Playing with black and white

Mostly just messing around, nothing serious

Waterfallz

More pics, duh.

Photos, what else?

But first, the GPS track from my hike: available here.

Now, photos.

Some more of those neat little ice towers growing from the ground:


A tiny little waterfall in a tiny little stream. I liked this picture mostly for the little sparkles that show up in the falling water.



Just some weird little growths on a tree. Not quite the focus I wanted, though.


This one is pretty awesome. I noticed a little shiny patch under a small ledge that had been hollowed out by the recently melted snow. It turned out to be some sort of spider web covered in little water droplets. This is the first picture I've edited from that set. Next time I see something like this, I'm going to have to devote a little more time to getting it right, but this isn't too bad.



This little guy was waiting to greet me at the falls:


Finally, one of the first pictures I got of the falls. I can tell it is, because it was when I still had the macro lens on the camera. In other words, you're only seeing part of the waterfall :)



Anyway, hope you have enjoyed these. More coming when I feel like sitting at the desktop again.

Photos of sunlike stuff

First, some sunrises from Sunday morning. Well, I guess it's really just the one sunrise, but from different angles and places. All within 50 yards of the cabin.







And a sunset photo. This was Saturday night, on a little ridge a few yards from the cabin.


Lots more photos of that sunset, just haven't edited them yet. It was hard to find a good unobstructed view of it. Still cool though.

Spruce Flats Falls, Again?

So not up for a long post tonight, but figured I'd put up a few pics from my hike yesterday. There are a *lot* more (I think I snapped like 600, wtf?!). Anyway, went back to Spruce Flats Falls yesterday, hoping for a neat hike in the snow. I was well rewarded. More details later, here are some pictures. These are the only ones I have edited in the last 10 minutes... there are many more better ones waiting in the wings to be given a proper treatment.

Cool little ice towers that grow out of the ground:


Dried up flower. Shiny!



Snow-covered log footbridge:


(This is the same footbridge from below in the fall)


Part of the frozen falls:


Bad picture of me:

quick update

My view this morning:


The cabin:



Photos from spruce flats falls to come after I get home.

photos

... must not ever go back here

z-type

more more photos

more photos

interlude: beanbag

A 66lb, 3'x2'x2' box is not the easiest the thing to haul up a flight of narrow stairs (let alone get into a Civic). Nevertheless, I overcame adversity.

From beanbag

The giant metal staples holding the flaps of the box together fell to my mastery of a boxcutter.

From beanbag

My attempts to extract the bag from the box while maintaining the box in one piece, however, proved fruitless. That's at least a two person job. Thus:

From beanbag

From beanbag

Creating a small incision in the plastic bag containing the sac yielded an amusing hissing sound as the vacuum drew in air.

From beanbag

... and also led to an anomalous balance issue, causing the sac to list to one side....

From beanbag

The plastic bag had to come off. There was no other choice. IT HAD TO BE DONE.

From beanbag

From beanbag

Freed of the plastic bag, the beanbag looked cold. I brought it a jacket, but like an ornery child, it was not quite that easy to dress.

From beanbag

From beanbag

At this point, I discovered that I'd been trapped in the corner, and had to relocate a table to release myself. In retribution, I manhandled the beanbag until it was upside down....

From beanbag

... and taught the cursed chair not to screw with my anymore, or I'd rip the stuffing out of it ...

From beanbag

Luckily, it saw the reason in my words, and yielded.

From beanbag

Triumph!

From beanbag

From beanbag