A hike through the fog

[Mistwalker]

I am going out to take some pics in the morning, this got me to thinking about a hike I took last winter and I thought I would post the pictures from that hike..., this is how I earned my "nick-name"

I went up on top of Walden's Ridge and went hiking, along the way I passed by Davis pond and couldn't resist these shots.
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x93/GriffinFamily_photos/Cumberland%20Trail/PICT0040.jpg

http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x93/GriffinFamily_photos/Cumberland%20Trail/PICT0036.jpg

http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x93/GriffinFamily_photos/Cumberland%20Trail/PICT0039.jpg

http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x93/GriffinFamily_photos/Cumberland%20Trail/PICT0038-1.jpg

http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x93/GriffinFamily_photos/Cumberland%20Trail/PICT0020.jpg

http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x93/GriffinFamily_photos/Cumberland%20Trail/PICT0019.jpg

http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x93/GriffinFamily_photos/Cumberland%20Trail/PICT0026.jpg

I found someones bush fishing pole
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x93/GriffinFamily_photos/Cumberland%20Trail/PICT0017.jpg

http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x93/GriffinFamily_photos/Cumberland%20Trail/PICT0023.jpg

one lone cattail on the edge of the pond
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x93/GriffinFamily_photos/Cumberland%20Trail/PICT0016.jpg

http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x93/GriffinFamily_photos/Cumberland%20Trail/PICT0047.jpg

Here I found the remains of an unfortunate turtle...., wonder what ate it.
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x93/GriffinFamily_photos/Cumberland%20Trail/wildlife/PICT0015.jpg

[SimonM]

Nice shots - I love being in the woods when its foggy.

Simon

[Mistwalker]

A man after my own heart

[scanker]

Great photos. I particularly like #19. I hope you don't mind me saying I don't like the date stamps.

[Mistwalker]

Please explain about the date stamps...., and ummm there are only 12 pics

[Wayland]

I think he's referring to the file numbers which you can read by right clicking and going to the properties tag.

As for the date stamps, these are a personal choice I suppose, I think they spoil some pictures but some people like them because they make it easy to tell when they were taken.

I usually just rely on the file metadata that is recorded by the camera which contains the date but is invisible on the picture.

Good pictures though, looks like a nice trip out.

[Mistwalker]

Oh..., in that case #19 is one of my favorites too.

I have thought about taking the date stamp off of some, I need to see if there is a way I can copy some onto the camera's file folder and save some both with and without the date stamp as I mainly use these pics to try to chronicle changes in the area and have only recently started taking pics with a more artistic purpose.

Thank you, I love that area, I have some sunset pics from there somewhere.....,I think on a travel drive..., I'm still looking. One night I camped out there and was walked up on by five does and a buck headed to get a drink..., but I hadn't set the camera to silent yet and when it beeped they all scattered too quickly to catch.

[scanker]

Wayland has interpreted the detail of my post correctly. By #19 I was referring to the sixth photo you posted.

Basically, as I replied in the PM, I think the date stamp draws the eye to the date stamp, rather than the intended focus of the photograph.

It was only a point of view though. If you use the date stamp for your chronological records that's absolutely fine. In fact, they're your photos, you can do what you like! I was just posting an opinion. :D

[DKW]

lovely fotos. I too favor the #19

[Mistwalker]

Thank you, I spend a lot of time there..., whenever I get the chance. Here is a picture from the same angle as that #19 but at sunset on a clear Winter day.
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x93/GriffinFamily_photos/Cumberland%20Trail/PICT0424.jpg

This is from the same series shot from a slightly different angle. Where the sun is setting is where the deer come to drink every night there are always tracks there
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x93/GriffinFamily_photos/Cumberland%20Trail/PICT0419.jpg

It was very cold that night, it was when I was out gathering fatwood and taking Winter pictures. This is the fire I built to warm up by.
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn283/mistwalker13/hikes/PICT0436.jpg

and this is how it looked with the camera set on night time. The wind was really up and the windchill was around -32 c
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn283/mistwalker13/hikes/PICT0442.jpg

these are some of the tracks I've found around the pond.....
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x93/GriffinFamily_photos/Cumberland%20Trail/wildlife/PICT0380.jpg

http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x93/GriffinFamily_photos/Cumberland%20Trail/wildlife/PICT0381.jpg

This is the view looking back from the other side taken on a rainy Summer afternoon
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x93/GriffinFamily_photos/Cumberland%20Trail/PICT0071.jpg

[fishfish]

fantastic pictures!

if yer intrested ,i would pay very handsomly for turtle shell! pm me if yer intrested!

[practicalsurvivor]

Nature is beautiful isn't she :)

Nice pictures !