Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Along the Trail

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A tough call was to bring the new camera with the one lens. Not even a zoom lens! The forced restriction was great for capturing certain things, but it made me miss on the grand expanse pictures.

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It is hard to really complain, witnessing each scene in person, and not focusing on the "perfect" picture was quite relaxing. Only occasionally I would force an attempt. Not that this attempt is forced or anything.

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But it absolutely changes your vision.Changes where you look, has you chasing detail. It is so easy to miss the details. A fifty millimeter is simply a different way of thinking. We have become so used to just zooming in and out without regard.

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The trail itself was rugged and dry packed mud on rock. It felt as if we were flowing downhill. We also found out we were absolutely amazingly lucky to wander to the top on a clear day. From what we understand, it is almost guaranteed to be wet and cloudy.

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In fact, Mount Waialeale is quite possibly the wettest place on earth,

Averaging more than 452 inches (11,500 mm) of rain a year since 1912, with a record 683 inches (17,300 mm) in 1982, its summit is one of the rainiest spots on earth.[1]

(thanks Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Waialeale )


For contrast, Milwaukee gets 35 inches a year, and the dry part of Kauai gets 17. I mean, how freakishly stunning is that.


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More trees. Boy-howdy do I like trees.

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FERN!!!!!!!!!   And yes, the mountain top jungles do seem to contain fern gullies.

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Just showing off how much detail my camera can pull. Wholy moly.

Jon








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