Camping West Coast 2005

Unlimited access to the National Parks for a year. I've gotten my money's worth on this trip.

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Sketch Book

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emphasize violet tones; darken foreground column; add yellow hightlight

September 22 2:33pm

adjust color and contrast; enhance fence shadow detail

September 22 11:42am

Sequoia National Forest: western divide highway

Trees Trees Trees. Trees as far as the eye can see.

Preparations.

Sequoia National Forest: trail of 100 giants

Tall trees, to the left. Can't miss them.

Sequoia National Forest:
trail of 100 giants

Mighty of girth. Enough said. Lots of fiddling with the camera to take this picture. With some help from squirrels.

adjust brightness; darken foreground columns; add blue glow to lighting

September 22 11:46am

bring out color detail and brightness; darken ceiling, right wall; emphasize yellow highlights to balance left and right sides; add fake lighting to center grate for focus; reduce overblown lighting on right

September 22 12:01pm

Sequoia National Forest: trail of 100 giants

And tall too.

Sequoia National Forest:
trail of 100 giants

Not much of a root system considering the size of the tree. That's why they seem to topple over every once in a while.

enhance blue sky and clouds; bring out green foliage color; darken forground column and building wall; adjust yellow sunlight on buildings; fade out distant buildings

September 22 12:04apm

match red hat to napkin holder; for a fee, I can digitally add or colorize hair, remove wrinkles

September 22 11:56am

Sequoia National Forest: trail of 100 giants

This is probably what our normal world looks like to mice.

Sequoia National Forest:
trail of 100 giants

Decomposition. The sign says something about the circle of life. I looked for Simba, Timon, and Pumba, but didn't find any of them.

September 22 12:06pm

remove extraneous building in background; reduce unimportant colors

September 22 12:09pm

Sequoia National Forest: trail of 100 giants

Bark Bark.

September 22 12:13pm

Sequoia National Forest: trail of 100 giants

This one needs a bit of pruning. It's kind of leaning to the left.

emphasize blue and red colors; brighten lighting in forground; paint in blue, desaturate, darken background elements for more depth

September 22 12:33pm

emphasize red, white, and blue colors- silly Americani tourists

September 22 12:38pm

Sequoia National Forest: trail of 100 giants

Natural organic charcoal.

Sequoia National Forest: trail of 100 giants

Magic hole where you enter 6 feet tall on one side, and exit 2 feet tall on the other.

September 22 1:40pm

Sequoia National Forest: dome rock

Dome rock is where they filmed a lot of those SUV commercials where the car climbs up on the giant rock on the mountainside. Actually, it's very easy for a car to get there.

Sequoia National Forest: dome rock

A little off roading. Still no sign of Simba.

adjust contrast to bring out relief detail and shape; add fake stone coloration; remove window in background; darken background elements

September 22 1:24pm

Sequoia National Forest: dome rock

The view from up top. Tempted to pee into the canyon.

September 22 1:25pm

crop out hand, distracting glass reflection; emphasize pink and green color

September 22 1:29pm

Sequoia National Forest: dome rock

If Simba was around, he'd be at the top of the rock with a ray of sunshine beaming down upon him. The closest thing I found was this leftover burned up stump that looked like a bear head. Maybe this is Yogi or Boo Boo's remains.

Sequoia National Forest: dome rock

Now fighting the urge to yell out "Ricola...".

bright blazing sunlight; additional warm glow to buildings in background

September 22 1:25pm

scrunched up edge to show inside color; new balcony floor tile makes good photography background

September 21 1:48pm

Sequoia National Forest: dome rock

Dirt path back to the main road, boy am i going to need a carwash when I get back.

September 22 3:04pm

Pasta with White Clam Sauce

Sequoia National Forest: belknap campground

Pasta with garlic and white wine sauce.

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