A few snaps taken on a recent hike into the portion of Eaton Canyon that has been closed since 1978. I only went as far as Penultimate Fall this time, though in the past I have hiked the entire canyon from the bottom up. It is one of the most rugged and impenetrable canyons in the entire San Gabriel Mountains. It is heaven to me being up there surrounded by the sights and sounds of nature, without another human being anywhere in sight or earshot. It is my favorite getaway. I could disappear up there for days on end and still be happy about being there.
I had just got my Bessa R, so I was excited to shoot with my Summitar again. I couldn't wait to see positive pix, so I shot XP2 and took it to Walgreen's. These pix are from Walgreens scans and have not been printed yet.
This is a pic of almost the entire fall and the walls of its cove. For this pic, I thought that keeping the softer look inherent to the cove at that time of day looked better than a contrastier pic. I like the way the subtle transition into the slightly out of focus areas warps the sense of depth a bit, and the framing does the same to the sense of scale. This is actually a horseshoe-shaped cove (meaning the rock walls at the left and right sides of the frame are closer than the stuff in the middle), and you are seeing nearly 40 feet of waterfall here.
P.S. The lack of pictorial value in spots really helps too. ;)
In all of the pix, Walgreens went quite a bit heavy on the digital sharpening. I hope it does not grate too much.
