St. Joseph's Hill, Los Gatos

St. Joseph's Hill allows dogs on trails, so we usually end up there for our Sunday evening hike. It's also a good 500 foot or so climb in a couple miles. I had a new lens to try out too, a 25mm f/2.8 Biogon T* ZM.
Sometimes smog and haze are a good thing. Today's light reminded me of old Japanese woodcuts of receding mountain ranges silhouetted in the sky: 
http://tinyurl.com/994wnr
(25mm f/2.8 Biogon T* ZM)
There's a solo tree near the summit that always makes me feel I need to do something with it: 
http://tinyurl.com/7f2n2n
(25mm f/2.8 Biogon T* ZM)
I was a little concerned about the 25mm's flare resistance, so I shot this into the sun to check it. Yes, the sun is burned out, but flare is minimal: 
http://tinyurl.com/88coos
(25mm f/2.8 Biogon T* ZM)

St. Joseph's is also a popular climb for bicyclists:
http://tinyurl.com/7qxpnn
(50mm f/1.4 Summilux-M non-ASPH)

And there was a small memorial to a cyclist who wasn't careful enough:
http://tinyurl.com/7b4a7y
(25mm f/2.8 Biogon T* ZM)

It was a nice day in the mountains
http://tinyurl.com/755qr2
(50mm f/1.4 Summilux-M non-ASPH)

All with Leica M8.

All comments welcome.

--
Mark Bohrer
Mountain and Desert Photography
www.mountain-and-desert.com
Active winter travel at its best


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