[Leica] IMG: Poppy Bloom

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Bob,

This a great and wonderful image, I really love it, it looks as a 3D view

Cheers
Lluis 


El 23/03/2013, a las 07:39, Bob Adler escribi?:

> I expected to see Dorothy asleep in the grass, though she and her 
> companions would have rolled down the hill into the Merced River long ago. 
> 
> This was Hite Cove Trail today. Left home at 5:45am and returned at 
> 7:30pm. 4hr drive each way. Just to the west of El Portal Gate into 
> Yosemite. 
> 
> The wildflower bloom here is very rare and only lasts a few days. Last one 
> I saw was 5 or 6 years ago, and I look out for word of it every year. It 
> is a one person foot path about 500 feet above the Merced river. The 
> hills, which this shot show, continue up at the same 125 degrees that they 
> slope downward. The tripod had two legs at their shortest uphill and one 
> leg full extended on the side of the path so folks could get by. I 
> actually got scolded once for "not staying on the path". There is always a 
> flower Nazi somewhere... ;-)
> 
> Anyway, tough shooting physically (MFDB, precarious, sunny 16, no room to 
> move) and mentally ("there HAS to be an image here somewhere!). The wind 
> did not cooperate much either. 
> 
> Well enough excuses. Here's the only image from the day that is passable. 
> I plan to refine it if it grows on me. Your thoughts/suggestions would be 
> really appreciated. 
> 
> http://www.rgaphoto.com/sierras/content/Pano-HitePano1-HiteCove-MASTERCF000666_large.html
> 
> Thanks,
> Bob
> 
> Oh yes, techie stuff: Alpa MAX with a 50mm Rodegon in portrait 
> orientation, 7 degress lens tilt, ISO 50, polarizing filter, 1/125, 3 
> blended images (shifted 10 deg left, center and 10deg right). Phase One 
> IQ160. That's a lot for some freaking flowers that I could have lost it 
> all for!
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
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