It’s late in the year for best of last year, but it’s rainy here today and I didn’t feel like mucking up already-soft trails and coming home all gunky. Furthermore, I’m going to be off in gearland through the end…
Photography
Camera bags, packs for hikers
by tom • June 3, 2008 • 5 Comments
Trailspotting reviews the Kata T-214, a way-cool sling bag for carrying your cameras into the woods. It’s built by a company that makes bags for the Israeli military and looks tough enough to intimidate a terrorist (and might well convert…
See, Twitter is not a portal to an Internet black hole
by tom • May 15, 2008 • 5 Comments
Just this morning, David of Random Curiosity posted this tweet: Getting my fill of Everest climbing by watching this: http://snurl.com/28x7z while reading this: http://snurl.com/28×89 And thus saved me the trouble of looking up something cool to post on the ol’…
Which South Bay neighborhoods are closest to trails?
by tom • May 3, 2008 • 5 Comments
A reader e-mails to ask where hikers from Marin might want to live if jobs oblige a move to the South Bay. Just to make it interesting, the reader asks, could it also be at least somewhat affordable? Well, that…
Ansel Adams piece in the New York Times
by tom • April 26, 2008 • 4 Comments
A travel writer mentions what happens when people try to retrace the steps — and recapture the shots — of Ansel Adams. The first step on an Ansel Adams-inspired trip to Yosemite is to visit the gallery run by his…
More Carrizo Plain pics
by tom • April 4, 2008 • 0 Comments
Carol took some most excellent pictures the weekend before last during our camp-out at Carrizo Plain National Monument. Check ’em out. (They leave mine in the dust).
A few nice nature photography links
by tom • April 3, 2008 • 0 Comments
Andy Howell explains how to use color filters to achieve cool black-and-white effects. Won’t turn you into Ansel Adams but it will be helpful if you have expensive cameras and high-end editing software like Photoshop. Adam Paul caught some great…
East Bay Parks photo contest winners
by tom • March 25, 2008 • 0 Comments
The park district has a page with all the winning entries from its 2007 photography contest. Sunol Wilderness, Morgan Territory and Mount Diablo are among the stars in the show. Click the link to see ’em all. More great East…
Excellent Henry Coe Picture
by tom • March 19, 2008 • 1 Comment
Jason Armstrong shot the Henry Coe headquarters before dawn with a 30-second time exposure that creates an orange glow in the background. Check it out, it’s way cool.