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Lone Pine 4

Slickrock!!

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From this angle the Pinyon Pine is backed by Checkerboard Mesa slickrock.

  • ISO 250 1/800 sec at f/2.8

For humans travelling on foot this weather worn sandstone is anything but slippery, If we wore iron horseshoes the sense of slippery, or slick, rock becomes apparent. It was ranchers mounted on horses who coined the name slickrock.

For this shot we approached Zion National Park from the east, via route 9, past Checkerboard Mesa.

Captured with a Kodak DCS Pro SLE/c dslr and a Canon lens EF 200 mm 1:2.8 L II stabilized with the Manfrotto Studio Tripod model 475 and the 468 Hydrostatic ball head. This series explores the possibility of the iconic “Lone Pine.”

Here is a gallery of the four Lone Pine images.

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Lone Pine 3

silhouetted wonder

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What is a Lone Pine without the sky? This specimen somewhat less gnarled than numbers 1 and 2. Here we see more of the beetling crag, layered up sediment of eons.

  • ISO 250 1/400 sec at f/4.0

For this shot we approached Zion National Park from the east, via route 9, past Checkerboard Mesa. Our lodging was to the east, probably the Best Western in Mt. Carmel on Rt 89. Meaning there were four opportunities for capturing memorable East Zion images over two days.

Captured with a Kodak DCS Pro SLE/c dslr and a Canon lens EF 200 mm 1:2.8 L II stabilized with the Manfrotto Studio Tripod model 475 and the 468 Hydrostatic ball head. This series explores the possibility of the iconic “Lone Pine.”

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Lone Pine 2

silhouetted wonder

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Here is the same gnarled pinyon pine of the previous post, with a sky centered exposure revealing the silhouetted wonder.

  • ISO 250 1/1000 sec at f/7.1

Captured with a Kodak DCS Pro SLE/c dslr and a Canon lens EF 200 mm 1:2.8 L II stabilized with the Manfrotto Studio Tripod model 475 and the 468 Hydrostatic ball head. This series explores the possibility of the iconic “Lone Pine.”

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Lone Pine 1

Tortured existence rendered plain.

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The eastern approach Zion Canyon is a national park unto itself, route 9 passes through otherworldly landscapes.

  • ISO 250 1/1000 sec at f/2.8

Captured with a Kodak DCS Pro SLE/c dslr and a Canon lens EF 200 mm 1:2.8 L II stabilized with the Manfrotto Studio Tripod model 475 and the 468 Hydrostatic ball head. This series explores the possibility of the iconis “Lone Pine.” Here the tortured existence of this organism is rendered plain.

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Ephemeral Water

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Rainwater from distant thunderstorms on the vast Colorado Plateau emerge from a cliff wall, Zion Canyon. The fall will last for a few hours, we bore lucky witness as do my images shared below.

  • 1/15 sec at f/8.0 ISO 160

Captured with a Kodak DCS Pro SLE/c dslr and a Canon lens EF 200 mm 1:2.8 L II stabilized with the Manfrotto Studio Tripod model 475 and the 468 Hydrostatic ball head. I prefer the details of misting water at the widest lens aperture, focus is clear throughout the plane, excepting some foreground brush.

  • 1/125 sec at f/2.8 ISO 160
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Farmhouse ruin, Slievenaglogh Townland I

Slievenaglog Slideshow

A May Morning, Early

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Every photograph from my recent posting were accepted by Getty IStock. Click this link to visit the photographs on IStock.

