The Agile Fox Friday Foto – 10.12.2012
After a year and a half of including a ‘pic of the week’ at the end of my weekly training summary, I’ve decided to let it stand as a post of its own. I’m also implementing a rule that the Friday Foto needs to have been taken sometime in the last week. No recycling. I am doing this to keep me engaged in building my photography skills, and to make me work harder to get fresh shots. Click here to see my previous Friday Foto posts.
I spotted this cool old trestle-like thing above I-70 a couple of months ago and made a mental note to stop and check it out sometime. I had about 30 minutes to spare on a drive up to Leadville last Friday, so I took a break from driving and went for a little hike.
At the time, I didn’t think any of my photos would turn out very well. It was hard to get a good angle, and I was trying different things to hide the freeway in the background. After I looked at the results, I ended up liking this one the best – because it did show the freeway. It presents a cool contrast between old and new.
I haven’t had any success in finding out what it is/was, though. I first thought a railroad spur to a mine, but the turns seemed a little tight for that. Maybe something for logging? There were some sawmills in the area. Then I checked a topo map (thinking I might find some mine symbols) and noticed that the intermittent stream shown below the 9400′ contour was right where the trestle was. Some sort of aqueduct??
If anyone knows, I’d love to hear more about it. This is right above the Frisco exit. The part in the photo was in pretty good shape, but the rest was in ruin and falling apart. It was well built, though! Sturdy stuff.
Frisco Trestle
1/160, f/9.0, 55mm @ ISO 200
2012 Training Log – Week 41
Mixed week. Off to a good start with two solid workouts. Lots of things going on over the weekend, and I consciously let them derail the running. I could have forced it, but chose not to. I did get to spend a little time in the mountains, and about froze to death on the Continental Divide taking some pictures after dark.
I’m still leaning towards jumping in the 6 hour ‘fun run’ in Boulder this weekend. I have a couple days left to register, so might as well leave it until the last minute. Just taking things one day at a time for now.
Monday
9 miles
Intervals on the HC. .5, .5, 1 mile, .5
Nothing too extreme, mostly just blowing the rust out.
Tuesday
6 miles
Calves shot from yesterday. They just don’t seem to handle the faster efforts very well (probably due to my running form).
Wednesday
9 miles
Good day. Rather, I made it into a good day. My calves were pissing and moaning big time again, but I called their bluff. Did 8 miles worth of tempo at the Boneyard. After 4 laps I was sitting at an average of 8:10, started feeling a little better and whittled that down to 7:50 after 3 more.
I owe this run to scrambled eggs, sausage, bacon, hash browns, peanut butter cups, a little cherry coke zero, and the Foo Fighters.
Thursday
8 miles
Easy jog.
Friday
0 miles
No running today. Tied up in meetings, then drove to Leadville and back to bring Malcolm home for the weekend. First snowfall of the year, had to brush the car off in the morning. Took this shot of 14,267′ Torreys Peak in the afternoon.
Then I stopped near Frisco and spent 30 minutes walking in the hills to take a break from the drive and snap some more pictures.
Saturday
0 miles
Could have run, but chose to go up to Boulder instead. Met up with RT at a photography seminar, and listened to 4 adventure photographers give presentations. Good stuff.
Fairly tight on time afterwards, but did have a 30 minute cushion to work with. Used that time to hit Eldorado Canyon on the way home. The place was empty due to the weather, so it was nice to have it pretty much to myself.
Tried another panorama with the camera held vertically. This shot is 9 frames stitched together. The file Photoshop spit out was a 2.5GB TIF! If I did the pixel math correctly, it would be 12 feet wide and 4 feet tall if printed at the native size.
Sunday
0 miles
Took Malcolm back up to Leadville. Spent some time on the way back working on getting some night shots.
Big Dipper over the Continental Divide:
Milky Way:
The Tunnel:
Loveland:
Total: 32 miles / 4:45
The Agile Fox Friday Foto – 10.05.2012
After a year and a half of including a ‘pic of the week’ at the end of my weekly training summary, I’ve decided to let it stand as a post of its own. I’m also implementing a rule that the Friday Foto needs to have been taken sometime in the last week. No recycling. I am doing this to keep me engaged in building my photography skills, and to make me work harder to get fresh shots. Click here to see my previous Friday Foto posts.
I highlighted some Crespuscular Rays in a post back in August. This shot is special because it shows Anticrepuscular Rays. They are a somewhat rare occurence and I happened to catch them in conjuction with the rising harvest moon. My only regret is how tiny the moon looks (shot @ 24 mm).
The rays are actually parallel and appear to converge at a point on the horizon that is opposite the sun. The convergence is an optical illusion.
Anticrepuscular Rays
1/25, f/9.0, 24mm @ ISO 100
The Scene Begins 