|
dsefcik Administrator Posts: 2624
3/31/2014
|
I have been out of commission for about 5 months now from sever back problems but recently was able to get out for a 3 day trip out to the Mojave Desert with Gary, car camping and easy 1-2 mile day hikes, lots to see. Here are some photos from the trip.
The Turtle Mountains lived up to their name, this was the first Desert Tortoise I have ever seen
The Blythe Intaglios, they are fenced off and kinda hard to get a good picture of from the ground, I am sure Google Earth would shsow them better
Some random petroglyph photos with my S100 digital camera, I used that when I ran out of film
I kinda liked this one, looks like a Christmas tree
These next photos were all taken with my 1937 Zeiss Nettar 515/2 folding camera with Kodak Portra 160 film
Here is Gary coming up out of one of the canyons we visited, I really like the colors on this photo
A few more petroglyph panels
In this photo you can see we are not the only ones visiting these sites, most of the sites we went to are on BLM land and you can find out more info about how to see them by going to the BLM website.
We also stopped briefly to check out the Topock Maze
I also brought along my recently aquired Graphic View II large format view camera
These next few photos were all taken with that camera with Arista EDU ISO 100 B/W film and developed by me at home
Spirit Mountain
Some petroglyphs near our campsite
And of course my star trail photos
This one looks like there is a small light leak in the film holder, notice the white spot coming in from the top
Another one but with some of the hillside in view
--
http://www.sefcik.com
http://www.darensefcik.com
http://www.carrizogorge.com
|
|
|
link
|
|
tommy750 Posts: 1049
3/31/2014
|
Very nice pics, Daren. Finally, your star trails were affected by something other than someone's headlights  When I visited the Blythe Intaglios, held my camera overhead with a monopod and used a fisheye. A drone would really be awesome, however. That canyon Gary is climbing out of doesn't quite look like an "easy" hike! Tom
|
|
|
link
|
|
dsefcik Administrator Posts: 2624
3/31/2014
|
tommy750 wrote:
That canyon Gary is climbing out of doesn't quite look like an "easy" hike! Tom  Well, he did carry all my water, I just carried my camera in my hand, no backpack or anything....was kinda nice, all my hikes should be like that....
--
http://www.sefcik.com
http://www.darensefcik.com
http://www.carrizogorge.com
|
|
|
link
|
|
ziphius Posts: 911
3/31/2014
|
Good to see you out and about Daren. Congratulations on your 1st desert tortoise. I hear that March is prime time for finding them. That triangular petroglyph was no doubt etched by space aliens. Very cool 
--
http://www.coyotelearning.org
|
|
|
link
|
|
tommy750 Posts: 1049
3/31/2014
|
dsefcik wrote:
tommy750 wrote:
That canyon Gary is climbing out of doesn't quite look like an "easy" hike! Tom Well, he did carry all my water, I just carried my camera in my hand, no backpack or anything....was kinda nice, all my hikes should be like that....
Yeah, I remember carrying water for some sheep counter guy on a 9 mile hike up Rattlesnake Canyon earlier this month. Hey, wait, that was for you!
|
|
|
link
|
|
hikerdmb Posts: 423
4/1/2014
|
Lots of good stuff out there. Glad you got to hike again.
|
|
|
link
|
|
dsefcik Administrator Posts: 2624
4/1/2014
|
hikerdmb wrote:
Lots of good stuff out there. Glad you got to hike again. Thanks David...though I wouldn't really call anything I did hiking, even the canyon photo hike was maybe 3 miles total. Most of our stops involved less than a mile of walking...but yes, it was good to get out again.
--
http://www.sefcik.com
http://www.darensefcik.com
http://www.carrizogorge.com
|
|
|
link
|