Thanksgiving at Yosemite
One thing is for sure, sometimes it takes a while to decide if I want to post some of my experiences or photos. This is one of them. Some of you know by now, my wife booked us (me and the kids) room at the historic Mariposa Hotel Inn for Thanksgiving. She woke me up [...]
Ice, Ice Baby!
On my way to Tuolumne Meadows to hopefully capture some nice sunset colors, I had to stop at Tioga Lake. I thought the afternoon light reflecting on the water, coupled with the still frozen lake, made some nice abstract images.
Lembert Dome from Tuolumne Meadows
I set up my stuff so I could capture Lembert Dome, Mount Dana and even Cathedral Peak. There were no clouds above, so I settled for a cloudless sunset of Lembert Dome! Before I packed up for the evening, I tried two long exposures of Lembert Dome… …and Mount Dana. Still more images to go [...]
Cathedral Peak From Tuolmne Meadows
I found my location for the evening. My focus was to be Lembert Dome and Mammoth Peak. I took a few pre-sunset photos…just in case. I noticed some clouds forming to the west, so I was excited. I started to see some nice colors right above Cathedral Peak. I wanted to include some of the [...]
Mammoth Peak from “Tuolumne Lake”
My wife booked a room at Lee Vinning Monday so the kids could play in the snow Monday afternoon and in the evening I hoped to capture “something” at sunset. Where to go? Two years ago I “camped out” at Tuolumne Meadows and got some nice “lake” sunset pictures. Last year I stayed around Tioga [...]
Sunset at Tunnel View
Seeing Friday’s Yosemite webcam, I really wanted to take a drive and hopefully photograph a sunset for myself. My wife had the day off and suggested a trip to Hornitos with the kids. I was okay with that, since we haven’t had a family outing in a while. I didn’t mention Yosemite as an option [...]
Yosemite: Upper Pines and May Lake
We had planned on a family camp-out to Upper Pines in Yosemite, but my oldest daughter was invited to a sleepover/birthday party on the same weekend. Since this was one of her best friends, we decided to let her go to the party. So we headed towards Yosemite, minus one child. At least we could [...]
Last Image of Mammoth Peak
It’s funny because I wasn’t even going to take more photos in the near-dark sky, but I couldn’t help myself taking just one more picture! I really like the white snow glowing in the sky. So I started the drive back to Lee Vining and the rest of my family. I kept looking at the [...]
Twightlight on the Kuna Crest
With sunset now behind the mountains, I focused my attention to the small strip of pastel colors right above the Kuna Crest. I was a little annoyed on the first image because somebody left their lights on. I waited for a few minutes with no luck (he was about 1/2 mile away), so I took [...]
Sunset Over Tioga Lake
Well, here’s a few more pictures from my latest trip to Yosemite. I noticed a few clouds starting to form and was hoping they would be close enough to Mammoth Peak to photograph. That never panned out, so I switched to my wide angle lens (17-40) to capture sunset over Tioga Lake. Hope you like [...]
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