Greetings:
On a recent Fly Fishing Vacation in the N. CA Sierras, I spent a day on my return home shooting Landscape Images of the areas I traveled through. I began shooting at the West Carson River, CA at Highway 88 back to the famous Highway 49 on the western foothills of the Sierras. The drive takes you through gorgeous sites of the Alpine region of the CA Sierras near Caples and Silver lake, which are both very near 8 thousand feet ASL.
The image below with very interesting geology in the foreground, includes a lake that is West of Kirkwood Ski Resort off of Highway 88. I call it Lost Lake because we cannot find a name for it, probably on a USGS map, but I gave them away years ago when I reduced my hunting activity. I'm certain that one could pack in there, but at my age... I would prefer being delivered and picked up by a Chopper.
Creeks, Springs and Snow Melt feed that area most of the year so, the lakes there are fed with water regularly. I imagine the fishing would be out of this world if in fact there are fish there. I have photographed and scoped it with Long Lenses many times over the past 25 years, and have never seen humans, Deer! oh yes. The Depth of Field is deceiving here due to the Telephoto Lens and some pretty serious cropping for a 5X7 frame... the lake looks surprisingly close but it is quite far.
Enjoy,
Don
Camera: Nikon D3, W/70-200mm f/2.8 Lens @ 120mm, Shutter-1/250sec, AP-f/10. Conditions: Cloud Cover. Post Processing Adobe Photoshop.
On a recent Fly Fishing Vacation in the N. CA Sierras, I spent a day on my return home shooting Landscape Images of the areas I traveled through. I began shooting at the West Carson River, CA at Highway 88 back to the famous Highway 49 on the western foothills of the Sierras. The drive takes you through gorgeous sites of the Alpine region of the CA Sierras near Caples and Silver lake, which are both very near 8 thousand feet ASL.
The image below with very interesting geology in the foreground, includes a lake that is West of Kirkwood Ski Resort off of Highway 88. I call it Lost Lake because we cannot find a name for it, probably on a USGS map, but I gave them away years ago when I reduced my hunting activity. I'm certain that one could pack in there, but at my age... I would prefer being delivered and picked up by a Chopper.
Creeks, Springs and Snow Melt feed that area most of the year so, the lakes there are fed with water regularly. I imagine the fishing would be out of this world if in fact there are fish there. I have photographed and scoped it with Long Lenses many times over the past 25 years, and have never seen humans, Deer! oh yes. The Depth of Field is deceiving here due to the Telephoto Lens and some pretty serious cropping for a 5X7 frame... the lake looks surprisingly close but it is quite far.
Enjoy,
Don
Camera: Nikon D3, W/70-200mm f/2.8 Lens @ 120mm, Shutter-1/250sec, AP-f/10. Conditions: Cloud Cover. Post Processing Adobe Photoshop.
