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Buford Posts: 456 1/13/2022	Buford Posts: 456 New year, new thread. Desert sunrise from the first trip of 2022: None of these were the desert birds I was looking for: More shots from my Borrego timelpase stacked to simulate long exposures: -- Links to my photos: ABDSP photos, Bighorn sheep photos, ABDSP time lapse video, Wildlife photos (mainly birds)
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Brian Posts: 225 1/13/2022	Brian Posts: 225 Very nice pics. I always love seeing your shots of the ramp.
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dsefcik Administrator Posts: 2622 1/14/2022	dsefcik Administrator Posts: 2622 Looks like a good start to 2022..! Nice DOF on the bird shots -- http://www.sefcik.com http://www.darensefcik.com http://www.carrizogorge.com
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rockhopper Posts: 668 1/14/2022	rockhopper Posts: 668 Great eye! I always enjoy your superb wildlife photos and desert panoramas too!
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Buford Posts: 456 1/14/2022	Buford Posts: 456 Thanks. I was looking for owls or other birds of prey but only found the birds pictured and only got bird on a stick shots. I have seen owls in those areas before multiple times. I know I could always go to the campground for owls but that is less fun. One more bird on a stick: -- Links to my photos: ABDSP photos, Bighorn sheep photos, ABDSP time lapse video, Wildlife photos (mainly birds)
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Buford Posts: 456 1/17/2022	Buford Posts: 456 Cell phone shot: -- Links to my photos: ABDSP photos, Bighorn sheep photos, ABDSP time lapse video, Wildlife photos (mainly birds)
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Buford Posts: 456 1/18/2022	Buford Posts: 456 Anyone know anything about this: Found on a trip that started in Rockhouse and went up into the Santa Rosa range. Google turned up nothing for me. -- Links to my photos: ABDSP photos, Bighorn sheep photos, ABDSP time lapse video, Wildlife photos (mainly birds)
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dsefcik Administrator Posts: 2622 1/19/2022	dsefcik Administrator Posts: 2622 Have not run into that one before, have found a few others however...nice find. Buford wrote: Anyone know anything about this: Found on a trip that started in Rockhouse and went up into the Santa Rosa range. Google turned up nothing for me. -- http://www.sefcik.com http://www.darensefcik.com http://www.carrizogorge.com
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Buford Posts: 456 1/24/2022	Buford Posts: 456 Stormy conditions make for better photos and timelapses. New shots, old locations and compositions. Multiple timelapse exposures stacked to simulate a long exposure: -- Links to my photos: ABDSP photos, Bighorn sheep photos, ABDSP time lapse video, Wildlife photos (mainly birds)
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surfponto Administrator Posts: 1364 1/29/2022	surfponto Administrator Posts: 1364 Great photos Buford. Really like the bird on the Ocotillo shot and the time lapse scenery photos -- https://www.anzaborrego.net/
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Rocko1 Posts: 596 1/31/2022	Rocko1 Posts: 596 Buford wrote: Anyone know anything about this: Found on a trip that started in Rockhouse and went up into the Santa Rosa range. Google turned up nothing for me. Where abouts on the ridge was this? Looks close to Toro.
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Buford Posts: 456 1/31/2022	Buford Posts: 456 Rocko1 wrote: Buford wrote: Anyone know anything about this: Found on a trip that started in Rockhouse and went up into the Santa Rosa range. Google turned up nothing for me. Where abouts on the ridge was this? Looks close to Toro. Very close to Toro. Roughly ESE of the high point. -- Links to my photos: ABDSP photos, Bighorn sheep photos, ABDSP time lapse video, Wildlife photos (mainly birds)
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Buford Posts: 456 1/31/2022	Buford Posts: 456 Best mountain range in the park A new timelapse is coming at some point. -- Links to my photos: ABDSP photos, Bighorn sheep photos, ABDSP time lapse video, Wildlife photos (mainly birds)
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Brian Posts: 225 1/31/2022	Brian Posts: 225 Buford wrote: Very close to Toro. Roughly ESE of the high point. Wow, that's quite an undertaking to get to that area from Rockhouse. I've explored Alta Seca Bench from the top, but never gone up any of the ridges from the bottom. Maybe soon though!
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Buford Posts: 456 1/31/2022	Buford Posts: 456 Brian wrote: Buford wrote: Very close to Toro. Roughly ESE of the high point. Wow, that's quite an undertaking to get to that area from Rockhouse. I've explored Alta Seca Bench from the top, but never gone up any of the ridges from the bottom. Maybe soon though! My idea of a fun hike is probably different than most. Toro Peak is only ~6 round trip from the upper rockhouses and Nicholias Spring. More random shots -- Links to my photos: ABDSP photos, Bighorn sheep photos, ABDSP time lapse video, Wildlife photos (mainly birds)
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Rocko1 Posts: 596 2/1/2022	Rocko1 Posts: 596 Buford wrote: Brian wrote: Buford wrote: Very close to Toro. Roughly ESE of the high point. Wow, that's quite an undertaking to get to that area from Rockhouse. I've explored Alta Seca Bench from the top, but never gone up any of the ridges from the bottom. Maybe soon though! My idea of a fun hike is probably different than most. Toro Peak is only ~6 round trip from the upper rockhouses and Nicholias Spring. More random shots Only 6m from there huh? Interesting. Can you share which route?
