OFFICIAL Kings Canyon Camp Swank Thread

[Ghoulish Delight]

I love the blue tones your camera captures, Alex.

Ponine, here's a link to a zip file with all of our photos (files starting with "DSC" were taken with my camera, "IMGP" with CP's). Right click and "save as". If you want bigger versions, let me know.

[Ponine]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Ponine, a link to a zip file with all of our photos (files starting with "DSC" were taken with my camera, "IMGP" with CP's). Right click and "save as". If you want bigger versions, let me know.

Got em if you want to take the file down. Thank you.

[Disneyphile]

That marmot is so cute and fuzzy! I want one!!!

[MouseWife]

Lovely shots, Alex!

I most definitely need to plan another trip up there. I need to learn more about the mandatory shuttles, last time we were there it was just park and hike. And, I need to see how long it takes to get there from Toms' Place. I think that is going to be our new 'base camp' area.

You are so lucky that you can do that in a spur of the moment thing! Our local area to scout about are the Laguna Mountains, the desert area east of here {for fossil hunting...even though they don't really exist, right?} and the coast for the tidepools and sunsets.

Well, haven't seen Lani in any shots, but, please tell her that MouseWife says hello!! {and I guess I am not worthy of her fitness level if you guys are doing such hikes!! We used to do the President Exericise thing, she was in charge?}

[Alex]

This weekend was essentially hike free. If you can walk a gentle mile, then you can cover all the territory we did.

And I almost never take pictures of people. I so hate being in photographs it doesn't seem fair to subject other people to it. And I'm too much of an introvert to ask strangers if they'd be willing to be in a photo of my own.

[Snowflake]

Beautiful photos, Alex.

[MouseWife]

I think that is why I like to take pictures....gives me control of the camera. I think people are shocked when I am taking pictures of my family and they offer to take one for us and I say 'Oh, no!!! I don't want to be in the picture!' I am now and again for the family album so they can't say I never went anywhere with them.

Okay, thanks about the hike info. I worry because of the altitude. The hike we did to the lake last year, whew, it went up pretty high, I could be wrong but I think 11,000 feet? We took it slow and easy but it was high. We drove up to, dang, maybe 9,000 feet to the trail head? I dunno. I know we did have residual effects from that day.

One, a touch of altitude issues, giant blisters for the Boy, and, a view of a full moon in broad daylight as our friends went skinny dipping!! They were a bit ahead of us and we thought what the heck is that white thing over there?

[Cadaverous Pallor]

That blue isn't photoshop?? Damn!

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

That blue isn't photoshop?? Damn!

Well, the blue wasn't an intentional add by me. It is what came out when I trimmed the edges off the levels.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

I love the blue tones your camera captures, Alex.

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

That blue isn't photoshop?? Damn!

IMHO, the photos are over-saturated. The colors do not look natural to me.

But I work in print, so this is the kind of thing I look at.

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

I think we're going to have to have a Meadow-off, because there can only be one pretty meadow in the Sierras.

Is that before or after the curmudgeon-off?