Us On the Edge

Eia

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.

thapamd

Awesome! I love that 3rd shot...you can really appreciate the vastness of the whole place. Was the sky really that purple?

dlplumer

Beautiful set Eia. I really like the last one.

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

Sorry, John Denver tunes running through my head.

marcpro

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

Beautiful shots, Eia! Lovely comps and exposures. Looks like an awesome place to hike too.

Cheers,
-joel

Awais Yaqub

3rd is so beautiful ! i also like 1st

anwmn1

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

anwmn1 wrote:

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 . 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

thapamd wrote:

Awesome! I love that 3rd shot...you can really appreciate the vastness of the whole place. 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.

Eia

kdog wrote:

Beautiful shots, Eia! Lovely comps and exposures. Looks like an awesome place to hike too.

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. But the views were great.

Eia

marcpro wrote:

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

dlplumer wrote:

Beautiful set Eia. I really like the last one.

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

Sorry, John Denver tunes running through my head.

Ironically I was born and raised in 'almost heaven, WV'.

thapamd

Eia wrote:

I just don't know what else to do.

Get a Mac. I don't know either.

The images still look great!

anwmn1

Eia wrote:

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 . 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

anwmn1 wrote:

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

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.

Again, nice pictures.

christinamae

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

DaddyO wrote:

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.

Again, nice pictures.

Thank you very much!!!!! That was my main goal; to show the vastness of it all.

boblu262

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

boblu262 wrote:

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'!

annnna8888

This is one precipitous place. Any vertigo?
Love the perspective. The views were really spectacular. What a great place to sit down, have a snack and enjoy the vistas.

Ana

Eia

annnna8888 wrote:

This is one precipitous place. Any vertigo?
Love the perspective. The views were really spectacular. What a great place to sit down, have a snack and enjoy the vistas.

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!