Crimea River's Weekend Pics

[Matt308]

So that is where Lucas filmed Tattooine.

 

[ontos]

Fantastic shots, the rock formation are awsume. Thanks for posting.

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks all.

 

[evangilder]

Neat stuff, Andy. The petroglyphs look like they come from several different eras.

 

[Crimea_River]

Indeed they did. Earliest are 3500 years old and they date right up to the 1900's.

 

[Gnomey]

Great shots Andy!

 

[michaelmaltby]

Yes, great. Love that landscape ... I believe the wind-weathered rock pinacles with cap stones are called hoo-doo's ....

MM

 

[rochie]

those are great Andy

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks everyone.

Yes, great. Love that landscape ... I believe the wind-weathered rock pinacles with cap stones are called hoo-doo's ....

MM

Indeed they are Michael. They tend to form this way because the weight of the large stones on the top compresses the soil underneath, creating a rock that is denser and therefore more erosion resistant than the surrounding sandstone. Over time, wind and water scour away the softer stone and create these columns.

Here are a few more

The Milk River, not looking very milky. A welcome place when the temp shot up to 39C.

Jo-Anne, my wife, shot this one with her little Canon Power Shot.

My son, Tim, walking toward another petroglyph. The bluish bushes in front of him are all wild sage.

This mule dear was not shy at all, though I took this from about 10 meters with my 300mm zoom.

Rather hard to see (I upped the contrast to full but only helps a bit) is this very complex battle scene with an explanation on the plaque that follows.

Thanks for your interest guys.

 

[vikingBerserker]

That's just beautiful!

 

[GrauGeist]

That is some real beautuful country up there...looks like you had a good time!

Thanks for sharing those photos!

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots Andy!

 

[Crimea_River]

Cheers guys.

 

[evangilder]

Good stuff, Andy. The Mule Deer shot is really good.

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks Eric. The s.o.b. wouldn't move into the sunlight so I had to make do with a back lit shot. You can tell it was taken with my best lens, the others not so much. We skimped on the 28-200 zoom when we bought the camera but I want to get a Canon lens to replace it. The clarity is noticeably less with the cheaper lens.

 

[Crimea_River]

There was a small Warbird display at the Calgary Airport today. Great weather for pics.

Love the nick for the F-18 pilot. I remember this guy from the excellent Canadian TV program "Jetstream" which followed a group of young F-18 jockeys through training. They really wrestled with the decision to give him this name as it's pretty much "out there"!

Shout if you'd like me to post detailed shots of any more of these aircraft as I have lots more.

 

[ontos]

Nice shots, I think the deer was laughing at you.

 

[evangilder]

Nicely captured!

 

[GrauGeist]

That was a nice gathering of warbirds, wish we would have something like this more often in my neck of the woods!

 

[Gnomey]

Cool shots Andy!