Mammoth Peak Near Sunset
I kept looking towards Mono Lake and started seeing some pretty colors in the sky, but by that time (8:15), it was too late to drive to a new location. The peaks started to change colors a bit and I noticed a few clouds were starting to flow towards my location! I just hoped the [...]
Frozen Tioga Lake
While I was photographing Mammoth Peak from Tioga Lake last Monday, I decided to try some abstract/close-up photos. The first one really stuck me because of the light reflecting (slightly) on the melting snow. Since I was staring at Mammoth Peak, I just had to take some pictures of the floating ice. You can see [...]
Mammoth Peak from Tioga Lake
Since my family didn’t want to stay in the park while I took photos at sunset (and beyond), I dropped them off at the motel in Lee Vining, ate dinner, and drove back to the park. I decided to stay just shy of Tioga Pass, right here at Tioga Lake. I thought about walking (climbing) [...]
Snow in June!
Since Tioga Pass opened last weekend, it’s time for my annual “Go to the Snow and Take Some Pictures Before the Snow Melts”, trip. I also wanted to take the kids up to the high country too, so my wife booked a room in Lee Vining for Monday night. We made a leisurely drive through [...]
The CPF/POTN Meet-Up at Yosemite
A few days ago I mentioned that I went up to Yosemite for the day. You can read about it and view the photo here: Cathedral Rocks, Yosemite. After meeting everybody, we headed over to Mirror Lake. I was going to hike the one mile with everybody else, but decided against it because it would [...]
Cathedral Rocks, Yosemite
Went up to Yosemite on Friday to meet some of the members at POTN (Photography on the Net) and CPF (California Photo Forum). We met at the Bridalveil Falls parking lot at 8 AM. I figured I’d get up early and see if I could capture something before we all met. I decided on Cathedral [...]
Yosemite Falls
Since photographing Tunnel View was a bust at sun rise, as I suspected, I drove down to the valley to try and find the place on Southside drive to see and photograph Horsetail Falls at sunset. Since I passed it up I stopped by Swinging Bridge to photograph Yosemite Falls in the morning light. As [...]
The Raven and the Deer
While I was trying to take a nap I couldn’t resist taken a picture of this Raven and then later on this Mule Deer at the El Capitan picnic area… Raven Mule Deer
Cloud on Horsetail Falls
As I was waiting until sunset to capture the Horsetail Falls, I spotted this single cloud right on top of the falls. I thought I’d convert the color image into black and white… Cloud on Horsetail Falls
Horsetail Falls at Sunset
Well, I had an opportunity to get out to Yosemite to try and capture the famous, natural firefall, ‘Horestail Falls’ at sunset. Where to go though. Through a few e-mails from Dave Miller from Bay Area Outdoors and Beyond blog, I decided on Southside Drive instead of the more famous Nothside Drive location. Figuring I’d [...]
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