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Thread: Havasupai "Havasu" Canyon, AZ
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05-03-2006, 07:48 PM #41
Cool pictures... I hope you don't mind I uploaded a few.
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05-03-2006 07:48 PM # ADS
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05-04-2006, 09:30 AM #42
Yeah moabfool, nice pics. Just on question: With all them hot women in the water, tell me at least one of them went topless?
Good news everyone, I have confirmed my reservations for Havasupai on June 12-15. I am really looking forward to it. A big group from my sister
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05-04-2006, 12:27 PM #43Originally Posted by James_B_Wads2000
Hence, the difference in my two photos below. Most of your photography will be from the shadows, just because that's where the paths are. Just try to keep the sunlit rock out of the photos.
Also, I really enjoyed my hammock down there. Bring some snorkeling gear! You will not be disappointed.
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05-04-2006, 01:07 PM #44Originally Posted by James_B_Wads2000
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05-04-2006, 04:25 PM #45Originally Posted by shaggy125
James
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05-04-2006, 08:20 PM #46Originally Posted by James_B_Wads2000
I noticed some pictures where the water in the pools is brown instead of the blue that I'm used to . I wonder if this is just because of the time of year, or if it's the traffic.
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05-04-2006, 08:44 PM #47Originally Posted by James_B_Wads2000
Originally Posted by James_B_Wads2000Remember kids, don't try this at home. Try it at someone else's home.
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05-04-2006, 08:56 PM #48Originally Posted by Sombeech
One bonus of the flood was that Navajo Falls was flowing across the full width. There usually isn't water in the middle. I guess the brown water was the tradeoff for seeing the full flow.
From what my friends tell me, your pictures show what the water usually looks like.Remember kids, don't try this at home. Try it at someone else's home.
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05-05-2006, 07:26 AM #49Originally Posted by James_B_Wads2000
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05-05-2006, 07:46 AM #50Originally Posted by accadacca
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05-05-2006, 09:45 PM #51
Couple of tips:
-Sleep in the parking lot and leave as early as you can -- cooler weather and your choice of camp sites, there were tons of people when I was there a couple years ago, and I had to sleep in the crappiest spot.
-Those dirt roads on the map between the Grand Canyon NP HQ area and the trailhead, well, they're really not a shortcut. Long story, no fun.
-Use your polarized sunglass lenses to get some better color and lighting in your shots by putting it in front of your camera lens, if it's not SLR sized.Mike
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05-05-2006, 10:06 PM #52Originally Posted by mroy
Originally Posted by mroy
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05-05-2006, 10:07 PM #53
One more thing, when you come back with all of these great pictures and trip report, you should start your own thread, so your pics don't go to the end of a 5 or 6 page thread.
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05-06-2006, 05:32 PM #54
A few more tips:
DO NOT speed when you're driving the road between Route 66 and the hilltop, especially if you're driving at night. I'll give you a 99% guarantee that you'll hit an elk. My brother-in-law warned me and I thought "whatever" and sped anyway. Then I almost hit one and learned my lesson. I guess I should have believed a guy who never drives under 90 mph when he told me not to speed.
Also, a hammock is your friend. It saves weight and will keep you cooler. Don't take one of these rope hammocks but a nice Brazilian-style hammock. A rope hammock will give you waffle butt for days. Here's what to get:
http://tinyurl.com/eh2mj
Take a couple double-length climbing slings and wrap them around two trees about 12 feet apart. Attach the slings to the hammock with a climbing biner (any will do, locking or non-locking) Put a clothes line over your hammock running both the hammock and clothes line through a tube tent. If/when it rains just pull the tube tent over your hammock. A polar fleece sleeping bag should be enough to keep you warm in the summer. Be sure to take a real pillow if you do this.
I hung my Camelbak from the clothes line with a mini biner and was able to get a drink in the middle of the night without a struggle.
While I'm one more thinging, do not underestimate the power of the squirrel mafia. If it's out, it's theirs. I took normal backpacking food and didn't have a problem, but I also hung my food bag under my tarp where they had less chance to get at it . Other people have been taken for all they had. Hanging your food will not work. They'll just climb out and get it.
Something I saw that worked well was to take a thick-plastic bucket with a lid and put your food in there. Be sure the lid is snapped down tight or they'll be in it in a flash. Coffee cans might work if you could find a stout enough lid. Tom Jones' Canyon Kegs would be bomber.
http://canyoneeringusa.com/shop/view...product=IML400
About the spring/drinking water. Some people treat/filter. I drank straight from the spring and didn't get sick. As always, YMMV.Remember kids, don't try this at home. Try it at someone else's home.
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05-07-2006, 11:48 AM #55Originally Posted by mroyOriginally Posted by Sombeech
You get rid of most of the lighting artifacts, and the image is less contrasty, resulting in richer colors. Usually you'll get a better sky, but this one was shot almost straight into the sun.
http://www.mikepearce.us/superstitio...200.jpg?xy=700
http://www.mikepearce.us/superstitio...201.jpg?xy=700
More natural colors of the rock, and richer greens.
http://www.mikepearce.us/superstitio...236.jpg?xy=700
http://www.mikepearce.us/superstitio...237.jpg?xy=700
I'm sure I have better examples, but those are the most recent ones I remember. Those pics are all pre-photoshop level & contrast balancing.
They'll also add one level of f-stop. Your sunglasses should just be gray, not any other color, for obvious reasons.
It's no substitute for a real polarized filter, but it can help out a lot.
Originally Posted by moabfool
http://www.moabsports.com/web/bid/16.../all/brand.asp
Originally Posted by moabfoolMike
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05-08-2006, 08:02 AM #56Originally Posted by mroy
BTW, thanks for the polarized examples. That's pretty cool.
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