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Western Sword Fern (Polystichum munitum)
©2009 Ed BookI was out for a walk in the forest and found some interesting Sword Ferns filling the forest understory. The sky was clear so some bits of sunlight were getting through to the forest floor which clipped the highlights of any images made showing sunlit surfaces. ('clipping the highlights refers to areas where the light is so bright that the pixels there record white with no details. It's okay for specular highlights to clip (specular highlights are spots of light that are usually pin point reflections of the sun as in a drop of water or shiny metal surface in sunlight) because the eye expects them but broader light areas being clipped cause the eye to be uncomfortable... too bright to look at is the feeling the viewer gets. I was in a deep canyon in late afternoon but the sun was still shining down into the understory blasting clipping at me here and there resulting in unusable exposures. On thing I teach my students is that when there is some attribute of imagemaking that is preventing you from making your intended image, then use that attribute in your favor and if possible exaggerate that factor. (for example, if the wind is moving your subject too much to get a sharp image, then, exaggerate the motion to use it to make your image. In this case, I got low to the ground with the fern between me and the sun to record the fronds backlighted and glowing with light. more fernsPeace Tags: -print available-, forest, green, kitsap peninsula, plant, wa
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ok 'how 'bout these blossoms that I'll bet you've never seen up close... if you've seen them at all... Paul, you've seen them, I know, but have you seen them this close and not gotten stuck?  © Ed BookPeace Tags: -print available-, cactus, california, desert, flowers, macro, plant, red
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 ©2007 Ed BookPeace Tags: -print available-, flower, flowers, garden, green, nika trail, pink, plant, spring, wa, white
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'took tree days to drive down here. I started at 2 AM (not an early wake-up but instead a pack all day till 2 AM and then think that sleeping will take too long... so I drove down I-5 to northern California and stopped for a 5 hour nap at about 11AM... then, my sleeping patterns were off and I would be missing daytime central California ... but the traffic was light at night.... I stopped early and slept most of the night near the Grapevine... then I went west into Antelope Valley to the poppy reserve and sat down with my camera (new 1Ds MkII) and manual to figure out enough so that I could trip the shutter... I mostly snoozed... 'just as the sun was sinking low, I set out to see the poppies... 'made a few images and enjoyed the cool breeze that was messing with my subjects... after dark, I drove on to San Bernadino and the freeway craziness of that area. I left the interstate at Temecula and drove over the mountains to Borrego Springs. I've been here the past three days and will stay a couple more before heading over toward the east and perhaps Organ Pipe NM. Using this digital with soon afterward feedback on the computer is a totally different way of photography... the instant feedback and adjustments is so rewarding... so much more than I envisioned... here are some images. UPDATE: ides of march... just after midnite... I wasn't able to manage to find a wireless connection in Borrego Springs so this has been hanging a few days. After fininshing morning photos this morning, in the southern mountains of Anza Borrego, I continued south to Ocotillo, down near the border. I took a side road south of I-8 to avoid the fast traffic and in the first fifty miles, saw over two dozen border patrol vehicles. Along the way today, when I did have to get on I-8, there is an area of sand dunes at the far west edge of southern CA and the wind was blowing steadily and gusting buffeting the van. Ahead, I could see sand blowing off the top of the dunes looking so much like snow blowing off snow cornices. I stopped in Yuma long enough to buy gas and ask about a wireless internet access... no luck, but I did find one here in Gila Bend. I parked in a lot next to a large motel and have a connection, abeit slow and mail won't go out but I was able to clear my mailbox... and maybe these photos that somehow uploaded (but mail wouldn't?) will get into my posts... here's a start: (some may want to delete my journal from their friends list because I'm going to post a bunch... so be ready... 
Barrel Cactus Coyote Canyon, Anza Borrego desert, CaliforniaPeace Tags: -print available-, california, desert, flowers, macro, plant
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Saturday night I drove up to Mount Tahoma Trails in snow. I put the Explorer in 4-wd in the driveway and kept it on all the way... snowcovered highway all the way... I had my one day/year office duty on Sunday and then Monday, went up into the north district to do some trail grooming. I drove up to where the snowmobile taxis were parked and unloaded my stuff... then, I drove back down the hill about a mile and a few hundred feet elevation loss... I got dressed for snow, put on my skis and skiied back up to the snowmobile... then, rode up to the ridge top and to Copper Creek Hut for a mocha... then, on toward the Puyallup Ridge Trail grooming with the snowmobile pulling the roller groomer. The temps were in the mid 20's but I was dressed warmly and had gotten my blood flowing from the ski-in... along the way, I passed some Osier Red Twig Dogwoods and stopped because I liked the pattern the red and white made.  I used the Pentax Optio S40 digital camera... I did take along the Nikon F4 film camera but didn't take it out at all that day. Because I was going to be the only one out on the Puyallup Ridge Trail and given our machines' penchant for breaking down and getting stuck, I took all my survival gear and warm sleeping bag just in case... as well as cell phone, Department of Natural Resources radio, and FRS/GMRS/GPS radio... lots to drink and some food bars. I drove out to where the Pisten Bully tracked and enclosed cab groomer was parked out on the ridge... I turned the snowmobile around and put it beside a tree that I flagged with orange tape (in case it gets buried in snow before someone goes out to retrieve it. (The Pisten Bully was way out there because Bob had groomed out and then skiied back on Sunday. I groomed back to where I parked the Explorer and spent about eight hours on the trail... It's a good thing that I knew the trail because part hasn't been groomed yet this year and it's easy to go the wrong way when there isn't a detent in the snow from where it has been groomed before. I drove home and arrived about mid-nite... woke this morning so sore I could barely get out of bed...  Peace Tags: mount tahoma trails, plant
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