Hot Trail

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Day 9 of my 365 day photography journey

Today was a beautiful day. Cool breeze, clear sky and low 80's temperature. I submitted 4 applications for jobs with communication companies, looking to get a technical position. I needed to get out of the house.

Originally I thought about heading to the mountains when I remembered the Deep Creek Trail, which is about 10 minutes away from the house and has water along the trail to allow Prince to get his paws wet. Deep Creek runs parallel to the Pacific Crest Trail for about 12 miles. The Pacific Crest Trail runs from Mexico to Canada along the Pacific Rim. It's the desert but the creek really helps cool things down.

Rule #1, always bring your camera and Rule #2, shoot, shoot, shoot. Even though the sun was high and sharp which isn't really the good for generating good color in photos I always take my camera and shoot, shoot, shoot. These photos aren't very artist but they still tell a story.

I used my 18-105mm lens with a polarized lens. The polarize lens really adds color to sky and foliage when set properly.

My first photo after parking.

The picture to the right is a good example of what a polarized lens can do to enhance colors. The picture below also shows the sharp color of the lens. The picture below is the trail. I really enjoy taking trail photos. Trail photos lead the viewer to wonder what's around the corner, what adventure will this lead me too? The photo below is a path but it's not a clear path. But, like the path photo below not all paths in life are clear.













The black and white below was a respite for Prince. The breeze was cooling the air temperature but not the trail itself and he was rushing for shade to shade to cool his paws. I felt so bad. We had shade all the way to the water so it would only be a problem on the way back again. I was hoping a good soak in the cool stream would help.

Below, ah water. Prince immediately went to the water and lay in it. He spent about 3 minutes just licking at the water and cooling off. I'm going to make him some foot pads for walking in the desert and walking on the street.



Apart from the hot sand, it was a beautiful day to get out and wet our feet. And below I actually saw a flower to photo.

Make a great day!!