Latest visit to Yosemite.

aero-nut

Visited Yosemite a couple of weeks ago... Man..what a difference from our spring trip. Waterfalls are nearly dry. Regardless, Yosemite always has some great scenery to offer.

Here are a few shots from that series...


View of highway tunnel at the tunnel view parking lot.



80 sec exposure of Yosemite valley after sunset. Most light seen is moonlight... notice the flashlight of a climber settling in for the night on the face of El Capitan. We saw three that would flicker our way every once in a while.


Another view of the climber's flashlight.



The climbers during the day...




Ducks enjoying a meal.



View from Mirror Lake.



Another view from Mirror Lake.



Waterfall at Happy Isles.



View of North Dome from Happy Isles.



Bridalveil Falls in the wind...



Ok, sorry to flood you with pics...just haven't posted in a while.

marlof

As you said: Yosemite always has something nice going, and you showed us. Thanks for sharing these.

Hikin' Mike

Great nightime shots! I love the ones showing the headlamps!

I'll be passing through there next week on my way to Rock Creek Campground...

ian408

THanks Nut!

Ian

aero-nut

Thanks for giving them a look. I wasn't sure how the night shots were going to turn out...never tried a nighttime landscape before where you can actually see the foreground.

Nikolai

Very nice, Kendall!
Thank you for sharing! I'm all envy, but 5 hours drive one way kills the desire...

Hikin' Mike

Nikolai wrote:

Thank you for sharing! I'm all envy, but 5 hours drive one way kills the desire...

My wife and I took advantage of being 80 miles away and drove up there a few months ago one night just so I could do some full moon night shots. They turned out okay for my first attempt.

DRT-Maverick

Someday I may be one of those little lights on the cliff face! I hope

snookman23

Aero, I like the first shot, I think its interesting. It looks like the tunnel light has blown highlights, maybe from PS.
Also, I don't know how to expose the shot and not do this, but I think having crisp, clear stars would really make a great shot.

Nikolai wrote:

Thank you for sharing! I'm all envy, but 5 hours drive one way kills the desire...

Nikolai, I'd be there every day if I could, but its 2800 miles away for me.

4labs

Hey Nut,

Thnxs for bringing back memories of our great trip!

Eric

aero-nut

Hey...thanks for all the comments! yeah, the highlights were a challenge, since the tunnel lights are very intense, as well as the car headlights...yet I wanted to capture the stars, which required a long exposure.... I'll have to try that one again sometime.


Nik, I know what you mean about the drive...but it's worth it at least once or twice a year if you're within driving distance. I bought a season pass this year ($40 vs. the $20 that you would pay for a week pass)...and it has paid for itself twice over. We'll see how much longer my car keeps running though.

4labs, it was great hangin out with you up there. I was very impressed with your Nikon gear. You going to Zion?

aero-nut

Hmm...just realized I accidentily processed all those pics in Adobe colorspace instead of sRGB. Anybody notice any bad artifacts? I can see a few around the stars and high-contrast edges. I know smugmug recommends everything in sRGB for the web.

gus

4labs wrote:

Hey Nut,

Thnxs for bringing back memories of our great trip!

Eric

I was thinking the same...tks nut

Yosem

Nice images I just came back but 4 and a half days can seem so short, Its majical even in the late summer there are always things to shoot and do.