[Leica] Scaling Half Dome on the cables

[abridge at mac.com (Adam Bridge)]

No, I'm not insane, I didn't do that. My knee would explode and I just don't 
think climbing a 45 degree slope sounds like a lot of fun to me. And besides 
a hand-full of people have fallen this year. None survived.

However, we were parked at Olmsted Point looking across at Half Dome. I had 
hoped to get there a little earlier in the morning but I got engrossed in 
documenting Tioga Pass so the sun was a bit high and there was a touch of 
haze in the air.

I mounted the 560 tele I bought from Doug Herr on an industrial-strength 
fluid-head tripod, locked it down and photographed Half Dome. As I was 
packing up a cluster of about a dozen Porches drove up and I heard one of 
the drives saying that the cables that run up to the top of Half Dome are on 
the left face as viewed from this perspective.

Cool, I thought to myself, I should look when I get home. Which I did.

<http://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/gallery/19446304_NvM63K#1524435664_gDBQqpH>

This is a 1:1 crop sharpened and adjusted in Lightroom. You can make out the 
figures and even the cable stays and perhaps a cable in one location. Not 
too shabby! It's still difficult to focus but I think this is just about 
spot-on.

Comments welcome, of course.

Adam Bridge