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When I start out for a day, I usually have something in mind, but I don’t fixate on it. Finding subject matter is the process of narrowing down the possibilities. I’m always open to whatever nature provides me. I can be driving in the middle of nowhere and see something that attracts my eye, something that makes it special, and I have to listen – even if it’s not on my list.
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The investigation of the Shulman Grove Visitor Center fire is complete but the results have not yet been released. Here’s a recent post. http://www.ksrw.sierrawave.net/site/content/view/1304/48/
This month marks the 50th anniversary of the designation of the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. The celebration in the Schulman Grove will continue as planned on September 20. Also, the Methuselah Trail that was closed for a while after the fire has been reopened. The Methuselah Trail winds its way through the oldest trees in the forest including the Methuselah tree whose age is determined to be 4,700 years old. However, the tree is not identified. Here’s the post from the Inyo National Forest regarding the celebration. http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/inyo/recreation/bristlecone/index.shtml
Other postings announcing the celebration include:
http://www.inyoregister.com/content/view/117328/27/
Following the John Christiana angle of the story, Christiana pleaded not guilty to felony charges of auto theft, grand theft and receiving stolen property. Sheriff’s investigators have enough hard evidence to link him to the rash of vandalisms that occurred in recent weeks in the Big Pine Creek and Bishop Creek areas. The Inyo Register reports the following…
http://www.inyoregister.com/content/view/116920/27/
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Two weeks of political conventions have left me feeling a bit nauseous. But, as a nature photographer, some things political have become clearer.
Instead of drilling for more domestic oil, why can’t our country embark on the environmental equivalent to the Manhattan project or the Apollo mission to develop alternative energy sources? Instead of weaning ourselves from foreign oil why don’t we wean ourselves from oil in general at least to the maximum extent possible (haven’t seen a solar powered 747 yet). If we can put a man on the moon in ten years is there any reason our great country can’t lead the world to alternative energy? If we don’t, we’ll be giving up leadership to some other country. Wouldn’t it be hilarious if that country was China.
One last thought – can you imaging the nature photographer overlooking a grand vista at sunset in Utah and exclaiming, “Oh man, this is amazing! Won’t this make a stunning strip mine?” One thing about the natural beauty we so enjoy is that it takes constant vigilance to preserve it. One lapsed moment to greed and it’s gone forever.
Thoughts from a self-confessed tree hugger.
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