Winter landscapes from Yosemite

tsk1979

This Saturday, finally took the plunge, packed some snowchains into the boot(thanks ian!), and headed of in the rented avenger to Yosemite.
The high inclines, and the old priest grade really made her whine(150 horses pulling 3500 pounds...) but in the end it was worth it.
High flow of falls(well not as high as April, but pretty high for 31st jan), and the snow around painted a very pretty picture.
Pics are being processed... And I will keep posting as they keep coming!
On the way, while going

Another one from the same vista point

First view of the mighty rocks

.... More to come later, in this thread! :thumb

tsk1979

Though the flows were nowhere near the "april-may" flows, plentiful sunshine meant the flow was more than normal.
Here is the bridal veil. Took from parking lot. The spray made it impossible to head closer


downstream, this is the stream from bridalveil. The forest is a little overexposed in this shot


One of the shots that I like

tsk1979

Light was very harsh. Exposing for sky meant dark stone, otherwise blown sky, however I did manage a few passable shots

Merced river(I think I have the name right!?)

A wider shot from same location

The meadows are full of snow this time of the year

Mirror lake was frozen except for a small section where it was still, well mirror

Got a friendly reindeer on the way to Yosemite falls

BTW reindeer shots were ISO1600, but still could not get the shutter speed I desired

First went to Falls view, and later to Yosemite falls lower, falls view had a nice view as the harsh light had diminished somewhat

tsk1979

The lower yosemite falls
Next stop was the lower falls

Another one

The view down below

B&W

Darren Troy C

Nice shots. BTW, it's a mule deer.

jeffmeyers

Good series. Wish I was there!

tsk1979

The final post... night landscapes
Thanks for your comments guys.
After the waterfalls, we ate dinner, and then raided the meadows for the night shots
The snow was getting overexposed

Shot the falls

Got the 50mm out

Another one

Then went to sentinal bridge and shot from there

The bridge

the view on the other side


Thats all folks! A day trip to the Yosemite National Park!

schmoo

What a great little road trip! Nice touch with the night shots, too - those are always worth the wait.

Thanks for sharing! I never get tired of seeing shots from Yosemite because everyone brings quite a different tale to the table.

grimace

I really like your night shots. I never thought of trying them when I was there.