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| no partners | | Like a lot of HAZ'ers, I wanted to squeeze in one more hike before the end of the year. I got a late start Saturday morning, but headed for First Water Road and got behind a terribly slow string of cars/trucks heading the same way. First chance I got, I made a turnaround and headed back and found my favorite spot along the trail, deserted. This was just a desperation outing to take advantage of a mostly-cloudy day and take some photos of a surprisingly green desert. The rains of December have helped keep the desert alive and if it continues into January, we should be looking forward to a good, to great Spring Flower Bloom. 
I brought my camera & tripod along to take some photos of some Cholla in the near foreground with Saguaro and/or the mountain in the distant background....all in focus. This can be kinda tricky as it requires a number of shots with no movement of the camera or subjects.... windy days are out. The process is called "Focus Stacking", where the editing program looks at all the photos in the "stack" and selects the parts that are in focus and combines them into a single photo output. Without good sun, the potential colors are somewhat muted, but a few adjustments here and there, helped.
Surprisingly, I only ran into a few other hikers, although all the parking lots along F.W. Road were mostly full. This morning, I read Wally's report and should have followed his lead.  |
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| On every trip into the Superstitions, I find another Gold Mine. Today the mine was filled with Memories. I can not wait for the next trip. |
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