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Wildflowers, Southside, Wood Road, Spring '08
Wildflowers: Senador, Guadalupe, Mine Hill, New Almaden Trails, Spring '08
Pioneer Day, Wood Road, 10/11/08
Geocaching hike on the Wood Road Trail, 6/14/08
Geocaching hike on the Wood Road Trail, 1/17/09
Healthy Trails Hike, Almaden Quicksiver, Wood Road Trail, 3/28/09
Pioneer Day, English Camp, 10/10/09
Kiwanis Ghost Tour, Santa Teresa and Almaden, 10/17/09
Geocaching Class, Wood Road Trail, Jan. 16, 2010
Almaden Quicksilver Park HDR Pictures 2/27/10
These HDR (High Dynamic Range)
pictures were taken in Almaden Quicksilver County Park on 2/27/10. I
hiked up the Deep Gulch Trail with the Healthy Trails hike, then went
off to take HDR pictures in the park, starting from English Camp. The
day was partly cloudy, with scattered showers, which made for some
interesting lighting conditions. There had been a big storm the day
before, so there was lots of water on the trails. I had
my lightweight tripod with me to steady my camera to take the multiple
exposures required for HDR imaging. I took pictures around English
Camp, then went up the Castillero Trail to Mine Hill. I hiked to
Spanish Town and down to the Hidalgo Cemetery. I took the Yellow Kid
Trail back to English Camp and came down the English Camp Trail. The
pictures were taken with my Olympus E-510 DSLR with a polarizing
filter. Each picture below is made up of 3 to 5 individual shots, each
taken at a different exposure and combined into 1 using Photomatix.
Afterwards, they were edited for web publishing with PhotoImpact.
English Camp Map House on Church Hill
Vault (left) and Map House (right) on Church Hill.
The old tin building at English Camp
View through the door of the old tin building.
View of the old tin building from the English Camp school site
View of the north side of Church Hill from the Castillero Trail.
View of the middle of Church Hill from the Castillero Trail.
View of the south side of Church Hill from the Castillero Trail.
View of the west end of the Yellow Kid Trail leading to the Spanish Town site from the Castillero Trail
View down Deep Gulch from the Castillero Trail.
The Mine Hill Rotary Furnace.
The Mine Hill Rotary Furnace.
The Hanging Tree.
The Mine Hill Rotary Furnace and the Hanging Tree.
The Mine Hill Rotary Furnace and the Hanging Tree.
The Mine Hill Rotary Furnace.
View of the Wood Road Trail from the Mine Hill Rotary Furnace.
Spanish Town sign and the Guadalupe Cemetery site on the hill.
View down the Hidalgo Cemetery Trail.
Cactus along the Hidalgo Cemetery Trail.
Almaden Reservoir from the Hidalgo Cemetery Trail.
Almaden Reservoir from the Hidalgo Cemetery Trail.
View towards Mt. Loma Prieta from the Hidalgo Cemetery Trail.
Hidalgo Cemetery, looking south.
View towards the Sierra Azuls from the Hidalgo Cemetery.
View looking north through the Hidalgo Cemetery.
Trees of Heaven at the Spanish Town site.
View of the New Almaden Chimney from the English Camp Trail.
View of the New Almaden Chimney from farther down the English Camp Trail.
View of the New Almaden Chimney from farther up the English Camp Trail.
Mining equipment at the Hacienda Reduction Works site, which will be arranged in a future interpretive exhibit.
Page created by Ron Horii,
2/27/10