As a break from the recent, relatively intense, technical discussions, I thought I’d liberate a few images from the photon-dungeon.  The shot below, of Mt. Hood in Oregon (obviously, obviously) was recorded on July 23, 2008 at 12:00 PST, using the D300 and AF-S DX Zoom-NIKKOR 12-24mm f/4G IF-ED at 24mm. The exposure was f/16 at 1/250s, ISO 200.

The shot was made hand-held while crossing this snowfield on the trail from Timberline Lodge westward towards Paradise Park.  And yeah, some of those boulders are large – the one at right front was about 5 ft in diameter.  These boulders get dislodged during the melt and can get deposited in an unstable resting place – notice that the rocks are resting on *top* of  the snow.  One is advised to keep 0.5 of an eye on the them whilst passing their downhill side.

There was an unusual amount of snow at Mt. Hood – a lot more than normal.  The High Priestess and I had to travel first on snow, and then, when that became impractical, we had to ascend above the timberline and travel cross-country on the sandy soil above the timberline.

The image above, of a bed of arnica and a weathered old branch, was recorded at about 13:30 PST using the Nikon D300 and the AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR at 45mm. The exposure was f/16 at 1/200s, ISO 200.  Hand-held.

The image above, of a small meadow, was recorded at 14:00 PST using the Nikon D300 and the AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR at 26mm. The exposure was f/16 at 1/160s, ISO 200.  The shot was made hand-held, ’cause I didn’t think I would be able to do much with the image given the time of day.