Civil Defense Caves Revisited
Yesterday Jon and I went back to the civil defense caves to give it another shot.
On the drive in there was a large Gopher Snake (maybe 4.5 feet) on the road. We stopped to admire it (I guess I did most of the admiring because Jon isn't that excited by Reptiles I discovered) and then moved it off of the road. Some other wildlife in the area included Sage Grouse, Sage Thrashers, Rock Wrens, Brewer's and Vesper Sparrows, nesting Cliff Swallows, and a Short-eared Owl. We also saw a couple of cool Carrion Beetles (I guess they're pretty common, but still cool). Here's a link to a picture and info.
I exposed more 8x10 film and the results were worse than yesterday. I shot a lot more color film though, and that worked out pretty well. We also found the exit for the main cave, as well as a partially collapsed lava tube which were both nearby. I got the film back today and was pretty excited by the results. Here are a couple of scans:
Civil Defense Caves (Main Cave)
Civil Defense Caves (Collapsed Lava Tube)
On the drive in there was a large Gopher Snake (maybe 4.5 feet) on the road. We stopped to admire it (I guess I did most of the admiring because Jon isn't that excited by Reptiles I discovered) and then moved it off of the road. Some other wildlife in the area included Sage Grouse, Sage Thrashers, Rock Wrens, Brewer's and Vesper Sparrows, nesting Cliff Swallows, and a Short-eared Owl. We also saw a couple of cool Carrion Beetles (I guess they're pretty common, but still cool). Here's a link to a picture and info.
I exposed more 8x10 film and the results were worse than yesterday. I shot a lot more color film though, and that worked out pretty well. We also found the exit for the main cave, as well as a partially collapsed lava tube which were both nearby. I got the film back today and was pretty excited by the results. Here are a couple of scans:
Civil Defense Caves (Main Cave)
Civil Defense Caves (Collapsed Lava Tube)
6 Comments:
Hey, I don't mind reptiles that much. I just prefer mammals over insects, reptiles and arachnids. Reptiles have their place in the overall picture. I just don't dig them as much as you Darren.
Yeah well, try being his sister. I grew up having a python as my childhood pet. They don't fetch as well as one would hope.
Have you tried anything with artificial light deeper in the caves?
(James, in Oregon)
Yikes! A big scary snake... it must be SATAN!!! Have you tried pinhole... nothing like a 2-hour exposure to get the blood flowing.
I haven't tried artificial light. Someone could do some cool things I suppose. I do better responding to situations rather than creating them.
Perhaps is would be interesting to do a very long pinhole exposure looking from the mouth of the cave inward, as the sunlight moves across the inside of the cave through the entrance.
(James, in Oregon, who really should register...)
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