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I made it up to Manning Park by the early afternoon and the lifts were shut down for the season, so I hiked up to the top of the orange chair to get a view of Mt. Hozameen. It was cold and windy and the lift shack at the top provided welcome shelter. It was clouding up a bit and since I wasn't happy with the colours I got, I converted the pictures to black and white.
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I have a vibration reduced18-200 zoom and I was curious what I would get hand held, especially since I was chilly and it was windy. The picture above was taken at the full zoom of 200mm and was hand held. I guess the vibration reduction really works!
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The next day I went for a walk on the trail that heads to Windy Joe. It was a treat to be able to go slowly, looking for interesting things to pay attention to. One of the more interesting things was the shapes and colours created in the partially frozen streams crossing the trail.
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After the Windy Joe trail, I took a drive to the Monument 83 trail head. I walked to where the trail crosses the river and found the colours of the river and bridge interesting. Although the picture above is fairly standard, I found the shadow pattern on the river interesting.
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On my third day, I took a walk up the Fat Dog trail that eventually leads on the Three Brothers area. About a kilometer from the parking lot, you cross a stream. Here I found a few interesting shapes and colours. Yes, I know the picture is in sideways. I find it more interesting this way. :-)
Three days and two nights in a tent by myself. Minus 12 in the morning. Listening to podcasts and sipping brandy to while the evening along all snug in my down sleeping bag. Learning more about the features of my Nikon D80, learning more about editing in camera raw, and learning more about Photoshop CS3. It's all good.
I had a good time and look forward to my next "photo shoot".
Keith
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