Sunrise Over Mount Gibbs in Black and White
The sunrise colors that morning wasn’t “epic”, but I like the clouds forming that morning over Mount Gibbs. Since it lacked any colors, I converted this to a black and white instead. I think it really works, what are your thoughts? Mike Matenkosky is a Central Valley California landscape and nature photographer whose favorite locations [...]
Crescent Moon Over the Mountains
With Tioga Pass opening last week, I finally got the opportunity to make it up before the snow melted and the mosquitoes moved in. I went to bed at 9pm so I could get a few hours of sleep before I drove the 3 hour trip to the Tuolumne Meadows area to photograph “something” at [...]
Bridalveil Falls in Black and White
Lacking a lot of colors, converting this image of Bridalveil Falls to black in white seemed obvious to me. Mike Matenkosky is a Central Valley California landscape and nature photographer whose favorite locations include the Merced National Wildlife Refuge, Yosemite and the eastern Sierra. He is currently living in Atwater, CA.The text and photographs are [...]
Whispery Fog
When you’re visiting a popular location like Yosemite, sometimes it’s not about the icons. While the fog was obscuring the icons like Half Dome and El Capitan, I focused on other things. Right under El Capitan, there was some low hanging fog in the trees and composed a few frames. I thought about converting this [...]
A Dream
It was getting dark and the fog was obscuring every icon at Tunnel View, but I still wanted to continue shooting. I noticed a clearing above Bridalveil Falls and composed a few variations of the hole in the fog. I like the abstract-look about it. What do you think? Mike Matenkosky is a Central Valley [...]
Bridalveil Falls in Color and Black & White
As I mentioned on my previous blog entry, Bridalveil Falls in the Fog, it was a pretty foggy afternoon in Yosemite Valley. Since I had time, I just kept waiting for brief clearings in the fog. This image was taken about a half-hour after the first image I posted yesterday. Since I like the tones [...]
Bridalveil Falls in the Fog
I have wanted to drive up to Yosemite after a big storm all season. Between the one-car-family, kids and other commitments, getting everything inline is a tough thing to do. I was watching the weather last week and it looked like another storm was brewing and it looked like it would clear Friday/Saturday. On Friday, [...]
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. Mike Matenkosky is a Central Valley California landscape and nature photographer whose favorite locations include [...]
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 [...]
