Joe and I decided to go on a little bit of a photo/walking expedition. We wanted to play with cameras, so picked a not too difficult yet still quite pleasant hiking area, and set out to Cooper Canyon, from, I believe Cloudburst Summit off of Angeles Crest Highway. While there is a one way hike from there to Buckhorn, we did more of an out and back, although we did manage a small loop component. We went somewhere around 5 miles, with a total of 1000′ of elevation loss and gain, and took a lot of pictures.
thumbs up? maybe.
Anyway, it was a really lovely day out, and we started along, heading first down fire road, and eventually turning to trail. We lost no time in starting to take photos.
Watch Joe. Watch Joe shoot!
There were lots of bright colors everywhere, both in the trees and in the flowers. Lots of really amazing textures in everything, which, of course, we had to take shots of.
Sap. One of three photos of sap that I liked enough to keep. Sappy!
The trail we were on looped around a bit, and eventually came out to a junction with a broad trail/fire road right at Cooper Campground. There was a bathroom facility there, and also, of course, the campground, which had this bunch of really cool stoves at it.
Stove! Oh, stove.
We then turned onto this main road, and walked along the creek for a bit. Although it was mostly dry at that time of year, there was still a lot more greenery in that location. We got some great shots, and eventually decided to turn around. When we got back to the campground, we sat at the tables there for a little bit and relaxed for a few more minutes.
You can see the whole world in this camera lens…
After that break, we started back up the trail, but headed up the easy fireroad that went past the campground, rather than go back up the trail we had originally come down. This actually came out more or less across the parking lot from where we had started, so that worked out pretty well for all of us. All in all, a great day and a nice photo hike.
acorn, depth of field
hang your hat on this here hatrack!
happy days are here again – smile!
