| This
photograph was taken on my way home from a 4 day stay in Mammoth Lakes
along highway 120 in the Lee Vining canyon on October 9, 2000. I climbed
atop a small hill to obtain this vantage point looking down on the fall
foliage in the foreground and providing this spectacular view of the eastern
Sierra in the distance. The wind was very gusty here, it was almost impossible
to take a single picture, at one point it blew the camera and tripod over
but luckily I was close by and caught it before it struck the ground. There
were just a few lulls in the wind which did allow me to get off a few shots.
The clouds were changing very rapidly as well as the occasional jet vapor
trails which I had to contend with. It seemed as if every time the wind
would slow down enough to fire off the shutter there was at least one prominent
jet vapor trail in the image which in my opinion would be unacceptable
in a photograph. |
