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Along the Highline Trail

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Posted by Mark Hudon on September 11, 2006 at 12:42 AM
Along the Highline Trail
D2x
24-85mm @ 58
1/20 sec @ f/18

We camped right alongside this scene during my recent hike through the Uintas.
Posted by Mearle Gates on September 11, 2006 at 12:54 AM
What is the plant? I saw a small meadow this morning along the road to Mt. Adams filled with the same flower heads, but dried out and wilted. The year before they were not there, but in that same meadow had been some deep mud ruts where some jeep had tried driving through the boggy soil and gotten stuck.
Posted by Mark Hudon on September 11, 2006 at 10:17 AM
It's called Wool Grass, Mearle, but it's not exactly like the kind you see around here, it seemed finer. The Audubon book says there is a bazillion different kinds though.
Posted by Curtis Knight on September 11, 2006 at 10:52 AM
nice peacefull image Mark. makes me want to tell my boss I'm sick today and go home and get my gear and deer-torn blazer, and head for the woods! :)
Posted by Mark Hudon on September 11, 2006 at 11:04 AM
Believe me, Curtis, after a few days out on the Highline trail you'll never want to come back. It was pretty much crazy beautiful the whole way.
Posted by Erik Lundh on September 11, 2006 at 1:20 PM
Mark,
Cool shot. It has sort of a dreamy feel to it.
Posted by Eric Hahl on September 11, 2006 at 2:55 PM
I'm diggin' this one Mark. I like the juxtaposition of the soft flowers and the herd rock. The refelcted sky colors are just the thing to make this one pop.
Posted by Rick Lundh on September 11, 2006 at 10:49 PM
I like it, but it needs more poop...like this:
Posted by Mark Hudon on September 11, 2006 at 11:00 PM
The blue might be a hair bit over the top, Rick. I'll go for the rest of it though. I haven't printed it yet so I don't know what it really looks like.
Posted by Rick Lundh on September 11, 2006 at 11:06 PM
Yes...it was all of 1 minute for the processing. Perhaps the blue is too crazy.
Posted by Janet Bentley on September 12, 2006 at 12:32 AM
Rick - Those brown things aren't poop - I'm pretty sure they're rocks... And I really like this picture! the less blue version please.
Posted by Rick Lundh on September 12, 2006 at 12:38 AM
Janet, thanks for straightening that out for me :biggrin: :jump:
Posted by Janet Bentley on September 12, 2006 at 12:39 AM
Anytime... :biggrin:
Posted by Pradeep on September 12, 2006 at 3:22 PM
Nice composition, but yeah the lighter blue looks better.
Posted by Catherine Reilly on September 12, 2006 at 4:37 PM
Marc, what a lovely, peaceful scene. I like it a lot. I liked it more when I cropped some off the bottom via scrollingÉ Thanks to Rick for the comparison re: popping the colors. It was instructive. I found I liked the original image much better. "Popping" it took away from the tranqulity IMO.
Thanks for commenting on my images in the critique galleries, Marc. Appreciate your thoughts.