The Great Outdoors

Andy Resnick

Saturn is in a good location (for me)- I *definitely* notice an improvement with the 'new' tripod.

Rajput9572

Wow beautiful pictures!!! What an amazing place.

turbo

There are "amazing places" all over the place up here. Maine is lightly populated, so it it quite possible to get to places that are quite scenic and unique. Lots of the coast has been photographed inside and out, but the brooks, streams, beaver bogs, and small ponds in the interior are little treasures. There is a bog less than an hour from here that is home to the largest Great Blue Heron rookery that I know of. I hiked in with a camera and a few lenses, but didn't get close enough for really nice shots because that would have upset all the parents. They are very alert, and the presence of so many adults in such a small area makes for the best "home-security" system they could hope for.

rhody

Andy,

I saw this extreme wide angle lens and thought of you. Check it out.

Rhody...

Andy Resnick

Heh- I admit lusting after that one. Someone was selling one on eBay a few months ago for $40k. Apparently, when the Nikon rep brought a copy in to the local camera store, someone smashed their head on the lens and there was blood everywhere...

The 'modern' version is here:

http://www.jenoptik-inc.com/coastalo...inmenu-41.html

It has a slightly smaller field of view, but is also a small fraction of the cost.

Redsummers

So after the discussion in the PF chat, I'd like to share some of the pictures of my hiking trip last summer. The trip took place in the catalan pyrénées. We actually crossed the French, Catalan and Andorran border several times. I.e. we were close to 'Puigcerdà'. There's actually not a unique name for the kind of route that we did, but there surely is one close to it called 'La ruta dels estanys amagats' (=route of the hidden lakes). However, that route doesn't go over any peaks, just from lake to lake so that you only need to pass through the valleys. Of course, our route was more ambitious for we did over 15 different peaks in 3 days; but it was rewarding in the sense that we were able to enjoy a splendid landscape all the time!

If someone is interested to see more pictures from that hike, check out my G+ album, picture 12/18 is nice too; I'm the guy in the right. (Also, feel free to add me if you happen to have a G+ account!)


PS: Note that I don't own a camera and never bring any to wherever I go, so some of the pictures may be from different qualities/cameras; as they are from my two friends that accompained me in the 3 days hiking trip.

PS2: I was personally delighted by the sinusoidal mountain ridge.

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Redsummers

Sorry for the double post, but these pictures are from another trip I did (we were only two this time) two years ago in 'La Vall de Núria' (Núria's Valley). I think we did a total of 8 peaks in 2 days, not bad considering that in the first day we were mostly focused on Puigmal (about 10000 feet?). Here are some of the panoramic pictures!

Enjoy!

PS: the second picture portraits 'els llacs de Carança' (Carança's lakes), French side.

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Redsummers

And here are three bonus from the 'La Vall de Núria' hike.
The first one was taken from the peak of Bastiments I believe; the second portraits 'El pic de l'infern' (=Hell's peak); and the third one is just me standing in front of 'Coma de vaca'.

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Astronuc

Great pictures, Redsummers. I need a trip to the Pyrenees.

Redsummers

Thanks Astro! And if you ever happen to be around... let me know!

Andy Resnick

Comparing the 'super moon' (perigee) to the full moon at apogee:

Gad

Absolutely amazing Redsummers. Thanks for sharing.

Redsummers

Thanks! I'm glad that you liked it, Drizzle! :) I certainly didn't know about this thread, but it's nice that so many people post these lovely landscapes and their astrophotography work. I will be checking it often now.

@Andy: brilliant composition!

Andy Resnick

Thanks!

Andy Resnick

I got lucky last night and managed to get both the crescent moon and venus (this is a composite shot, btw...)

CDTOE

A few shots of my village and surrounding areas:

fuzzyfelt

Really nice, both of the last posts.