Tag:Mountains
Laban Rata is pretty much at the altitude where the vegetation peters out and the base granite starts. The trek there is through the jungle/rainforest so it can be pretty warm and humid. Most of the climb that I recall was this seemingly endless zigzag of stairs cut into the side of the hill and shored up with wood or stone, without which the entire climb would be a muddy scramble.
This is a view of Mount Kinabalu taken from the Park HQ in the evening. The sun has already set on the Park HQ but still illuminates the mountain top.
This photo was taken close by the location of yesterday’s flowstone photo. One feature in this photo that I remain curious about is the small curtain-like calcite growth from the floor that separates the pools of water. My inner geologist and caver don’t have answers for that one so any ideas would be appreciated.
If I were shooting this today, I’d try to get a person or something else in the shot to provide some scale. I’d also seek to use off-camera flash from the side the provide more interesting shadows that better emphasize the wonderful textures of this flowstone.
As you walk around a bend in the trail on your way of of Deer Cave, you’re presented with this profile of Abraham Lincoln.
The shot below is perhaps the classic Deer Cave shot. Mine is actually a seven-shot HDR – seven slides scanned and merged in Photomatix Pro.
