Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/05/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On May 25, 2008, at 2:44 PM, Jerry Lehrer wrote: > Steve, > > As a native "Zoni" , you should know how it is done.. here just 16 years...yes, I should know, but aside from throwing money around, there must be other tricks, and I would bet Kyle knows them...he doesn't seem like a yuppie to me > You go on the more expensive "photo tours", > tip the Native American guide big bucks, in advance. Kyle > describes, in part, how it is done. the coupl'a times I was in the slots was right after all the tourists were killed in a freak flash flood, people were understandably very skittish... > If you want to see some slot canyons here in La Jolla, I can show > you some that are less than one > year old. And you won't have to pay very much. And I will spring > for the Bruichladdich, But only > for the 15 year old. I can't afford any better than that. you are awesome man, sign me up, I will be the one in the Clint Eastwood chapeau... btw Kyle, from your last shot, it looks like half of West Philly was there, Steve > > > Jerry Lehrer > > > Steve Barbour wrote: >> >> On May 25, 2008, at 12:55 PM, Kyle Cassidy wrote: >> >>> ... some spectacular slot canyons. lots of chattin' with the >>> locals. drinking tequila in the back of a pickup truck with some >>> navajo cooks who worked at a mexican restaurant, climbing to the >>> top of a mountain to watch the sun boil down over the landscape, >>> catching kingsnakes sunning themselves on stones, being attacked >>> by jumping cholla (again and again and again) leaping into a >>> swimming pool that was 20 degrees colder than it had any right to >>> be, more driving than any person ought to be doing, and, oh yeah, >>> did i say 'some photos that make people go "wow!"'? >>> >>> some of that, and the behind the scenes here: >>> >>> http://www.kylecassidy.com/pix/travel/2008/badlands/canyon/ >>> index.html >> >> sounds like you loved it... >> >> some very beautiful images Kyle, especially the next to >> last....such an amazing place, and if you are there at the right >> time, and can get free of the people, you see and capture the most >> beautiful light... >> >> you did it... >> >> so how do you get shots, free of people ? >> >> oh, the cholla don't really jump, just don't touch them, rarely >> they can be life threatening... >> >> Steve >> >> >> >>> >>> >>> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information