Dale Matson
This was essentially an entire day devoted to taking
photographs of some of my favorite places. I am retired and have days to
dedicate to these kinds of things. Beginning tomorrow we expect another series
of rainstorms in Fresno CA, the foothills and Sierra Nevada mountains to the
east. Hopefully this winter will be a draught buster.
I began at Millerton Lake (560’ in elevation), which is only
20 minutes from my home. I then headed to Shaver Lake (elevation 5,500’), which
is an hour away. It is quite a climb from Fresno, which is only about 300’
above sea level. The snow line is currently about 4,000’ and by the time you
get to Shaver Lake, there is considerable snow. China Peak ski resort is beyond
Shaver Lake, near Huntington Lake (about 7,000’ at the base) has already had
about 150” of snow thus far this season.
There is a pretty seasonal creek flowing along Auberry Road
that is already running quite well and worthy of photographs also. I also
stopped by our cabin for a photograph since the air was fairly clear. The cabin
view is south along the Sierra Nevada foothills.
I used my Sony A7R2 with a combination of lenses. I used an
adapted Leica m Elmarit 28mm f2.8, The Zeiss Loxia 50mm f2, Sony fe 70-300mm lens for the hawk and Zeiss Batis 18mm
2.8. I also used the Sony RXIR, which has a Zeiss 35mm f2 lens.
Click On Photographs To Enlarge
View From Our Cabin
Seasonal Creek
Millerton Courthouse Above Millerton Lake With Mountains In Back
Millerton Lake
Hawk Taking Off
Millerton Lake
Shaver Lake
Shaver Lake
Shaver Lake
Seasonal Creek
Hawk
Central Sierra Nevada Mountain From Pull Out Along Highway 168
No comments:
Post a Comment