Re: Windy Point Interesting Angle . . . 
| October 26, 2017 04:35PM |
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Very nice, Dave -
IMHO, your best so far – very dramatic composition, and even a double-header! Well done!!
Back in September, 1962, the eastbound third day of the annual Alamosa Kiwanis Club fall-colors charter stopped at about that point for a run-by. I was a LOT younger then (20 vs 75), and scrambled up the hillside for the following. Unfortunately, my dad's old East German Praktika 35mm – mediocre to begin with – was already suffering from cinders in the works, so even after several tedious hours of Photoshopping some of the scratches on the slide are still apparent:
A few years later Ernie Robart clued me in to the trail that starts across the old road from the tail of the wye at Cumbres and winds several miles north and then west to an overlook of the curve above Coxo siding (see my crude map of the Cumbres Pass area near the bottom of the post at [ngdiscussion.net]). About a mile along the trail, which SFAIK is no longer maintained by the Forest Service, there's a fairly easy climb DOWN to a flat-topped outcropping that overlooks the spot where you took your photo posted above, very close to where I had climbed a long way UP in 1962.* The following digital photos OF that location were taken in 2009 from the same mound where you took your "which one to save" pics posted a few days ago:
The following photos FROM that location were taken in September, 1975, using a Mamiya RB-67:
. . . and from very close to the same place in September, 1996, also with the Mamiya 6x7 cm camera:
These last three have not yet been re-scanned and re-adjusted using a much better scanner (Nikon vs Epson) and much better software (Photoshop Elements 10 vs Picture Publisher 5).
- El Abuelo Loco, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender Grossväterchen
* The flat-topped outcropping also shows at the far left of ReHunn's photo, posted above while I was preparing mine. His must have been taken on a different day, though, since there's no wild-eyed foamer in the background spoiling the picture.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/26/2017 04:48PM by Russo Loco.
IMHO, your best so far – very dramatic composition, and even a double-header! Well done!!
Back in September, 1962, the eastbound third day of the annual Alamosa Kiwanis Club fall-colors charter stopped at about that point for a run-by. I was a LOT younger then (20 vs 75), and scrambled up the hillside for the following. Unfortunately, my dad's old East German Praktika 35mm – mediocre to begin with – was already suffering from cinders in the works, so even after several tedious hours of Photoshopping some of the scratches on the slide are still apparent:
A few years later Ernie Robart clued me in to the trail that starts across the old road from the tail of the wye at Cumbres and winds several miles north and then west to an overlook of the curve above Coxo siding (see my crude map of the Cumbres Pass area near the bottom of the post at [ngdiscussion.net]). About a mile along the trail, which SFAIK is no longer maintained by the Forest Service, there's a fairly easy climb DOWN to a flat-topped outcropping that overlooks the spot where you took your photo posted above, very close to where I had climbed a long way UP in 1962.* The following digital photos OF that location were taken in 2009 from the same mound where you took your "which one to save" pics posted a few days ago:
The following photos FROM that location were taken in September, 1975, using a Mamiya RB-67:
. . . and from very close to the same place in September, 1996, also with the Mamiya 6x7 cm camera:
These last three have not yet been re-scanned and re-adjusted using a much better scanner (Nikon vs Epson) and much better software (Photoshop Elements 10 vs Picture Publisher 5).
- El Abuelo Loco, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender Grossväterchen
* The flat-topped outcropping also shows at the far left of ReHunn's photo, posted above while I was preparing mine. His must have been taken on a different day, though, since there's no wild-eyed foamer in the background spoiling the picture.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/26/2017 04:48PM by Russo Loco.
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