7-03-2015
Grasshopper Meadow:
-Still lots of flowers left.
-Butterflies. Everywhere.
-No mosquitoes.
-Lots and lots of bees.
-One meadow had so many grasshoppers jumping away that it sounded like frying bacon.
-Constant birdsong background music.
The trail is slightly overgrown in a couple spots.
This old watering trough has seen better days but the spring that feeds it is still pouring water on the rotting boards.
Battered but not broken.
I don't think I've even seen so many Tiger Lillies in one place before.
Grasshopper Meadow, Blair Lake Trail & Mt June.
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Grasshopper Meadow, Blair Lake Trail & Mt June.
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Re: Grasshopper Meadow, Blair Lake Trail & Mt June.
Blair Lake Trail:
-Still some flowers in the lower meadow.
-Not many flowers in the forest.
-Huckleberries are getting close.
-Big Bloomin Beargrass Bonanza is over.
-Kind of a cool rocky area right before the meadow.
Where are its eyes?
-Still some flowers in the lower meadow.
-Not many flowers in the forest.
-Huckleberries are getting close.
-Big Bloomin Beargrass Bonanza is over.
-Kind of a cool rocky area right before the meadow.
Where are its eyes?
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Re: Grasshopper Meadow, Blair Lake Trail & Mt June.
These are just fantastic pictures; thank you for sharing!
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Re: Grasshopper Meadow, Blair Lake Trail & Mt June.
These are some of the best trip report photos I've ever seen. They are stunning without appearing overly manipulated. The hummingbird in flight is incredible!
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Re: Grasshopper Meadow, Blair Lake Trail & Mt June.
Nice! You got some fabulous butterfly shots!
Did you do all this in one day?
Did you do all this in one day?
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Re: Grasshopper Meadow, Blair Lake Trail & Mt June.
Thanks, the only picture I really messed with was the back of the tiger lily. I liked the way it looked with the details enhanced a ridiculous amount.greenjello85 wrote:These are some of the best trip report photos I've ever seen. They are stunning without appearing overly manipulated. The hummingbird in flight is incredible!
That humming bird came by while I was recording the bird songs. There was only time for two quick pictures before it was gone again. I was glad one of them turned out.
The last few days I've noticed a humming bird stopping by my back yard each night around 6 or 7. Tonight I decided to make myself a cold drink and sit back there with a camera and a book to read. I only had to wait about thirty minutes before he showed up.
Two days, but they could all easily be done in one day. Heck, throw in Tire Mountain too. It's on the way.justpeachy wrote:Nice! You got some fabulous butterfly shots!
Did you do all this in one day?
I went up Mount June Friday night thinking that I could get some cool shots of the full moon rising through the smoke from the bunker hill fire near Diamond Peak.
I did Grasshopper and Blair on Saturday morning. They are very close together if you're a crow but about thirty miles of forest roads lie between them for us ground dwellers.
The moon rise started out okay:
I was expecting it to show though better than this:
And then it turned into this and I wasn't all that interested in where things were going.
And it didn't help that wind was getting a bit viscous and it was rattling my tripod all over the place.
I did get to see a bunch of creepy 3-4 inch millipedes on the trail on my way out.
After I got to lower elevation there wasn't any wind and I stopped to take a photo of the Venus/Jupiter thing. I didn't even notice Jupiter's moons until I looked the the pictures on the computer.
While I was at it I pointed the camera at the Moon too.
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