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Downtown Sacramento


























Was up in the state capital over the weekend. Went for a couple walks with the camera just looking for colors, patterns and compositions. Good exercise for the eye. 

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--S.H.

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The less glamorous side of Los Angeles

























Went for a walk in the neighborhoods around the L.A. River in downtown L.A. a while back with the camera. Found myself trying to use the colors and bountiful street trash to frame some interesting pics -- finally getting around to processing a couple months later and almost sort of like these. 

Man, the amount of trash on some area streets is staggering. 

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--S.H.

The above photos are ©Steve Hymon and may not be reproduced or used elsewhere without my advanced written permission.

Mt. Baldy summit hike via Devil's Backbone Trail










Some heights bother me. Some don't at all -- hell, I've jumped from a plane twice. The ones that do: trails that drop off into the abyss. 

Which is the reason I've shamefully neglected to hike to the top of Mt. Baldy in the past. I heard the trail had some steep drops, thusly I avoided. 

Dumb. I finally grew a pair and walked up the other day. There was, indeed, one quarter-mile stretch I really did not like. At all. But I did it without crawling and only nominally hugging the cliff next to the trail. 

As for the hike, it's well chronicled elsewhere on the internet. I did the ski lift version and started at the Mt. Baldy notch. The first and last stretch are, as advertised, steep. I huffed and puffed. The summit was chilly. The views: smoggy. I could have picked a better day, but there are always other days. 

No epic pics. Just a few snaps above to remember a fun afternoon. I came down the ski lift as it was getting dark out (the lift runs later on Saturdays during summer and early fall) and that was pretty cool. It was a good day.

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--S.H.

The above photos are ©Steve Hymon and may not be reproduced or used elsewhere without my advanced written permission.