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Opus Wannabe
Joined: 04 Mar 2006 Posts: 3700 | TRs | Pics Location: The big rock candy mountain |
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Sun Nov 16, 2008 6:58 pm
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Driving up the highway it was incredibly tempting to throw caution to the wind and hike up high for some views, but I forced myself to be good and stick to lowland trails for another week while my knee gets back to strength. Back to Boulder River, one year to the day since my last visit. This time I brought my tripod along since it was a significantly drier day.
I was surprised to see seven other cars at the trailhead on arrival! It turned out to be a boy-scout backpacking trip along with several other parties camping out too. I wandered up the trail at my normal sluggish pace, dropping down to the river level at Feature Show falls for some photos. I dinked around here for a long time until the sun rose high enough over the ridge to spoil my fun. It's a very pretty trail on a bright day but much more atmospheric under clouds.
Goofing around with my macro lens I actually hit my turnaround time of 1pm, surprising give it isn't a hard trip. No matter though, the end of the trail is pretty anticlimactic, petering out at the river. The river was really raging and I found enough mushrooms and other small things to keep me busy. I made the return trip in significantly less time. Boulder falls was really raging loud, tempting me to drop down there, but I left for later to give myself a reason to return.
Click here for all the photos.
Ferns Feature-Show Falls River level River canyon Foot bridge Tiny mushroom Tiny flowers Spider construction Trail Stalks Gills Colorful Tiny spider Spores? Dots Dripping mushroom Fungus Spider Boulder River River panorama
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marta wildflower maven
Joined: 07 May 2003 Posts: 1761 | TRs | Pics
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marta
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Sun Nov 16, 2008 7:48 pm
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Most excellent photos.
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Backpacker Joe Blind Hiker
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 23956 | TRs | Pics Location: Cle Elum |
Great pics Ops.
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
— Abraham Lincoln
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
— Abraham Lincoln
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TrailPair Member
Joined: 17 Apr 2005 Posts: 1699 | TRs | Pics
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Bob and I guessed that you were going to Boulder River. We must be psychic! Great photos, except for the arachnids....yuck!
This thing called work is interfering with my play
This thing called work is interfering with my play
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Opus Wannabe
Joined: 04 Mar 2006 Posts: 3700 | TRs | Pics Location: The big rock candy mountain |
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Opus
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Sun Nov 16, 2008 8:00 pm
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Thanks! The spiders were the trickiest ones, especially the tiny spider. He was moving across the web so it was hard to get him in focus. That was the best I could get after 12 attempts. The bigger spider was alot more cooperative. He sat still while I setup the tripod, even for a longer exposure. I think I need to invest in a more flexible tripod for these macro shots, my cheapo plastic one just doesn't let me get right up close easy enough.
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captain jack Serving suggestion
Joined: 25 May 2004 Posts: 3389 | TRs | Pics Location: Upper Fidalgo |
Wheres the top half of Feature Show Falls ?
It's like I walked out at intermission.
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Opus Wannabe
Joined: 04 Mar 2006 Posts: 3700 | TRs | Pics Location: The big rock candy mountain |
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Opus
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Sun Nov 16, 2008 8:22 pm
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captain jack wrote: | Wheres the top half of Feature Show Falls ?
It's like I walked out at intermission. |
Funny you should ask - how about a sequel then? I tried out a multiple row panorama to capture the full falls standing at river level. I shot two horizontal photos for each level, tilting the tripod up for the next row, two more, etc, until I had the whole thing in four rows with eight shots. I dumped all of them into Autostitch not really expecting the software to figure it all out, but surprise it did! Not a bad result really. I'll have to try it again on a falls where I can exclude the sky from the shots.
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captain jack Serving suggestion
Joined: 25 May 2004 Posts: 3389 | TRs | Pics Location: Upper Fidalgo |
There ya go !
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Jennifer S. Member
Joined: 06 Aug 2007 Posts: 228 | TRs | Pics Location: South Puget Sound |
Wow! Amazing photos. You've got skills!
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the Zachster Member
Joined: 17 Jan 2007 Posts: 4776 | TRs | Pics Location: dog training |
You've done a beautiful job of showing off the beauty of Boulder River...thank you for sharing these great shots! Love 'em all!
"May I always be the kind of person my dog thinks I am"
"May I always be the kind of person my dog thinks I am"
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Magellan Brutally Handsome
Joined: 26 Jul 2006 Posts: 13117 | TRs | Pics Location: Inexorable descent |
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Magellan
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Sun Nov 16, 2008 10:12 pm
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Great stuff Opus!
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Matt Tea, Earl Grey, Hot
Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 4308 | TRs | Pics Location: Shoreline |
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Matt
Tea, Earl Grey, Hot
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Sun Nov 16, 2008 11:06 pm
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Wonderful vareity of photos, Opus.
“As beacons mountains burned at evening.” J.R.R. Tolkien
“As beacons mountains burned at evening.” J.R.R. Tolkien
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Obi Tony Kenobi Waterfall Crazy!
Joined: 25 Jun 2007 Posts: 1899 | TRs | Pics Location: Marysville, WA |
Really nice Opus! If you would have gone down the side of the trail before the first campsite you would have seeing Boulder Falls
Boulder River, Boulder River Wilderness Area
Love those river pictures!
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superhikerguy Member
Joined: 17 Jun 2008 Posts: 16 | TRs | Pics
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Simply amazing pics! I keep seeing post for the boulder river but haven't gotten a chance to go. I'll have to put it on my list.
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Go Jo of the lykkens
Joined: 08 Jun 2003 Posts: 2248 | TRs | Pics Location: Around The Bend |
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Go Jo
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Mon Nov 17, 2008 1:07 am
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Opus wrote: | Spider construction |
I love this one, great colors. It just feels like fall, instead of winter. Thanks for the picture show ~Jo
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