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Opus
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PostSun Nov 16, 2008 6:58 pm 
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
Ferns
Feature-Show Falls
Feature-Show Falls
River level
River level
River canyon
River canyon
Foot bridge
Foot bridge
Tiny mushroom
Tiny mushroom
Tiny flowers
Tiny flowers
Spider construction
Spider construction
Trail
Trail
Stalks
Stalks
Gills
Gills
Colorful
Colorful
Tiny spider
Tiny spider
Spores?
Spores?
Dots
Dots
Dripping mushroom
Dripping mushroom
Fungus
Fungus
Spider
Spider
Boulder River
Boulder River
River panorama
River panorama

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PostSun Nov 16, 2008 7:48 pm 
Most excellent photos. up.gif

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PostSun Nov 16, 2008 7:48 pm 
Great pics Ops. up.gif

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PostSun Nov 16, 2008 7:56 pm 
Bob and I guessed that you were going to Boulder River. We must be psychic! Great photos, except for the arachnids....yuck!

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PostSun Nov 16, 2008 8:00 pm 
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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PostSun Nov 16, 2008 8:02 pm 
Wheres the top half of Feature Show Falls ? prod.gif It's like I walked out at intermission.

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PostSun Nov 16, 2008 8:22 pm 
captain jack wrote:
Wheres the top half of Feature Show Falls ? prod.gif 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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PostSun Nov 16, 2008 8:31 pm 
There ya go ! up.gif up.gif

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PostSun Nov 16, 2008 8:49 pm 
Wow! Amazing photos. You've got skills!

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PostSun Nov 16, 2008 9:02 pm 
You've done a beautiful job of showing off the beauty of Boulder River...thank you for sharing these great shots! Love 'em all! up.gif up.gif

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PostSun Nov 16, 2008 10:12 pm 
Great stuff Opus! up.gif

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PostSun Nov 16, 2008 11:06 pm 
Wonderful vareity of photos, Opus.

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Obi Tony Kenobi
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PostSun Nov 16, 2008 11:53 pm 
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
Boulder River, Boulder River Wilderness Area
Love those river pictures!

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PostMon Nov 17, 2008 12:42 am 
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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PostMon Nov 17, 2008 1:07 am 
Opus wrote:
Spider construction
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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