Very nicely done. I haven't been back there for 40 years. Reminds me of scenes from the original (1959?) movie "Journey to the Center of the Earth."
CHG_CANON wrote:
In 1898 the cave entrance was discoved by 16-year-old, Texas-born cowhand Jim White when he saw Mexican free-tailed bats rising like distance smoke coming out of the ground. The cave is formed in limestone and may be as young as 12-million years old. Jimmy found the entrance where the roof had collapsed a few million years ago and exposed the underground passage. Carlsbad is #15 in the US for longest cave at 32-miles. Carlsbad Caverns National Park was initially created as a National Monument in 1923 and designated by Congress as a National Park in 1930. The United Nations designated the cave a World Heritage Site in 1995 confirming the worldwide significance of this spectacular natural resource.
The images were created by an EOS 5DIII, tripod, Speedlite 580EX II, remote switch, and the EF 16-35L and EF 50 f/1.8 lenses. I checked and there was no limitation to using a tripod and I visited on a foggy (above ground) Tuesday between Christmas and New Years. I was able to take exposures from 5- to 20-seconds at ISO-100. But, if there had been more foot traffic, I probably couldn't have worked with exposures so long. The flash was manually controlled separate from the camera and fired to add a fill light against the long exposure.
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Very nice shots. I was there back in the 60's so thanks for the memories.
Very nice shots. I was there back in the 60's so thanks for the memories.
CHG_CANON wrote:
In 1898 the cave entrance was discoved by 16-year-old, Texas-born cowhand Jim White when he saw Mexican free-tailed bats rising like distance smoke coming out of the ground. The cave is formed in limestone and may be as young as 12-million years old. Jimmy found the entrance where the roof had collapsed a few million years ago and exposed the underground passage. Carlsbad is #15 in the US for longest cave at 32-miles. Carlsbad Caverns National Park was initially created as a National Monument in 1923 and designated by Congress as a National Park in 1930. The United Nations designated the cave a World Heritage Site in 1995 confirming the worldwide significance of this spectacular natural resource.
The images were created by an EOS 5DIII, tripod, Speedlite 580EX II, remote switch, and the EF 16-35L and EF 50 f/1.8 lenses. I checked and there was no limitation to using a tripod and I visited on a foggy (above ground) Tuesday between Christmas and New Years. I was able to take exposures from 5- to 20-seconds at ISO-100. But, if there had been more foot traffic, I probably couldn't have worked with exposures so long. The flash was manually controlled separate from the camera and fired to add a fill light against the long exposure.
The images are sized to fill your wide-screen display. Try using <F11> to maximize your browser window for the full effect. If the images overshoot your display, such as a laptop, just click on the image or the URL link and they'll resize to your screen from the host Flickr site. You can click a bit further into the image details on the Flickr page, if desired. EXIF data is available from host Flickr page as well.
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Fantastic images!!!!!!!
Your lucky, no tripods allowed in the caves around here.
That was an excellent series...i did enjoy it.
Great images in one of America's wonders. Haven't been there since the 60's and thanks again for the really nice visual trip. As a side note, if you really want remote, try Big Bend NP in Texas.
Great set of pictures and thanks for the history; I remember my uncle telling me of his visit to the caverns early on before there was an elevator and no lights; you carried your own light and walked/climbed down and walked/climbed back out -- quite an adventurous all day trip in those days. I've been there several times over the years and am ever always amazed at the spectacular beauty of it all
Great pictures and tutorial
Thanks
It's been years since I went to Carlsbad Caverns; once when I was a teen (maybe 16 or so) and again when I was married but I can't remember the year or if I had children by then. Now this has nothing to do with the caverns, but one memory I have of that first trip was reading one of the "James Bond" books that Mother had bought and her suddenly telling me I couldn't read any more of them until she ok'd them. She was too late - I'd already come across several juicy scenes. (Which now brings back the song "The Flash!" (or is it "The Streak"?))
Beautiful, sharp indoor photos.
CHG_CANON wrote:
In 1898 the cave entrance was discoved by 16-year-old, Texas-born cowhand Jim White when he saw Mexican free-tailed bats rising like distance smoke coming out of the ground. The cave is formed in limestone and may be as young as 12-million years old. Jimmy found the entrance where the roof had collapsed a few million years ago and exposed the underground passage. Carlsbad is #15 in the US for longest cave at 32-miles. Carlsbad Caverns National Park was initially created as a National Monument in 1923 and designated by Congress as a National Park in 1930. The United Nations designated the cave a World Heritage Site in 1995 confirming the worldwide significance of this spectacular natural resource.
The images were created by an EOS 5DIII, tripod, Speedlite 580EX II, remote switch, and the EF 16-35L and EF 50 f/1.8 lenses. I checked and there was no limitation to using a tripod and I visited on a foggy (above ground) Tuesday between Christmas and New Years. I was able to take exposures from 5- to 20-seconds at ISO-100. But, if there had been more foot traffic, I probably couldn't have worked with exposures so long. The flash was manually controlled separate from the camera and fired to add a fill light against the long exposure.
The images are sized to fill your wide-screen display. Try using <F11> to maximize your browser window for the full effect. If the images overshoot your display, such as a laptop, just click on the image or the URL link and they'll resize to your screen from the host Flickr site. You can click a bit further into the image details on the Flickr page, if desired. EXIF data is available from host Flickr page as well.
Carlsbad Caverns National Park by
Paul Sager, on Flickr
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beautiful shots and interesting information, chg. many years ago my girl scout troup took a camping trip to Carlsbad cavern.
we camped in a local park and slept in sleeping bags in tents, then the next morning toured the cavern. I've gone back a
couple of times...it's a wonderful place to visit.
Stash
Loc: South Central Massachusetts
The wife and I visited there about 45 years ago.
Great place to visit and explore. Thanks for sharing these photos with us.
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