We celebrated Earth Day with a hike to see the wildflowers on Table Mountain (near Chico). I don’t think it was as hot as yesterday, but it seemed much hotter as we hiked in the hot sun over rocky ground and down to the waterfall 300 feet below. I don’t like cliff edges, especially where the trail and footing is uncertain. There were children frolicking in flip flops around me, so it couldn’t have been too bad- but I was definitely relying on my HeartMath tools to get down those slopes!
But the flowers were beautiful! I relied on aperture priority again- and all my photos are slightly over-exposed. Yes, I do know about exposure compensation, but it was too bright to check my LCD display. Oh well- I adjusted exposure in batches afterward.
Here are some of the highlights of the day. Don’t let the first photo fool you- the path went up, the water went down- and then we walked down to meet it (no photos of THAT!).
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Nice montage. I love the shot of Lonnie on the log and the lupines (don’t know what the pink flower is). They’re all nicely composed and I’m impressed that you’re using Aperture Priority now. I’m still fiddling with Shutter Priority. I haven’t finished my assignment for last week yet. Are you home?