Photochrome Camera Club

Sensor Cleaning

You can see images that our members made on this trip here.

This month’s field trip will be to Muir Woods in Marin.

Car Pool & Directions:
If you have room in your car for other members, please let Gary know, since some don’t have cars and may want to attend this field trip. Leave SF by at least 8:00am to arrive at Muir Woods at 9:00 for good parking. Fee-Adults $5 unless you have a national park pass.

Muir Woods is twelve miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge: Take Highway 101 to the Highway 1/ Stinson Beach Exit. Follow the signs to Muir Woods.

Photography:
Bring your tripod as the Redwood Forest tree canopy is thick blocking out much light. We will walk the main trail up one side of Redwood Creek and back down the other side. Walking distance will very depending on where you cross the creek. Round trip is 0.5 to 2.0 miles.

At bridge #2, the loop will take about 30 minutes. At bridge #3 the loop takes about one hour, and if you keep going to the end of the main trail then cross the creek, your time may take about 1 hour 30 minutes.

Our early arrival will enable us to capture scenes with morning mist. Ancient plants such as ferns, horsetails and moss are good compositions. Redwood Creek with streamside vegetation, rocks and moss also creates pleasant forest scenes. Look especially at the ground where you may find small, beautiful things to photograph. You might also see small forest animals such as chipmunks ready to pose for you. Don’t forget the mushrooms hiding away.

Facilities:

• Restrooms and a coffee shop are located within the park at the visitor center.

The Themes this month are Through the Window and Abstract Image.

For a Round up of this meeting and to view a few images projected from it please see the following.

April 2009