Mix n Match scan batch

This picture kind of looks out of place in my blog. This is the Cinder Cone from near Butte Lake in the northeast part of Lassen Volcanic National Park. Even though there hasn't been an eruption here in the last 100 years, it's amazing that so little has grown back since then. Even Mt. St. Helens has grown back much more than this.

This next picture below is from the Minarets Wilderness, southeast of Yosemite National Park. Also, this is yet another example of my friend Euell's power in providing me perfect conditions for picture taking. This rugged wilderness is definitely one of my very favorite places to get away from the everyday world.

This aerial photo always takes my breath away. I went for a flight with a workmate back in '89 and we flew from Placerville, in California, to Yosemite and then back. Taking this picture through the cockpit window made it a little less than sharp but, I gave it a little sharpening after I scanned it. The northern part of Yosemite National Park is a rugged place, as you can see, and not many people make it out into all that glacier-polished nirvana.

This long exposure of Vidae Falls, in Crater Lake National Park, turned out pretty nice. There's still plenty more of the park for me to discover and photograph. Maybe I'll return there on my trip up to my Mom's in July, like I've done many times in the past.

Finally, I came up with another pic of Moraine Lake, in the Canadian Rockies. I sure didn't spend enough time there to properly "capture" everything I wanted to. During that trip, there was lots of rain and I managed to squeeze in quite a few pictures between storms. I wasn't so lucky a few days later in Glacier National Park, though.

Fresh scans!

This first one is yet another of my friend Euell's and myself's excursions. We climbed alongside a roaring Horsetail Falls in Desolation Wilderness to get this view of Pyramid Peak.

Moraine Lake in the Alberta Rockies, near Lake Louise, just HAS to be one of the most picturesque places in the world. The lighting conditions there weren't too good but, I had to make do with what natures provided me with. I've been trying a little bit of "tweakage" on my scans to see just what I can and can't do. This one I just couldn't seem to improve that sunny peak enough to make a difference.

Now, here's a picture that never needed any "tweaking". This view of the Sierra Nevada and the Owens Valley from high in the White Mountains is dramatic and, again, is an example of the "Third's Rule". One of these days, I'll post a picture of the next morning's crystal clear view of the entire southern Sierra Nevada.

This part of a slide caught my eye and I wanted to see if I could zoom in and make a new picture of the people on Half Dome's cable ladder. This one you're going to want to right click on the picture and select "Open link in a new window". It was certainly rather intimidating when I first stood here and took this picture.

This last shot was a glorious morning back in March of '95. I had just stayed overnight on top of Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park. The fresh snow was still on the trees and the hustle and bustle of everyday life was gone in favor of the wind, the sun, the snow and the sky (and the occasional belching roar of a shuttle bus 3000 feet below).