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Re: Kabu,
Thanks so much! I love that my photos can convey that sense of being there. And now I'll be imagining you there with me, as I travel about.
posted by
Ciel
on September 1, 2013 at 5:08 PM
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Re: Naut,
This is in fact, desert country, but up this high, these are growing in the tundra zone. So, I guess these are desert tundra flora.
I believe that cairn-building is a long tradition of mountaineers. Perhaps it is part of the romance of the mountains, so mountaineers feel good to add a rock, to say they've been here. It would be interesting to delve into this tradition. Maybe I will.
posted by
Ciel
on September 1, 2013 at 5:06 PM
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I feel as though i have been on a visit dear as i browsed through these pictures. They are amazing and contrasts between the wooded and the stark then plants and flowers...fabulous to see. Thank you.
posted by
Kabu
on September 1, 2013 at 12:49 PM
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Ciel
Beautiful, with breathtaking vistas, and I also like your shots of the local desert flora...I also find that 'impromptu cairn-building' of interest - do you know if that is an old tradition (like the inuksuk in the Arctic) or a recent one? 
posted by
Nautikos
on September 1, 2013 at 7:57 AM
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Re: Re: CCT,
LMAO. How do you put that on a resumé? (CV)
posted by
adnohr
on August 31, 2013 at 9:31 PM
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Re: Adnohr,
Thanks so much, Adnohr! I spent years as a kid going through National Geographics, and I guess I absorbed the elements of a good photo--the visual balance.
posted by
Ciel
on August 31, 2013 at 8:23 PM
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Re: CCT,
I'm glad you find them worth looking at more than once! I daresay they have all the extras arranged for... and I'm not sure I want the job of expendible, for some action scene where an unlocky sod goes over the side of the mountain.
One of Charlie's theater friends had a bit part in the new LONE RANGER movie. He was on screen for about half a second, falling down with an arrow in his neck. He had one line... "Arrrghhurgle...."
posted by
Ciel
on August 31, 2013 at 8:22 PM
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Re: JimmyA,
Mountaineers build these cairns... others add a stone in passing, I believe, though I didn't this time myself. Maybe being in a vehicle made me feel less qualified.
posted by
Ciel
on August 31, 2013 at 8:13 PM
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Yes - such a beautiful place! I was thinking the same thing as Jimmy, about the rock piles.
Lovely photos - you have the eye!
posted by
adnohr
on August 31, 2013 at 5:43 PM
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I had to look through all of the photos they are so interesting, I know some I have seen before, but It does not matter. Perhaps you could be an extra in the film, do the daring bits I am begining to think you are up to that.
posted by
C_C_T
on August 31, 2013 at 11:47 AM
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Lovely shades of green.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on August 31, 2013 at 10:16 AM
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Some absolutely amazing shots! And please tell me someone took the time to pile those rocks there, that they didn't arbitrarily fall there like that on their own . . . 
posted by
JimmyA
on August 31, 2013 at 10:15 AM
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Re: Annicita,
The road is on the far side of the ridge... too bad, I might have been able to see something, depending on where they film, from my front window!
posted by
Ciel
on August 31, 2013 at 8:34 AM
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That's awesome...can you sneak any peek at the movie scenes being filmed or too far away?
posted by
Annicita
on August 31, 2013 at 8:30 AM
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Oh, it's so beautiful. Love the diversity, the vistas. ♥
posted by
Pat_B
on August 31, 2013 at 7:52 AM
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