Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oh what I would give to go on Friday... On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 10:31 PM, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com>wrote: > I can imagine SOMEONE's making a 6 mile hike with his P45+Alpa soon :-) > > Enjoy and good luck! > > On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 10:28 PM, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote: > > > For those of you near the Merced River, El Portal and east, it's > apparently > > a good year for poppies and redbuds. Per Michael Frye: > > > > "I agree with Barbara that the redbud are at peak now in the Merced River > > Canyon west of Yosemite. But I don't agree about the poppies. This is one > > of the best poppy displays I've seen there, comparable to the great 2009 > > show, which was easily the best I'd ever witnessed in over 25 years in > the > > area. Perhaps Barbara didn't see them when they were fully open, which > > makes a big difference. The flowers about 3 miles east of Briceburg, > across > > the river from 140, are spectacular, though you can only photograph them > > from across the river unless you want to make a six mile roundtrip hike > > from Briceburg. Grandy's Hill, another mile or two further east , but on > > the south (road) side of the river, seems muted, and is maybe not quite > in > > full bloom yet, but some patches just west of there are brilliant. The > > beginning of the Hite's Cove trail looks great, with lots of poppies. > > Further east the poppies seem to be just getting started, so those areas > > may get better over the next couple of weeks. > > > > Despite the fact that this is all public land, and unfenced, and some of > > the best poppy displays are on the road side of the river, access to the > > flowers is very difficult. The hillsides are extremely steep. Not > > fall-off-and-you'll die steep (at least in most places), but it requires > a > > lot of agility, stamina, and sure-footedness to climb up many of these > > hills, and a slip could cause injury. Most people are going to be limited > > to telephoto views from the road. The one spot with relatively easy > access > > to close-up views of poppies is the beginning of the Hite's Cove trail. > > > > - Michael > > > > Michael Frye > > Michael Frye Photography" > > > > -- > > Bob Adler > > Redwood City, CA > > http://www.rgaphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Bob Adler Redwood City, CA http://www.rgaphoto.com