Look who I ran into...
May 31, 2017 23:59:24 #
I spent Memorial Day weekend in the Mojave National Preserve. Fantastic place! All those people broiling in the sun, stuck on I-15 coming back from Vegas don't know what they're missing. On second thought, just move along, nothing to see here.
I made a new friend. He wandered across the road from the dry lake bed. I was dumbstruck, I'd always wanted to see a bighorn ram, and here he was, posing for me. I managed to get the 150-600 Tamron onto the camera body, and even got a couple of shots in focus, remarkable since my hands were shaking from excitement.
I spent several delightful to harrowing hours bouncing along the Mojave Road, and a jeep trail that follows the LNG pipeline. I finished up with a sunset behind Kelso Dunes. Just by pure luck I caught the sun lighting up the seed pods on a taller creosote bush, I rather like the effect.
A very delightful way to celebrate the day and my impending retirement!
I made a new friend. He wandered across the road from the dry lake bed. I was dumbstruck, I'd always wanted to see a bighorn ram, and here he was, posing for me. I managed to get the 150-600 Tamron onto the camera body, and even got a couple of shots in focus, remarkable since my hands were shaking from excitement.
I spent several delightful to harrowing hours bouncing along the Mojave Road, and a jeep trail that follows the LNG pipeline. I finished up with a sunset behind Kelso Dunes. Just by pure luck I caught the sun lighting up the seed pods on a taller creosote bush, I rather like the effect.
A very delightful way to celebrate the day and my impending retirement!
Jun 1, 2017 07:47:37 #
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Jun 1, 2017 10:01:29 #
Judging from this, it looks like your retirement will be quite productive.
Jun 1, 2017 10:05:32 #
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Jun 1, 2017 14:40:23 #
OneEasyRider wrote:
Nice captures! With my luck I would have dropped the lens. LOL
Damn near did, myself! Thanks
Jun 3, 2017 20:19:38 #
Very nice images. Have never been there - close when I was in Yucca Valley - but now it is on my list of places to visit. I would love to see other images of this place if you would like to post them.
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