December 23, 2011

What happened to the kayaking?

Well I've been doing just about everything but kayaking lately which doesn't concern me as I plan to head out into the wild tomorrow.  I've got everything done for Christmas that needs doing, all registered for school and will start that in February so tomorrow will be a free day.  I did just get back from a little trip up north to visit my sister and her husband up in Angel's Camp.  

Took my trusty little dog Cowgirl with me and we drove up the 395 through Bishop then over the only open pass we could find to Angel's Camp.  It was nice as the weather was great and I got to stay a bit busy helping my sister package up some of her latest instructional CD's.  Her and her husband are painters and teach all over these United States so the CD's were bound to happen.  You can check out portions of the videos at http://www.krollroberts.com/  You'll also get to see a few examples of their amazing work.

As usual I had my cameras with me and did some interesting night shots on my journey.  Just opened the lens and let it go to see what would happen.  Also took some of the required "this is where I went and what I saw" photos so take a peek and enjoy!



Some prairie grass I found interesting.



Driving along the 395 I glanced over just after 
sunset and saw this!  Full resolution image is
pretty darn amazing as it included some stars
and very interesting colors from the time
exposure.


This was a shot I found near my sister's house.  It is
actually the headlights of a car coming up a hill and 
shinning through some trees.  Another long 
exposure created some interesting colors.



This I saw at the end of the driveway to my sister's
house.  This was about 40 minutes after sunset and 
was another long exposure.



Classic view heading up the 395.  My poor dog 
got sick of me constantly stopping the car to grab
some snaps like these but I made it up to her with
a ton of off leash walks at my sister's and a chance 
to herd my sister's chickens!



A tree in a field.  I just liked how quiet this image
feels.



Oak trees near my sister's house.