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Buford Posts: 456
5/20/2019
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Anyone still here?
It is always desert season.
There are still some flowers around and places to explore. From last weekend:
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Britain Posts: 602
5/20/2019
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Trudged around Carrizo creek and the badlands nearby Saturday. nice bee capture.
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dsefcik Administrator Posts: 2622
5/21/2019
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Was out in McCain Valley the last couple weekends...doc cleared me to walk and ride a bike.
Me looking up at the turbines. Photo Courtesy of Tom
Photo Courtesy of Tom
Mexican trail shrine
Same shrine but back in Jan when there was snow
Along the way
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ziphius Posts: 911
5/21/2019
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We're still here!  Nice photos everyone! Good to see Daren up-and-about again.
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tekewin Posts: 368
5/21/2019
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Still here and checking in from time to time. One of my friends from LA might drag me to the desert over memorial day. I might regret whatever he has planned. Great macro photos, more camera envy.
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dsefcik Administrator Posts: 2622
5/21/2019
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Before my back blowout, I bought a Fatbike to cruise around on....I bought the damn thing brand new and "fixed" it for the desert but never got to ride it until last weekend...looking forward to more bicycle rides in the desert.
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railexplorer Posts: 71
5/23/2019
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Nice bike Daren. Good to hear you're well enough to start getting back out in the wilderness.
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Buford Posts: 456
5/24/2019
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That is definitely a more desert appropriate color scheme for the bike.
A couple more from last weekend.
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rockhopper Posts: 668
5/25/2019
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Still here! Enjoying the long winter/spring rains and second flower blooms before the heat turns on. I've been doing hikes by the coast between the Wife's honey do's. Getting ready for San Jacinto. Daren: Nice bike. Looks like fun playing around with the air pressure in those tires to give the ultimate ride. :-)
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Buford Posts: 456
6/13/2019
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A couple more pictures from last weekend. It was windy Friday night, very nice Saturday night.
The family hanging out and waiting to be counted:
Pausing between pushups:
Sleeping on the hot rocks:
The spring had running water, but the flow was definitely less than a few years ago. The pipe is probably partially clogged.
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tommy750 Posts: 1049
6/13/2019
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Nice pics Buford. Really like your spiny lizard pic.
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dsefcik Administrator Posts: 2622
6/14/2019
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Those are great photos....did you get yourself a new camera?
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Buford Posts: 456
6/14/2019
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Correct, got a new camera. Learning to take better photos and process them.
I know most of the ones I've posted and will post have some major flaws. It's a work in progress. More below:
Star trail attempt:
More sheep:
Sunset over the badlands a couple weeks ago:
Milky way attempt:
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Britain Posts: 602
6/14/2019
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Star trail pretty awesome. The other looks like you captured Jupiter crossing the Milkyway.
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tekewin Posts: 368
6/15/2019
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Beautiful photos, Buford. Love the bighorn shots and the night shots. If only I trusted myself with an expensive camera, I would invest. I don't have a good track record.
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dsefcik Administrator Posts: 2622
6/15/2019
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Photos look great...I never did figure out how to keep airplanes out of night sky photos in ABDSP though. Keep up the good work..!
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ziphius Posts: 911
6/15/2019
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Nice photos Buford! Maybe I'll see you at orientation next weekend?
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Buford Posts: 456
6/16/2019
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@Tekewin I don't take the camera peakbagging. I wouldn't trust myself with it bashing through rocks on anything tough.
@Ziphius I will probably be there.
@Dsefcik I always knew lots of planes flew over Borrego, but it is ridiculous. The star trails and milky way were taken with multiple photos stacked with a free software I found online. Planes get removed with varying degrees of success since they are not common between the images. I don't know a better way to remove planes without photoshop skills well beyond me. Here is one of the individual photos from the milky way set with a plane trail.
One more round of spamming the board with pictures:
This ram had a branch stuck in his horns all day:
Another attempt of the badlands susnet:
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Britain Posts: 602
6/17/2019
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To remove plane trails most paint programs or photo program will do. Its a simple cut copy and paste a like area into the affected one.
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Rocko1 Posts: 597
6/17/2019
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Great pics Buford!
I have been doing non-AB hikes lately. Just did San Gorgonio Peak this weekend.
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dsefcik Administrator Posts: 2622
6/19/2019
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Keep up the good work on the photos, they look great and it is a lot fun to come home and see all the photos you have. The BHS ones are always great to get....
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rockhopper Posts: 668
6/20/2019
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Roko,
You did it! Congrats. One of my top10 favorite So.Cal hikes. San Gorgonio. Highest peak in the Peninsular range and Transverse range. The peninsular range extending almost 1000 miles down to the tip of Baja California. The next highest peak is hundreds of miles north in the mighty Sierra Nevada range. Numerous aircraft ran into "Old Greyback" over the years. Much wreckage still up there. Looks like you went up Vivian creek trail. More pictures?
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Great pics Buford!
I have been doing non-AB hikes lately. Just did San Gorgonio Peak this weekend.
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