Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/09/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Always happy to be of help! On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 11:54 PM, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com>wrote: > Thank you Bob, post bookmarked :-) > > On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 10:03 PM, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi Adam. > > Here are some sites to keep an eye on for fall colors in the eastern > > sierras: > > http://www.californiafallcolor.com/ > > http://www.gdanmitchell.com/ > > http://calphoto.com/fall.htm > > > > It appears that the colors are changing a bit early this year. Second > week > > of October would be my uneducated guess for prime. Places to look are > > Virginia Lakes, Twin Lakes, June Lake Loop, Lundy Canyon, Convict Lake, > > and, > > down in Bishop, Bishop Creeks (were the best last year) and Rock Creek > near > > Mammouth. > > > > Michael Frye's sight might be up to date to let you know what's going on > in > > Yosemite. I found beautiful colors at the Pohone Bridge and up on Crane > > Flat > > Rd. Also the walk to Mirror Lake is flat and beautiful by the upper > Merced > > there. Easy walk, beautiful water and sometimes color. > > > > I'm totally jealous!!!! Have fun, > > Bob > > > > Lundy Canyon area near Mono Lake and Yosemite, Rock Creek south of > Mammoth > > Lakes, , McGee Creek, Convict Lake, and the June Lake Loop. Around > > Bridgeport, you won't want to miss Virginia Lakes, Twin Lakes and the > > Conway > > Summit. The West Walker River is also lined with gold. > > > > On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 7:57 PM, Adam Bridge <abridge at mac.com> wrote: > > > > > Thanks for your observations and suggestions, Bob. Greatly appreciated. > > > > > > We're planning on going back up in October - times/dates working around > > > weather, etc. We're going to Yosemite in early November with a group > from > > > the bike club for some hiking, although I'm not certain how much of > that > > > I'll be doing. > > > > > > If you have some favorite places you'd care to share I'd sure be > > > interested. I think we'll take four days, two of them working out of > > > Bridgeport to do Bodie. > > > > > > I'm trying to wrap my head around when things might perk up, > color-wise, > > in > > > the Sierra this year. With all the moisture in the late spring it could > > be a > > > fabulous autumn. > > > > > > Healing is going great. Hip surgery is a breeze compared to knees and > my > > > knee surgery last year wasn't difficult by any means. I'm impatiently > > > waiting to be allowed to drive. I know it'll be at least Thanksgiving > > before > > > I'm allowed on my bike again. Sigh. > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > Adam > > > > > > On Sep 12, 2011, at 8:21 PM, Robert Adler wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Adam, > > > > I think the first image is best. The second one has the river bend > too > > > > centered for me and in the third one there is a bit of road showing. > > > > There is a lot of potential in the first one. If you did some > judicious > > > > dodging and burning, I think it would be a really luminous image. I > > don't > > > > know if you've done anything after the scan in an editing program, > but > > if > > > > you haven't, this image warrants it. > > > > The eastern sierra's are gorgeous; once you are up and mobile you > need > > to > > > > make that trip again! > > > > > > > > Glad you are healing well. > > > > Best, > > > > Bob > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Bob Adler > > Palo Alto, CA > > http://www.rgaphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> > // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> > // richard's personal photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> > [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous > replies in your msgs. ] > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Bob Adler Palo Alto, CA http://www.rgaphoto.com