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Eia
Aug-11-2009, 08:50 AM
Once in awhile it is fun to use people as props to show the scale and vastness of the landscape...even though it is just us! Suggestions welcome.

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thapamd
Aug-11-2009, 08:53 AM
Awesome! I love that 3rd shot...you can really appreciate the vastness of the whole place. :clap Was the sky really that purple?
dlplumer
Aug-11-2009, 08:54 AM
Beautiful set Eia. I really like the last one.:thumb

"Blue ridge mountains, Shenandoah river.....misty lady

Sorry, John Denver tunes running through my head.:rofl
marcpro
Aug-11-2009, 09:02 AM
Awesome shots, I have vertigo just looking at these!
What lens did you use for the third shot, looking down? That is amazingly steep.
Marc.
kdog
Aug-11-2009, 09:29 AM
Beautiful shots, Eia! Lovely comps and exposures. Looks like an awesome place to hike too. :thumb

Cheers,
-joel
Awais Yaqub
Aug-11-2009, 10:41 AM
3rd is so beautiful ! i also like 1st
anwmn1
Aug-11-2009, 10:56 AM
I know where this is at!

2nd shot- where the road starts to come back together is Kols Ranch and forest rd that leads to the Tonto Fish Hatchery. I have been camping in that area for over 10 years.
Eia
Aug-11-2009, 11:22 AM
I know where this is at!

2nd shot- where the road starts to come back together is Kols Ranch and forest rd that leads to the Tonto Fish Hatchery. I have been camping in that area for over 10 years.

We look one way toward Christopher Creek; the other way toward Kohl's Ranch. We are between the two on Promotory Butte looking at unit 23 :D. There were too many cars near the one edge so we hiked 3 miles in away from the crowds. A beautiful place isn't it?
Eia
Aug-11-2009, 11:24 AM
Awesome! I love that 3rd shot...you can really appreciate the vastness of the whole place. :clap Was the sky really that purple?

The sky is a pretty blue. I'm in a quandary with the colors being rendered in different browsers. My monitor is calibrated; the pictures print the correct colors, but it is only in IE that I can see the intended colors. I just don't know what else to do. :dunno
Eia
Aug-11-2009, 11:27 AM
Beautiful shots, Eia! Lovely comps and exposures. Looks like an awesome place to hike too. :thumb

Cheers,
-joel

Thank you...it is quite the place. I got stung, thorns in my foot and I leaned over the edge too much and lost my water as I watched it go tumbling into oblivion. My husband refused to retrieve it. :D But the views were great.
Eia
Aug-11-2009, 11:29 AM
Awesome shots, I have vertigo just looking at these!
What lens did you use for the third shot, looking down? That is amazingly steep.
Marc.

Thank you. There were many, many steep cliffs. I used a Sigma 10-20 lens.
Eia
Aug-11-2009, 11:31 AM
Beautiful set Eia. I really like the last one.:thumb

"Blue ridge mountains, Shenandoah river.....misty lady

Sorry, John Denver tunes running through my head.:rofl

Ironically I was born and raised in 'almost heaven, WV'. :rofl
thapamd
Aug-11-2009, 12:02 PM
I just don't know what else to do. :dunno

Get a Mac. :D :wink I don't know either. :dunno

The images still look great! :thumb
anwmn1
Aug-11-2009, 12:22 PM
We look one way toward Christopher Creek; the other way toward Kohl's Ranch. We are between the two on Promotory Butte looking at unit 23 :D. There were too many cars near the one edge so we hiked 3 miles in away from the crowds. A beautiful place isn't it?

It is a very cool place. Truth be told I have not stopped on the rim in probably 4 years. I usually have the boy and other little ones so we stay around Tonto Creek because I know where two waterfalls are and the kids love the fish hatchery. Near Indian Village, turn 1/2 mile West of Kohls Ranch is a big trail area for bikes and quads, there is a Geode area and you can find crystals along the forest road and one dry wash.

We also visit Tonto Natural Bridge & Fossil Springs when up there.
Eia
Aug-11-2009, 12:30 PM
It is a very cool place. Truth be told I have not stopped on the rim in probably 4 years. I usually have the boy and other little ones so we stay around Tonto Creek because I know where two waterfalls are and the kids love the fish hatchery. Near Indian Village, turn 1/2 mile West of Kohls Ranch is a big trail area for bikes and quads, there is a Geode area and you can find crystals along the forest road and one dry wash.

We also visit Tonto Natural Bridge & Fossil Springs when up there.

Yikes, little ones around this rim... would make me a nervous wreck. I would stay far in the forest with the kiddies! Water falls and fish hatchery are much safer!:D
DaddyO
Aug-11-2009, 07:56 PM
Pretty cool to see your pictures here. Sweet. Love to get my feet in the
picture once in awhile also. Perspective and just for the fun of it.
I think most times it can be really difficult to tell height in a photograph.
Yours tells is neatly. I so hate being on the edge like that. :D

Again, nice pictures. :thumb
christinamae
Aug-11-2009, 08:35 PM
I LOVE the last two shots. What a beautiful area! I haven't done much exploring up in that area. *adding it to my list of places to visit*
Eia
Aug-12-2009, 05:26 AM
Pretty cool to see your pictures here. Sweet. Love to get my feet in the
picture once in awhile also. Perspective and just for the fun of it.
I think most times it can be really difficult to tell height in a photograph.
Yours tells is neatly. I so hate being on the edge like that. :D

Again, nice pictures. :thumb

Thank you very much!!!!! That was my main goal; to show the vastness of it all.
boblu262
Aug-12-2009, 07:12 AM
Love the "on the edge" feel of these! There is nothing like that feeling of being above it all!
Last shot has a great feel.
Eia
Aug-12-2009, 12:45 PM
Love the "on the edge" feel of these! There is nothing like that feeling of being above it all!
Last shot has a great feel.

Thanks very much. It was a thrill to experience the 'edge'! :D
annnna8888
Aug-13-2009, 03:04 AM
This is one precipitous place. Any vertigo? :D
Love the perspective. The views were really spectacular. What a great place to sit down, have a snack and enjoy the vistas. :barb

Ana
Eia
Aug-13-2009, 12:07 PM
This is one precipitous place. Any vertigo? :D
Love the perspective. The views were really spectacular. What a great place to sit down, have a snack and enjoy the vistas. :barb

Ana
Lots of vertigo! Actually...I was bending over a little too much and dropped my water. It tumbled into oblivion. I took a deep breath after that! :huh