Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, TSA was a different story. It was the first time through after my knee replacement and between going through the whole body scan pat-down, and having a illegally large can of shaving gel in my dopp kit, I managed to leave my belt at the security station. Oh well. At least I kept my billfold! This time... Adam On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 7:04 PM, Ken Carney <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote: > ?Let me guess -- the TSA people were even nice to you. ?Are you sure you > didn't dream this? ?Beautiful photos. ?I got an iPad and I guess the iPhone > is next. ?I will have to see how the HDR works. ?I have played with that > (mostly without success) with multiple exposures, but that sounds difficult > with a phone. > > Ken > > On 10/11/2010 9:08 PM, Adam Bridge wrote: >> >> I don't write things like this here very often but today was so >> amazing I felt I had to share. >> >> We had an amazing flight today. Even the pre-sunrise drive to the >> airport (okay, a somewhat stressful drive since we over-slept by 30 >> minutes and had to scurry) was glorious with the Sierra sharply >> silhouetted against the pale dawn. >> >> Leaving Sacramento we climbed out over the Sierra, crossing the >> eastern escarpment just north of Tioga Pass, all of Yosemite and >> Hetchhetchi layed out before us. Then the town of Lee Vining beside >> Mono Lake with the Owens Valley stretching southward, then Death >> Valley from the east, the long sun angles really revealed ?the >> landforms: the dunes at Furnace Creek were amazing. Even the descent >> into Las Vegas was gorgeous although the horrors of development by >> mountain-top removal, was distressing. >> >> But that was all chicken feed compared to the flight from Las Vegas to >> Baltimore. >> >> We departed to the west, circling the Strip (I think it's mandatory by >> the Chamber of Commerce) before heading out over Lake Mead. The new >> bridge just south of Hoover Dam has its complete shape. I couldn't >> tell if it's open for use, though. We flew the length of Lake Mead >> (which is down many feet) and then began to skirt the northern extent >> of the Grand Canyon. I have never flown over this territory before and >> the variety of land-forms and color was amazing to me. We were clearly >> able to pick up the highway from Jacobs Lake (which we nearly flew >> over) with its long valleys, and then the eastern-most extent of the >> Canyon and then the merely amazing cut of the Colorado from Lees Ferry >> through Marble Canyon. >> >> We even enjoyed the escarpment of Grand Staircase Escalante National >> Monument with US 89(alt) running at its base. Fabulous! >> >> But then I knew we would see Monument Valley - and there it was. I >> awoke from my exclaiming to Jan - oh look at that - grabbed my iPhone >> and shot a few images. It's different from 35,000' but wow - it's >> still impressive. >> >> >> <http://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Monument-Valley-Ariel/14151390_NqvKF#1043966285_LytUz-A-LB> >> >> You should get both images easily through the links. One was shot in >> iPhone "HDR" mode, the other is more conventional. The colors seem >> quite true. The light was vivid. >> >> We also flew over Mexican Hat and the Goosenecks, then the Four >> Corners, saw Ship Rock off to the south-east, then (just because) we >> got Mesa Verde, Cortez Colorado and then the Rockies themselves that >> were in full color with aspen forests mixed in with the pines. >> Amazing! >> >> Clouds then covered up the Midwest until we reached the Appalachians. >> The eastern range had good color but it was partially obscured by a >> low thin cloud layer. >> >> As we descended into Baltimore we got a fine tour of the city before >> landing at BWI from the north about an hour before sunset. >> >> A truly amazing flight. >> >> Best to all! >> >> Adam >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >