Yet another test.
Marie by the sea…
Elena, our guide, on the left posing with Alicia Brown.
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This is another test.
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Below are two photos showing the inscription on the top of the well that’s in the wash which parallels the Bluff Trail in McDowell Mountain Park. It appears that one set of markings is the date of construction, March 2, 1942, but there are some other markings to the left of the date which I can’t make out either in the photo or examining the well in person. I tried to increase the contrast in the second photo to make it easier to read.
I went to the Fountain Lake on Tuesday evening, hoping to get a shot of the Fountain at sunset. I got a shot, but the sunset was unremarkable. I waited around until the 7:00pm Fountain and got a very different shot entirely.
I took this photo of these trees roughly 10 minutes after sunset.
This is the 7:00pm Fountain, taken over an hour after sunset.
As I was walking around the Fountain Lake to return to my car, I noticed another good spot from which to take a Fountain photo in the future. I took a test shot and was surprised at the result. This is a 20 second exposure, taken at f/4.5, ISO 640. I was amazed at the color of the sky. It was quite dark by this time. I could make out a glow in the sky to the left, but it was quite a lot darker. I could also see the saguaros and their shadows on the water, but none of the detail on their grassy island.
Hope you had a lovely birthday, Grandma.
-AZ Buettners
Friday’s hike started at the Wagner Trailhead. Ranger Amy (Roberts), Allen, Janet, and I hiked the Tortoise Trail to the Pemberton. We then took the Pemberton over to Stoneman Wash and hiked up Stoneman Wash to the Bluff Trail. Amy left us at that point and returned via the Bluff, Granite, and Wagner Trails. Allen, Janet, and I continued up the wash paralleling the Bluff Trail. That eventually intersected with the Granite Trail which we took back to Wagner and then back to the trailhead.
I arrived at the trailhead early to take some sunrise photos. I blended two exposures for this photo. It worked out surprisingly well even though I had to manually set the exposure compensation between shots – without the aid of a tripod to keep the camera in the same location for each exposure. (The Sony RX100 II has limited bracketing capabilities.)
We visited the old car on our way up Stoneman Wash.
Ranger Amy posed for this shot in the car.
A small hill along Stoneman Wash:
Another hill. This one offered some welcome shade…
Saguaros on a bank of Stoneman Wash:
Another view from Stoneman Wash:
Palo Verde seed pods:
Senna:
We encountered this rattlesnake shortly after turning onto the wash paralleling the Bluff Trail. It was asleep when we found it. I almost stepped on it. After a time, it became aware of me snapping photos. It slithered off to a nearby bush where it hid from us.
We saw this large white flower in the wash. Linda and Susan have identified it as Datura. It is poisonous, but has hallucinogenic properties.
We saw a flowering bush in the wash too.
We saw a large rabbit just off the Granite Trail.
I composited several exposures to show the rabbit scampering off.
A view of the Granite Trail, somewhat before turning off onto Wagner:
Mara sent me this photo. She took it while playing a wedding; this view was directly behind her chair.
I took this photo of our driveway and street before starting out. I used a shutter speed of 1/1600 sec at ISO 1600 for this shot.
Below is a new edit of a photo that I took back on Sept 27, 2013. It’s a photo of the Thumbnail Pinnacle in the McDowell Mountains.
This is the original edit from that hike:
