Tag: trees

  • That time we nearly died at Hanakapi’ai Falls

    That time we nearly died at Hanakapi’ai Falls

    OK, let’s clear up the title. Nobody died. Nobody nearly died. But hell, it sure felt like we were on the very edge. For hour after hour. We’re building our list of top 5 hikes. So far positions 5 & 4 are open. At 3 is the Grand Canyon. In number 2 position is Mt…

  • Hiking the ‘W circuit’ at Torres del Paine, Patagonia

    Hiking the ‘W circuit’ at Torres del Paine, Patagonia

    TL;DR; We went for a walk. It was very nice. For 3 years we’ve been talking about hiking in Torres del Paine, with the sole purpose of capturing ‘that pic’. The reasons for not going sooner have been various but were led by the simple fact that we were intimidated by the idea of spending…

  • Yosemite Elves and Sprites (light painting in the forest)

    Yosemite Elves and Sprites (light painting in the forest)

    As you saw in our last post, we recently visited Yosemite. We did this in part to capture the stars but also to hunt down the mythical forest-dwellers that spin light in to art. Without comment, here’s 4 of their attempts. A tutorial might follow. Depends how they’re feeling.

  • Tutorial: Milky water and Misty Forests

    Tutorial: Milky water and Misty Forests

    We spent the weekend in Paso Robles,  deep in the heart of the ‘other’ grape growing place in California. In addition to all the fine wines, there’s art everywhere, some of it even quite nice. The pictures that captured our attention was a series of paintings that depicted landscapes as viewed through thick fog. We…

  • Rim to Rim in the Grand Canyon

    Rim to Rim in the Grand Canyon

    Deanna and I booked a 3 day hike with ‘Just roughin’ it‘, down the North face of the Grand Canyon, across the width, and up the South face. To use the vernacular of the kids, it was awesome. Three days carrying everything we needed to camp, eat, hike and generally survive. None of this would…