Trophy shot is right. I've never seen anything like that at the canyon
let alone got a shot of it... let alone a great one.
Chuck Norcutt
Joel Wilcox wrote:
> On 6/6/07, AG Schnozz <agschnozz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Joel, world-traveller, Wilcox wrote:
>>> You got my attention, Tom. Do tell more.
>>> Joel (both children now teens except the one that's 12 but she is
>>> too) W.
>> Hey, Joel. Welcome back. How was the SW?
>>
>> AG
>
> HI Ken,
> Thanks for asking. The trip was great. Quite exhausting, as we
> worked pretty hard. I came home with 1300 images after some modest
> chimping, though not all will be keepers, that's for sure. I'm still
> working through the shots as time allows. Our key goals were to get a
> specific shot at Cathedral Rocks in Sedona, AZ and to "do" the North
> Rim. We stopped at the South Rim before making the 200 mile drive to
> the other side, but not much there photo-wise because of dust and
> haze. A late spring rain/sleet/snow storm on the North Rim cleared
> things out and produced some unexpected opportunities.
>
> There's a trophy shot of Mt. Hayden (Pt. Imperial, North Rim) on my homepage:
>
> http://myweb.uiowa.edu/jfwilcox
>
> Other than that, we spent the remainder of the trip in the Zion area,
> actually shuttling ourselves between Bryce and Zion to sleep and hike
> and shoot for about 4-5 days of it. We attempted to get a shot of
> Chimney Rock near Scottsbluff, NE on the way back. Did get some shots
> though the weather is almost always crummy for us as we travel through
> there, though I found the area more interesting and enjoyable than I
> had thought I would.
>
> Having lived pretty intensely with the E-330 for two weeks, I made
> some detailed notes on the way home about my likes and dislikes of the
> camera, which I'll share once I've got my act together. I took the
> E-1 but didn't use it. I think I could have shot the whole thing with
> the E-1 however just as well as with the E-330, missing only the
> occasionally use of Live View to nail critical focus. I continue to
> find the E-1 viewfinder adequate for manual focus in a way that the
> E-330's is not. I certainly hope the E-2's VF is at least as large as
> the E-1's.
>
> Joel W.
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