton this evening (The Imaging Depot) and picked up a ProMaster backpack. Everything fits nicely and has room for my MacBook Air when I want to take that with. We picked up some hiking poles a few years ago after visiting my mom near Glacier. This is the first time really using them, they are really helpful. And by the way, I'm always open to advise :)
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Beautiful shot. It reminds me a lot of some of the Thomas Kinkade paintings from the past. -
Andrew, I can totally relate to the sweating. I've never thought about electrolyte pills, something to think about. I can relate as well to the job not preparing you for the hiking and other physical stuff. Cyber security here, and yes most of the day is spent at the keyboard or moving from one building to the other for meetings. I had a meeting today that ran about 3 1/2 hours and still being a little sore from the hike on Saturday, when I got up at the end of the meeting,,,,, oy!
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Growing up in Oklahoma and then living in Virginia the past seven years, there is a huge difference in the elevation. And add the fact that I'm not getting any younger (won't say I'm getting old), it really hit me hard. Honestly though, I think coming back down the trail is where I struggled the most. You mention the sweating, I typically sweat like a pig on a spit. I've officiated high school sports for the past 30 years and usually during football season I would have so much sweat dripping off my cap that I would get the ball wet when spotting it. I really didn't sweat that much on the hike which caused me some concern, but again as you mention the air is much dryer here. I do think part of what contributed to slipping was struggling with my bag and tripod. Right now I just have the bag that came with my kit, just a small shoulder bag with a flash carry case clipped on to the side. I had my tripod in a carrying case as well as a small backpack with my water and snacks. My camera bag and tripod had been shifting the whole time, throw in the decline that I was going down and there you have it, I went down. They are having a star party up in Ogden Saturday evening that I'm thinking about going to. I will add the trails you mentioned and Provo to my list of places to go. If everything goes right, we're supposed to close on our house in Virginia at the end of the month so my wife will be getting out here soon thereafter so we can see some of these places together.
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I know I must have looked absolutely awful on the way down the trail as two different groups of people stopped and asked if I was ok. One offered to carry some of my gear back to the parking lot for me and the other was asking if I needed something to eat and some water. I didn't mention that I lost my footing and slipped and fell, thankfully on a relatively safe place to slip and fall, more embarrassing than anything else.
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Good shot. Great contrast between the sand and the clouds in the background. I've got to say though, with clouds that look like that, I don't think I would be on the beach. -
I went for a "easy to moderate" hike on Saturday, September 1 up the Adams Canyon Trail near Layton, UT. I learned some very important things on the hike. Number 1, I'm not acclimated to the elevation here yet. Number 2, I'm not acclimated to the elevation here yet. Number 3, whoever rates these trails is most likely acclimated to the elevation here (and did I mention that I'm not acclimated yet?). Number 4, I need a better way to lug my gear around as in getting a backpack that will carry my camera stuff and tripod, some snacks and water, etc. What I thought was going to take 2 - 3 hours turned into almost 6 hours, and for someone with diabetes, planning accordingly is very important. Despite my inexperience and still feeling the effects it was well worth it. Here are a couple of shots from the trail. First shot is from a small clearing along the trail where you can see a hint of fall colors starting to show. The second shot is of the waterfall at the end of the trail.
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Andrew, I've been on a plane flying about a hundred miles away from Las Vegas at night and you could see how bright it was. No doubt when you're leaving the shutter open for any time at all there would be a lot of residual light coming through. -
Lee, beautiful shot. That is one of the places on my bucket list to go see. -
Laurent, good shot. When I first glanced at the thumbnail version it almost appeared that there was a massive angel wing over the church. -
Squamish Lights under the Big Dipper
tonychristians commented on sketch_tbhotmail.com's gallery image in Landscape
Really nice shot. I can totally relate to the issue with the smoke, we've had a lot here in Utah as well. I'm curious with the light source in the foreground, was that something that was already there or did you use some lighting? -
Andrew, I can't wait to get out to some of the parks in southern Utah to get some views like that. We do have a couple of parks here in northern Utah that are designated as Dark Sky parks, but between Ogden and Salt Lake City, there's still enough light pollution to prevent getting something quite like that.
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Thanks Andrew. It was pretty much a chance thing that I caught them so close together. I had already taken several shots of the bison and had already grabbed my camera and tripod to head back across the road to the truck when I saw some slight movement and saw a couple of antelope walking up to the bison. -
Andrew, as always quite a stellar shot.
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