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Bettina and Uwe's Trip
to the Summit 2003
field trip by Bettina & Uwe
Steinmueller
11/25/2003
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We like to avoid flying as much as possible. So we
drove to our Phoenix
Summit 2003. The round trip was about 1,800 miles in four
days (2 each way).
The ideal first stop for our trip to Phoenix was the Joshua Tree National
Park. We stopped in Yucca Valley where a strong cloudy sky prevented
some nice sunset shots. |
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JTNP at a cloudy sunset
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| The next day we planned to cross the Joshua Tree National
Park. This time the sun was quite unforgiving strong. We like this park
with its lovely Joshua Tree forests and rare rock formations. Will come
back with some more time hopefully next year. |
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Rocks and Joshua Trees
JTNP Rock Formations
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| Then we had bad luck because after less then one third
of the road the passage was blocked by flooding (yes it rained a lot
the night). We had to return and take the fast lane towards Phoenix. |
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| On our way back we wanted to visit Montezuma Castle
and drive through Sedona. We arrived at Montezuma Castle when Alain's
workshop was about to leave the place (We were told that they enjoyed
the workshop). |
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Montezuma Castle
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| There is hardly a new photo of this place possible
but nevertheless this place is just magic and worth a visit. |
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Fall at Montezuma Castle
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| We were hardly prepared for the beauty of the Sedona
red rock landscape and plan to come back soon. These are the most amazing
red rock formations that we had ever seen. The lush green of the many
beautiful trees adds to this amazing scenery. |
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Sedona Red Rocks
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| On the whole trip we have seen at least three huge
windmill farms. |
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Windmills near Bakersfield
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| The last stop was close to home where the golden hills
catched our eyes. But this time in strong graphic contrast to a nearly
black burned down section. We had passed this area a couple of times
before but only this time the light was acceptable (near sunset) |
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Golden Hills with burned down hill
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| We think that also our photos were as successful as
the summit itself. We will remember both the trip and the summit for
a long time. Was great fun! But we also were glad to be home. You probably
understand what we mean. See you all next year at our Summit 2004. |
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Technique:
All photos with Canon 1Ds/300D + mostly 70-200mm and the 17-40mm lenses.
Processing: Capture One DSLR and Photoshop CS.
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