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 Mike Matenkosky is a Central Valley California landscape and nature photographer whose favorite locations include the Merced National Wildlife Refuge, Yosemite and [...]
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 Mike Matenkosky is a Central Valley California landscape and nature photographer whose favorite locations include the Merced National [...]
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 [...]
Two Days in Yosemite!
Had a two night stay at the Lower Pines Campground in Yosemite a few weeks ago. I know….I’m late in posting it! Anyway. I had an opportunity to go camping with a friend for two days. Since we both have “been there, done that”, we spent the next two days just chillin’ in the campground [...]
Tuolumne Meadows Panoramic View
Still processing my pictures from Wednesday’s adventure. While I was there I decided to try and take a panoramic photo. I don’t own a Panoramic Head, so my pano has some parallax. So be it, it’s still kind of cool! This is 6 pictures, in portrait format and stitched together by hand using CS2. Full [...]
A Day in Yosemite
Found out that Tioga Pass opened last week, so had to get up there before the snow melted. It was a nice trip. This was my first solo trip to Yosemite since my surgeries a few years ago. I met a couple of photographers; Harvey, Randal and Randal’s wife (sorry I can’t remember your name). [...]
