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Joshua Tree - Barker Dam
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Jan 30

Joshua Tree Field Trip

Donna and I took a much needed trip away from the office yesterday. We drove up to Joshua Tree National Park, which is only about an hour drive from our home. It was a bit cold at that elevation (about 3000 feet), not something we're very used to. We took a short trail hike up to an area of the park called Barker Dam and shot a few of the images you see here.

We learned a few lessons on this hike. One was that I really need some good gloves. We also learned that we should never start a hike late in the day on a trail with which we are not familiar! We lost the trail a couple of times, but we managed to find our car just as the sun set. Oh yes, a flashlight would also be a good item to bring along. Lucky for us, we didn't need one this time!

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Joshua Tree Images
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Jan 08

Image from the Coachella Valley Preserve

The panoramic image above is a shot I took at the Coachella Valley Preserve today. I was told about the preserve by one of our wedding couples, Jim and Trish Feffer. They are both school teachers and they sometimes take their students on field trips to the preserve.

I remembered that Jim and Trish thought I might enjoy photographing the location, so I paid a visit to the preserve right around sunset. The image above is actually a composite of 14 separate images that were pieced together to give a 360 degree view.

I learned how to put together these types of panoramic images in a class I took a couple of years ago and have been meaning to put together more panoramics ever since. Be sure to click on the image for a larger view.