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Lacing Up
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28-JUL-2004

July 28, 2004

Lacing Up

Finally, I found a cool place to hike--Big Basin State Park. And I was far enough inland to get out from the fog which is sitting about 300 feet above much of the coast from San Francisco to at least Santa Cruz. Yesterday I took some flat photos of a lighthouse among other things and today enjoyed an 11.5 mile loop hike past three waterfalls. For photos of the hike and the lighthouse CLICK HERE.

Camera on the stump with the lens cap wedged into a groove and then the lens set on it to point the camera up about 30 degrees.

Nikon D70 ,Nikkor 12-24mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S DX
1/50s f/8.0 at 12.0mm iso200 full exif

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Guest 04-Aug-2004 17:06
Man, you've got me wanting to get out on the trails again. Its been SO long. "They" say the weather is going to be 'fall-like' this weekend. Maybe I'll take advantage of it and get out there!
Guest 30-Jul-2004 07:46
love this picture and sounds like a great park to do some hiking
Guest 30-Jul-2004 04:02
Those are some Big trees.
virginiacoastline30-Jul-2004 02:25
I haven't found ANY place that rents this kind of cool stuff here . . . I may hafta come to your neck of the woods todo that . . 'course it would help if I had the camera body first, huh . . .
brother_mark30-Jul-2004 02:09
Very funny, Russ. I realized yesterday morning that the lens is due back at 5:00pm Thursday, and my flight leaves at 11:40pm Thursday. I had thought that I would return the lens Friday by 11:00am, even as I knew it was due on Thursday at 5:00pm. Amazing how you can have contradictory thoughts in your head and take a week to reconcile them. Fortunately, the next person to rent it canceled before I called this morning to tell them I wouldn't be returning it...
jypsee30-Jul-2004 01:34
Wish I were able to this stuff again...my knees are killing me from walking on flat ground photographing flowers....cute shoes.
Guest 30-Jul-2004 01:20
Mark, the camera shop called, and they said your rental is past due! I think they're running your credit card!

Looks like a terrific day for hike! Hope you enjoyed. :)
Robin Reid30-Jul-2004 01:14
You are getting GREAT mileage out of that 'rental' lens. This shot really nails your activity for your little sojourn south from SF. And no tripod, I'm impressed.
Herb 29-Jul-2004 23:35
Great park,used to hike there often when I lived in Silicon Valley.