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Scrooge
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PostFri Mar 06, 2009 5:31 pm 
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I've been wondering for years if there was any way to do this thread, the situation where two (or more) different people, days or years apart, take perfectly parallel pictures of the same scene. The problem is the difference in time. The parallel practically has to be noticed the way Opus did in GaliWalker's Holy Oyster, Batman! (Chuckanut Mtn, 3/5/09) thread.
Opus wrote:
Great shots! That's a pretty photogenic bench. Looks like I have the exact same shot from a year ago.
Benched, 2008
Benched, 2008
GaliWalker wrote:
1- Seat with a view
1- Seat with a view
I'd just done the same thing a couple of days ago, when I noticed a remarkable similarity between a picture I'd taken several years ago and one Wildernessed posted this week in his Ancient Lakes - Dusty Lake Loop 2/28.
Basalt columns
Basalt columns
Got Crack ? - .Wildernessed
Got Crack ? - .Wildernessed
Those were a little more surprising, because they were taken far from any official trail, in an area where basalt columns were a dime a dozen. Several years ago, I noticed a pair that I thought was even more striking. Out at the end of Ptarmigan Ridge, I'd taken a picture of Mt Baker through The Portals. A couple of years later, dicey was out there and took a virtually identical pic.
The Portals
The Portals
The Portals.dicey
The Portals.dicey
The thing that's so remarkable about this pair is that they are taken from within a foot or two of each other ........ at an undefined point on an open snow slope about a quarter of a mile away from the nearest trail! There are some parallel shots that everybody takes. When you hike up the trail to Wallace Falls, you stop at the viewpoint and you take this pic of Wallace Falls.
Middle Wallace Falls
Middle Wallace Falls
Everybody does it and there are literally hundreds of virtually indistinguishable versions out there. Everybody is channeled to the same spot, points their camera at the obvious subject, and presto! duplicate pictures. .......... I'm not talking about those. shakehead.gif What I'd like to see, over the course of time, is those surprising pairs, like the ones GaliWalker and Opus took, where the discoverer's reaction is, "Hey. I've got a pic like that!" agree.gif

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PostSat Mar 07, 2009 2:04 pm 
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From DHM and Schmidt-Altitude's 9 Days in the ALW '07 classic:
Dayhike Mike wrote:
Angeline and Azure
Angeline and Azure
Mine, from '08:
Angeline and Azure
Angeline and Azure

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Dayhike Mike
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PostSat Mar 07, 2009 2:50 pm 
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Fun idea for a thread! Thanks Scrooge!

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PostSat Mar 07, 2009 4:34 pm 
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Tigerman took this shot from Poo Poo Point on Tiger Mountain on 10-15-08.
I was up there today and managed to get a shot from the exact same spot.

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PostSat Mar 07, 2009 8:42 pm 
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Uncanny. winksmile.gif

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Scrooge
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PostSat Mar 07, 2009 8:45 pm 
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Na. Na. That's no good, Jim. You were facing the wrong direction. dizzy.gif

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PostSat Mar 07, 2009 9:05 pm 
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JimK wrote:
Tigerman took this shot from Poo Poo Point on Tiger Mountain on 10-15-08.
I was up there today and managed to get a shot from the exact same spot.
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PostSun Mar 08, 2009 5:46 pm 
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As with any thread, you are free to make of it what you will, but the original intent was fairly specific. It was not just "pictures of the same place" (perhaps showing how much the place had changed), but rather, "pictures of the same place" which are so surprisingly alike that they might almost be mistaken for duplicates.
Rachor Creek Falls - aywolfpac
Rachor Creek Falls - aywolfpac
Rachor Creek Falls - Scrooge
Rachor Creek Falls - Scrooge
The Portals.dicey
The Portals.dicey
The Portals
The Portals
The Rachor Creek Falls pair really don't fit this thread, since Aaron and I took them on the same trip from the same spot, just minutes apart. They ought to look alike! dizzy.gif But I wanted to emphasize the "similarity" factor.

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PostSun Mar 08, 2009 11:29 pm 
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I've always liked this one:
In 2005, Fearless Leader wrote:
Berdeen and Pickets
Berdeen and Pickets
In 2007, the Janitor wrote:
"Money Shot" of Berdeen and Pickets from Bacon
"Money Shot" of Berdeen and Pickets from Bacon
We really had great weather on that second trip. up.gif

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PostThu Mar 12, 2009 2:03 pm 
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Just noticed this shot in nixs' Yosemite report:
nixs wrote:
35-Vernal Fall
35-Vernal Fall
Mine, from last year:
Vernal Falls
Vernal Falls

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PostMon Mar 16, 2009 1:39 pm 
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Just noticed the pic on the right, Dusty Lake, in whitebark's Ancient Lakes 03-15-09 trip report.
Dusty Lake 03-12-05
Dusty Lake 03-12-05
Taken four years and three days after I took the one on the left.

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PostThu Mar 19, 2009 3:44 pm 
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The season and time of day are different (in addition to the obvious color versus B&W difference), but these two scenes are virtually identical.
Saddle Rock
Saddle Rock
Scrooge, May 2005 ........................................ kyled, March 2009 Although I do seem to have a penchant for including more of the sky. wink.gif

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PostSat Apr 25, 2009 4:02 pm 
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Kyle's shot from 4/19/09:
kyled wrote:
Interesting wall-like rock formation
Interesting wall-like rock formation
Mine, from 10/10/08:
Swakane Canyon
Swakane Canyon

'Gali'Walker => 'Mountain-pass' walker bobbi: "...don't you ever forget your camera!" Photography: flickr.com/photos/shahiddurrani
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PostSat Apr 25, 2009 5:31 pm 
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nixs wrote:
35-Vernal Fall
35-Vernal Fall
GaliWalker wrote:
Vernal Falls
Vernal Falls
triple shot!
Vernal Falls 2008
Vernal Falls 2008

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PostSat May 16, 2009 8:56 pm 
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Mt. Ellinor June 1983 (scan of an old print):
and a similar scene today:
Ok, so I took both photos, but they are 26 years apart. I'm a little different now than I was back then.

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