[at-l] Trip Report White Mountains,Day 7: July 26 - Lakes of the Clouds Hut to Appalachia

[papabear.nyc at verizon.net (Papa Bear)]

By "uneven" I not only meant "foggy" pictures (uneven quality), but that on
the rainy days I took very few shots, on clear days I took many (uneven
coverage).

So you will see maybe 20 or 30 shots from around Lakes of the Clouds on July
25, but only 3 or 4 on the Franconia Ridge.  Or another example, on the last
day I traversed the northern Presidentials.  It didn't clear up till I was
going down the Air Line trail back to the road.  So although I had taken
something like 6 or 8 shots all day, suddenly I went crazy and took dozens
of shots of that beautiful ridge.

Thanks for the note.
Pb

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob C." <ellen@clinic.net>
To: "Papa Bear" <papabear.nyc@verizon.net>
Cc: "AT-List" <at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2003 5:23 PM
Subject: Re: [at-l] Trip Report White Mountains, Day 7: July 26 - Lakes of
the Clouds Hut to Appalachia


> >"...We had a few nice days and a lot of rainy or foggy days. The photos
> >therefore are very uneven in coverage."
>
> Ah. Papa Bear. The natural world is the natural world. Rainy and foggy
days are
> part of the beauty. You have posted some wonderful photos. But newcomers
to
> photography need to recognize that fog, drizzle and overcast are a gift,
not a
> detriment.
>
> One day several decades ago on a very drizzly day, it occurred to me that
after
> a dozens trips, I had never really seen the wild canyon we had sought
before.
> The worst time to see and photograph most nature -- especially mountains
and
> canyons -- is at mid day in the sun. The more overcast, the greater the
detail,
> at least for nearby objects.  Distant vistas are a different story.
>
>  Weary
>
>
>
>