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Buford Posts: 456 2/1/2022	Buford Posts: 456 Only 6m from there huh? Interesting. Can you share which route? Head up the ridge from the cottonwoods. When you hit the Santa Rosa crest, follow that to Toro. Nothing technical and navigational wise easy enough. I can add a map later but it is a simple route. Works out to ~3 miles each way. Not easy. edited by Buford on 2/1/2022 -- Links to my photos: ABDSP photos, Bighorn sheep photos, ABDSP time lapse video, Wildlife photos (mainly birds)
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Rocko1 Posts: 596 2/2/2022	Rocko1 Posts: 596 Buford wrote: Only 6m from there huh? Interesting. Can you share which route? Head up the ridge from the cottonwoods. When you hit the Santa Rosa crest, follow that to Toro. Nothing technical and navigational wise easy enough. I can add a map later but it is a simple route. Works out to ~3 miles each way. Not easy. edited by Buford on 2/1/2022 Something like this?
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Buford Posts: 456 2/2/2022	Buford Posts: 456 Rocko1 wrote: Buford wrote: Only 6m from there huh? Interesting. Can you share which route? Head up the ridge from the cottonwoods. When you hit the Santa Rosa crest, follow that to Toro. Nothing technical and navigational wise easy enough. I can add a map later but it is a simple route. Works out to ~3 miles each way. Not easy. edited by Buford on 2/1/2022 Something like this? Not exactly, South portion of that line swings too far East. As drawn it probably goes but is not necessary. Straight North from the cottonwoods to the ridge that looks over the spring is what I did. Your lines looks fine for the top half. The top part gets brushy but is ducked to get through the worst of the brush. Just beware, my idea of a fun day hike is something along the lines of 6582 or worse. edit -> more like this: Both routes probably go and are close enough. edited by Buford on 2/2/2022 -- Links to my photos: ABDSP photos, Bighorn sheep photos, ABDSP time lapse video, Wildlife photos (mainly birds)
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Brian Posts: 225 2/2/2022	Brian Posts: 225 Here's a pic I took from Alta Seca Bench. Is the ridge in the middle / behind the bush the same one you marked on the map? Buford wrote: edit -> more like this: Both routes probably go and are close enough.
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dsefcik Administrator Posts: 2622 2/3/2022	dsefcik Administrator Posts: 2622 Buford wrote: edit -> more like this: This looks like the route I have used. Although I know I have recorded it before, I looked thru all of my tracks and couldn't find one. Lots of brush also. -- http://www.sefcik.com http://www.darensefcik.com http://www.carrizogorge.com
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Buford Posts: 456 2/22/2022	Buford Posts: 456 Brian wrote: Here's a pic I took from Alta Seca Bench. Is the ridge in the middle / behind the bush the same one you marked on the map? Buford wrote: edit -> more like this: Both routes probably go and are close enough. Hard to tell. Looks like it might be the right one. I didn't take any pics that showed it well. Here is one part way down. -- Links to my photos: ABDSP photos, Bighorn sheep photos, ABDSP time lapse video, Wildlife photos (mainly birds)
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Buford Posts: 456 2/22/2022	Buford Posts: 456 Here is more timelapse cleaned up a bit. Some new sequences from this year and a lot of the same older sequences I used previously. I cleaned up some of the technical issues. Still not perfect, still learning. I need to stabilize one of the sequences in post, the tripod was not steady enough in the high winds. Click the image to play. Edited to update the link to a newer version. edited by Buford on 2/22/2022 -- Links to my photos: ABDSP photos, Bighorn sheep photos, ABDSP time lapse video, Wildlife photos (mainly birds)
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Britain Posts: 601 3/3/2022	Britain Posts: 601 Well done! -- Cant drive 55 Britain http://icorva.com
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Scooter Posts: 114 3/4/2022	Scooter Posts: 114 Excellent, they should play this at the visitors center !!
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Buford Posts: 456 5/3/2022	Buford Posts: 456 Costas meep meep A couple different takes on the milky way -- Links to my photos: ABDSP photos, Bighorn sheep photos, ABDSP time lapse video, Wildlife photos (mainly birds)
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Buford Posts: 456 5/3/2022	Buford Posts: 456 One more from an area most people just drive past. -- Links to my photos: ABDSP photos, Bighorn sheep photos, ABDSP time lapse video, Wildlife photos (mainly birds)
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Brian Posts: 225 5/6/2022	Brian Posts: 225 Great pics as always, Buford. I don't recognize the last one so I'm sure I've just driven past it too.
