Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice work, Adam. That does look like hard work! Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Bridge" <abridge at mac.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 12:04 PM Subject: [Leica] Scaling Half Dome on the cables > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >