The workshop is ‘in the can.’\u00a0 We finished up yesterday with a Mono Lake South Tufa sunrise followed by the rest of the morning in Bodie.\u00a0<\/p>\n
There weren’t any clouds but the sunrise was bright red (“Red sky in morning….” but it didn’t pan out).\u00a0 Still, South Tufa is always fascinating.\u00a0 We explored some new places and found some new compositions.\u00a0 We also found a place where an underwater spring was welling up.\u00a0 The tufa building process continues.\u00a0 There were clouds of brine shrimp and alkali flies (in their respective environments).\u00a0 And amazingly, the flies were not a bother.\u00a0 They swarmed on the tufa right at the water’s edge and only flew when you disturbed them by moving too close.\u00a0 Discovering an active site was really very thrilling.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, the water level continues to drop as the drought continues.\u00a0 I’d estimate the water level is down a couple of feet from the time I first started shooting there about two and a half years ago.\u00a0 But the potentially good news is that yesterday the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center issued a forecast\u00a0 that\u00a0an el nino is building and will last through next winter.\u00a0 We could use five years of el nino in California to replenish our nearly exhausted water reserves.<\/p>\n
Bodiewas fascinating as usual.\u00a0 And although we were photographing in late morning light the subjects are still very interesting and the photography, exciting.\u00a0 There’s a temptation to rush around in an attempt to cover it all.\u00a0 But I prefer to slow down and absorb the spirit of the area.\u00a0 Oh, and we ran into David Muench and his workshop.<\/p>\n
We were so busy the last days of the workshop that there wasn’t any time to even review our pictures much less get any ready to post.\u00a0 But that will come and soon.\u00a0 So stay tuned for more images.<\/p>\n
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