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Buford Posts: 456 5/8/2022	Buford Posts: 456 Brian wrote: Great pics as always, Buford. I don't recognize the last one so I'm sure I've just driven past it too. Scissors area. Rockrunner Tarantula hawk -- Links to my photos: ABDSP photos, Bighorn sheep photos, ABDSP time lapse video, Wildlife photos (mainly birds)
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rockhopper Posts: 668 5/9/2022	rockhopper Posts: 668 Awesome photos. Please keep em' coming!
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Buford Posts: 456 5/9/2022	Buford Posts: 456 Thanks. A couple more. The roadrunner tried to attack a dove and the dove got away. -- Links to my photos: ABDSP photos, Bighorn sheep photos, ABDSP time lapse video, Wildlife photos (mainly birds)
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dsefcik Administrator Posts: 2622 5/10/2022	dsefcik Administrator Posts: 2622 Look great Bufurd, thanks for sharing. The time lapse was really awesome, really nice work..!! Last milky way shot looks like the culp valley / pinyon campsite at the end of the road near the trail to pinyon ridge. -- -- http://www.sefcik.com http://www.darensefcik.com http://www.carrizogorge.com
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Buford Posts: 456 5/10/2022	Buford Posts: 456 dsefcik wrote: ... Last milky way shot looks like the culp valley / pinyon campsite at the end of the road near the trail to pinyon ridge. -- Correct. I've scouted that site out before for milky way shots, never got around to shooting there until last weekend. I usually try and get birds in flight instead of bird on a stick shots. I couldn't get the doves to cooperate. -- Links to my photos: ABDSP photos, Bighorn sheep photos, ABDSP time lapse video, Wildlife photos (mainly birds)
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rockhopper Posts: 668 5/12/2022	rockhopper Posts: 668 Buford, looks like you worked for Nat.Geo. :-)
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dsefcik Administrator Posts: 2622 5/14/2022	dsefcik Administrator Posts: 2622 For time lapse, how about watching one of those small sandy wash belly bushes creating that swirly pattern in the sand as the wind blows the branches back and forth? Or maybe an ant hill being formed? got make them unique to ABDSP so it's not "just another one of those swirly bush/ant hill" time lapse videos... -- http://www.sefcik.com http://www.darensefcik.com http://www.carrizogorge.com
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rockhopper Posts: 668 5/19/2022	rockhopper Posts: 668 Some wildflower pics from 2022
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Brian Posts: 225 5/21/2022	Brian Posts: 225 Nice pics, rockhopper.
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Buford Posts: 456 5/25/2022	Buford Posts: 456 @rockhopper nice cacti. They bloomed well this year, nothing else did that I saw. @dsefcik I actually thought of doing the branch and swirly sand pattern in the wind. Bad, windy weather makes for really good timelapse conditions. -- Links to my photos: ABDSP photos, Bighorn sheep photos, ABDSP time lapse video, Wildlife photos (mainly birds)
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Buford Posts: 456 12/20/2022	Buford Posts: 456 I don't know why but LightRoom keeps messing up my flickr that is used to host images. It breaks the old photo embeds. That is why old posts sometimes don't have all the images anymore. I don't know which photos some had originally so I won't fix it. Here are some new images: edited by Buford on 12/20/2022 -- Links to my photos: ABDSP photos, Bighorn sheep photos, ABDSP time lapse video, Wildlife photos (mainly birds)
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Brian Posts: 225 12/21/2022	Brian Posts: 225 First pic looks like Middle Willows? Rocko1 and I did a very wet traverse through there last year.
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Buford Posts: 456 12/21/2022	Buford Posts: 456 Brian wrote: First pic looks like Middle Willows? Rocko1 and I did a very wet traverse through there last year. That would be correct. Trail looked pretty well trimmed. Water is currently flowing all the way out to the citrus orchards at the end of the pavement. I didn't feel like wet feet so didn't go any further. The sand verbena and stars shot was just enough breeze for the flowers to be too blurry. I was trying to get the flowers sharp and the stars as out of focus balls. -- Links to my photos: ABDSP photos, Bighorn sheep photos, ABDSP time lapse video, Wildlife photos (mainly birds)
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tommy750 Posts: 1049 12/24/2022	tommy750 Posts: 1049 NIce pics Buford! Really like the BW of the ramp. A review of the Nikon P1000 popped up in my youtube feed and I thought of all your bird pics. Not sure how good it is but sure looked like fun. Thanks!
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Buford Posts: 456 12/31/2022	Buford Posts: 456 tommy750 wrote: NIce pics Buford! Really like the BW of the ramp. A review of the Nikon P1000 popped up in my youtube feed and I thought of all your bird pics. Not sure how good it is but sure looked like fun. Thanks! Thanks. That is an IR image of the ramp in black and white. I hiked across Clark Dry Lake to find some interesting patterns. I had to avoid the car doing donuts on the lake bed mid day. I have no idea if the Nikon P1000 is good or not, but I can say the hobby is expensive if you get hooked. I will start a new thread for 2023 photos. -- Links to my photos: ABDSP photos, Bighorn sheep photos, ABDSP time lapse video, Wildlife photos (mainly birds)
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