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I just returned from Nepal! Before you ask, the answer is no – I didn’t see Mount Everest on this trip. Instead, I was visiting a different region of the Himalayas to do the Annapurna Circuit Trek. This trek maxes out at 17,770 feet, slightly higher than Everest Base Camp and sometimes considered the world’s highest trekking pass (but still nowhere near the summit of Annapurna I, which reaches 26,545 feet). I want to emphasize that I did NOT try to summit Annapurna, which would most definitely be the last thing I ever attempted on this earth, as it is considered the deadliest mountain on Earth to climb.
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Today, I would like to take you on a journey into the dark green twilight of the tropical Andes…where a raging mountain torrent weaves its way between the rocks. Where foamy water thunders down into the depths of a rock gorge. Where the branches of the trees are covered with decorative carpets of orchids, ferns, bromeliads, mosses and lichens. For, it is in this mysterious world that you can encounter one of the most iconic birds in all of Latin America – the Andean Cock-of-the-rock.
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Any faithful readers of my blog at its full throttle would certainly notice the posting here over the last year or so has hovered somewhere between sparse and non-existent. However there is a reason! It is that sparseness that has prompted this blog. If you enjoyed the writing and messaging that was a staple of this blog for many years, please check out this NEW site, Better Pictures With Joe.
In our Community, I am writing once again, very steadily, even on a daily basis, addressing photographers’ questions and concerns, interacting (which is terrific) and writing to a serious, committed audience of passionate shooters. We are having fun, with lots of community and support for each other. People chip in questions and pictures, advice is sought and given. People pitch in and help out as a potentially difficult assignment looms for a member. There is a large bank of pre-recorded videos, and more are added all the time. Assignments are given, prizes won, and group critiques are enthusiastic and informative. In short, it’s a community, devoted to photography, and nothing else.
An an update! Upcoming in the fall, a return to the land of fire and ice! Closing fast, with only 2 spots left. Check in over at the Fancy Girl, Street Boy site. Liza Politi, aka The Fancy Girl, is an Iceland veteran with over a dozen visits. The two of us have done workshops literally all over the world for the better part of twenty years. The Street Boy is my dear amigo, an incredibly talented Chilean photog, Ari Espay.
Here we go again, to one of the most beautiful places on earth!
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At 3,798 meters, the Grossglockner is the highest mountain in the Austrian Alps. In fact, it could be considered one of Europe’s last wildernesses, as there are no cable cars and the summit is only accessible to trained climbers. The steep slopes belong only to the birds and the few species of mammals that call it home. It is a world of snow, ice and jagged peaks. But even this seemingly unspoiled place is undergoing a dramatic transformation due to global warming, perhaps faster than anywhere else.
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Spring has finally arrived in the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, where I’m writing these lines. You can feel it in the air—and at last, you can hear it too—that wonderful season of love. A few days ago, while out for a run along the river, this reality really hit me. Not because I saw more couples in love than usual on the trail, but sadly, because of the first dead frog of the year. Every year, thousands of them are killed under car wheels on their way to the water, where they breed. Give their love a chance, and please drive carefully.
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