Here is a slideshow of my Slievenaglog photography. To visit from WordPress Reader, you need to first click the title of this post to open a new page.
  • Ballycoly Farmlands from Slievenaglogh
    Ballycoly Farmlands from Slievenaglogh
  • Slievenaglogh View, northeast
    Slievenaglogh View, northeast
  • Slievenaglogh View, east northeast
    Slievenaglogh View, east northeast
  • Slievenaglogh View, east northeast
    Slievenaglogh View, east northeast
  • Slievenaglogh View, north northeast
    Slievenaglogh View, north northeast
  • Slievenaglogh View with road, east
    Slievenaglogh View with road, east
  • Farmhouse ruin, Slievenaglogh Townland I
    Farmhouse ruin, Slievenaglogh Townland I
  • Farmhouse ruin, Slievenaglogh Townland II
    Farmhouse ruin, Slievenaglogh Townland II
  • On the slopes of Slievenaglogh
    On the slopes of Slievenaglogh
  • Abandoned Hay Wagon
    Abandoned Hay Wagon
  • Ewe, Lambs with abandoned hay wagon.
    Ewe, Lambs with abandoned hay wagon.
  • Slievenaglogh View, northeast
    Slievenaglogh View, northeast, 50mm
  • Slievenaglogh View, east
    Slievenaglogh View, east, 50mm
  • Curious White Horses on Slievenaglogh
    Curious White Horses on Slievenaglogh, horizontal
  • Curious White Horses on Slievenaglogh
    Curious White Horses on Slievenaglogh, vertical and cropped
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Ballycoly Farmlands from Slievenaglogh

Frame

green pastures framed by Whin Bush and Hawthorn windbreak

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The road runs high on the shoulder of Slievenaglog peak, the 200 mm lens peers into the next townland over, Ballycoly (or Ballygoley), the valley floor broad, pastured.

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  • Ballycoly Farmlands from Slievenaglogh
    Ballycoly Farmlands from Slievenaglogh

This is the seventh and last of a series using the Canon EF 200mm f/2.8L USM lens.

Here is a recap of recent posts with the 200 and 24 mm lens. Can you tell the difference?

  • Slievenaglogh View, north northeast
    Slievenaglogh View, north northeast
  • Abandoned Hay Wagon
    Abandoned Hay Wagon
  • Ewe and Lambs
    Ewe and Lambs
  • Ewe and Lambs
  • Ewe and Lambs
  • Ewe, Lambs with abandoned hay wagon.
    Ewe, Lambs with abandoned hay wagon.
  • Ballycoly Farmlands from Slievenaglogh
    Ballycoly Farmlands from Slievenaglogh

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Lucifer Falls with Hemlock Curtain

Through a Veil

A Hemlock Curtain

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Early April the Gorge Trail along Lucifer Falls is closed, here we look up to the falls in flood from a safe distance.

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  • Lucifer Falls with Hemlock Curtain
    Lucifer Falls with Hemlock Curtain

The Rim Trail gate to the Cliff Stairs is open. We are headed that way.

These shots were hand held. I used a Sony Alpha 700 dslr with a variable “zoom” lens, great for framing compositions.

Robert H. Treman New York State Park.

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  • Lower Lucifer Falls, early spring evening
    Lower Lucifer Falls, early spring evening
  • Lucifer Falls with Hemlock Curtain
    Lucifer Falls with Hemlock Curtain
  • Fern, Moss, young trees, April Snow
    Fern, Moss, young trees, April Snow
  • Rim Trail Ascent
    Rim Trail Ascent

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Bostwick Road, October

Connecticut Hill Retrospective

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  • Bostwick Road, October
    Bostwick Road, October
  • Connecticut Hill Autumn View with Cayuta Lake
    Connecticut Hill Autumn View with Cayuta Lake
  • Autumn Apple Orchard, portrait
  • Across the Plain
    Across the Plain
  • Autumn Fields, Finger Lakes
    Autumn Fields, Finger Lakes
  • Connecticut Hill Autumn
    Connecticut Hill Autumn
  • Sere Cornfield
    Sere Cornfield
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Connecticut Hill Autumn

Connecticut Hill Autumn

dramatic sky

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Connecticut Hill from Harvey Hill Road on a late October afternoon. Newfield of the Finger Lakes Region of New York State.

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  • Connecticut Hill Autumn
    Connecticut Hill Autumn
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