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With this new tool in hand, I set out to get some landscape photos.
I was out and about the day after new years day at mid-noon in Calabasas
Hills, California. It was a strange, lightly foggy day.
Normally fog burns off completely before early morning, but this day it
lingered all day. Days like this are a real treat in Southern
California, where bright sunny days are the norm.
I drove though Las Virgines road and stopped at Malibu Creek State Park.
I took with me my Mamiya AFD, with only my 80mm and 150mm autofocus
lens. I really only needed the 150mm telephoto. I took my
heavy Bogen Manfrotto tripod, my mac laptop and my lunch. I hiked
in about two miles on the main trail through the park. I stopped
quickly at a picturesque watering hole while it was still fairly sunny
and set up the camera, laptop and tripod. I took a series of 9
photos in the 3 x 3 array that I mentioned earlier. One technical
issue I had is that the digital back crops images and I do not have the
focusing screen for that format. So I have to estimate the frame.
But I estimate a layout of 9 overlapping images and take the photos.
I also need some type of screen shade for that laptop, because it is
difficult to see even at full strength.
After that photo, the weather started changing dramatically. It
was getting really cold and winter-like. I moved on up the trail.
You don't have to go far before you have to stop and take another photo.
The next photo was of the river valley. By now, the scene was
completely different than the first photo, I'm just talking a matter of
about 10 minutes! Same thing, a 3 x 3 array of overlapping photos.
I move up the trail and take another similar photo of the river valley.
Next I go all the way up the bridge just before the Visitor Center.
I set up the camera right on the bridge and take an amazing shot of the
river (it's now more like a river than a creek). The
mountains in the background are extremely rugged. It's easy to
underestimate the Santa Monica mountains, from a distance they don't
look intimidating, but when you hike in them it's another story.
Every now and then you'll see someone one the news being rescued by
helicopter from these mountains. I noticed one particular mountain
in the background that looked a lot like the one in the opening scenes
of Raiders of the Lost Ark, a possibility since they do film here.
There was a mist that hovered over the park, and the sun was getting
lower and fainter. A perfect photo op.
After eating my lunch and learning a little about Indian tribes and
lifestyles prior to the invention of the camera, I hike further up the
river.
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