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July 6, 2019.

From there, it wasn't long before we found ourselves on North Peaks Road - first through the forest, and then through the tree line, making our way up, up, up. Then, there we were, getting high - the road the second highest in all of Idaho - on a beautiful day.

See it all in Getting High in Idaho



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Quick cooler hack for you guys.

$9 Panther Vision BUTTON LAMP Adhesive LEDs Light Package - Lightweight, Ultra Small, Ultra Bright LED Utility Lights - 6 Pack (BL-6885)

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July 7, 2019.

So up we went, the highest road in Idaho, ours for the travelling. There would be - at least for a moment - no Toyota's higher.

Check out the highest road in Idaho, and the weirdest mine to boot - Getting Even Higher in Idaho, Again

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Movies?

Just us having fun! 10K' after figuring our an "odd" fly fishing area.

 

Posted up in Alabama Hills last pm.

 

Out of the heat and into the mosquitoes' den. Bastards managed to get me through long sleeves even.

 

Try these Dickies heavyweight pocket tees for skeeter protection. Nice thick cotton, good price. https://www.dickies.com/t-shirt/lon...shirt/WL450.html?dwvar_WL450_color=DN#start=1

 

July 17, 2019.

We're running the IDBDR! (intro post)

July 18, 2019.

...And then - in the distance - a cloud of dust. Unsure what it was, we continued on. Eventually, the source became clear - dual combines churning through a field of wheat. Like any kid at heart, I've got a soft spot for big machines like this, and having never seen a combine at work up close, I couldn't help myself but to climb out of the truck to stand on top of the @Cascadia Tents RTT to snap a few photos.

The grin on the combine driver's face said it all - even with some weirdo standing on top of his truck, snapping photos - he too was enjoying the experience.

Read the whole story and see all the photos at IDBDR Pt. 2 - Across the Snake River Plain

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From IDBDR Pt. 2 - Across the Snake River Plain


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Snuck in a quick night in the woods. Would have been a very peaceful time except for the Texas wheelchair guys who kept driving by our camp between 12:00 and 1:30 in the morning blasting Beyonce

 

Soon. 2 weekends till the next desert race and pre/post camping!

 

In no time flat, we'd reached the water crossing. And, while I guess it was technically a water crossing, to suggest that it was any kind of trouble - much less the kind that deserved a skull and crossbones on the map - was pushing it.

For good measure, we went through three times. You know, just to make sure we didn't miss anything.

Read the whole story and see all the pics at: IDBDR Pt. 4 - We're Recognized on the Trail​

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Third Pic NEEDS to be a Calendar addition or anything else! OMG probably one of the best pictures I have seen!

AMAZING SHOT!

Please tell me there was no Post Processing on it!!!!

 

Upgraded the setup.

 

Why care about post processing? All pics are post processed. All cameras do some post processing to their pics, especially phones these days, and all photographers worth a shit post process. Before digital, they were all post processed in the dark room (“dodging and burning”), see Ansel Adams, etc. Every famous image you’ve ever seen, and likely every picture you’ve ever liked has been post processed. What the cameras see and what our eyes see never match up. They often need more contrast or colors that pop more. Etc. Post processing and over working an image are different two things. Yes he (turbobd) post processes his images, but that’s part of what makes his images amazing.


As Ansel Adams once said “The negative is similar to a musician’s score, and the print to the performance of that score.”


End rant

 

I surely miss those days/nights in the darkroom burning and dodging. Therapeutic...like camping!

 

Differences.....agree to disagree

 

Details on the trailer?

 

The base is a Lowe’s 4x6 utility trailer. The frame was custom made. And the axle is a 3500 lb upgraded one with the 6x5.5 bolt pattern and bolts directly on to where the original axle was.

 

Hahaha...

Purist/Traditionalist vs Post-Production Whores

DEEKYN said it best... "Post processing and over working an image are different two things."

 

There is of course some post processing to this photo - you can't really capture something in RAW and not expect to post it a bit. After-all, that's what all development is. In this case, all I had to do was lighten the foreground a bit. The rest was just a nice composition.

Thanks for the kudos. You're welcome to submit it to the calendar...I never really know when/how that all happens.