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Subject: [Leica] Scaling Half Dome on the cables
From: philippe.amard at sfr.fr (philippe.amard)
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:03:23 +0200
References: <EED0CC86-1374-48EE-AB1D-29AD2F9931E2@mac.com>

I wish it were crispier, but the angle looks unprecedented to me - cf  
the photogs to ignore post ;-)
You're definitely not one of them and the change is much apreciated  
here :-)

Thanks for trying, and sharing

Bien cordialement de Metz
Philippe


Le 11 oct. 11 ? 19:04, Adam Bridge a ?crit :

> No, I'm not insane, I didn't do that. My knee would explode and I  
> just don't think climbing a 45 degree slope sounds like a lot of fun  
> to me. And besides a hand-full of people have fallen this year. None  
> survived.
>
> However, we were parked at Olmsted Point looking across at Half  
> Dome. I had hoped to get there a little earlier in the morning but I  
> got engrossed in documenting Tioga Pass so the sun was a bit high  
> and there was a touch of haze in the air.
>
> I mounted the 560 tele I bought from Doug Herr on an industrial- 
> strength fluid-head tripod, locked it down and photographed Half  
> Dome. As I was packing up a cluster of about a dozen Porches drove  
> up and I heard one of the drives saying that the cables that run up  
> to the top of Half Dome are on the left face as viewed from this  
> perspective.
>
> Cool, I thought to myself, I should look when I get home. Which I did.
>
> <http://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/gallery/19446304_NvM63K#1524435664_gDBQqpH 
> >
>
> This is a 1:1 crop sharpened and adjusted in Lightroom. You can make  
> out the figures and even the cable stays and perhaps a cable in one  
> location. Not too shabby! It's still difficult to focus but I think  
> this is just about spot-on.
>
> Comments welcome, of course.
>
> Adam Bridge
>
>
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