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Yosemite For a Day

dadwtwinsdadwtwins Registered Users Posts: 804 Major grins
edited June 8, 2008 in Journeys
A few of my photo buds from work was tired of hearing me complain i never have enough time to go out and shoot so the kidnapped me and drove me to Yosemite for the day. Even though we were only their for a day, it reminded me why this place has been coveted by so many.

Yosemite was our country's first public preserve sanctioned be President Abraham Lincoln. This is also the place where two of my heroes, Ansel Adams and John Muir, spent much of their lives trying to preserve one of nature's most stunning display of beauty.

Every time I am here , I am intimidated in trying to capture such awe inspiring scenes. So many have done this place justice that I have a hard time trying to capture the feeling of how this place moves me.

Lucky for me, the motley crew from work as seen below didn't allow me to chicken out.

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Here are a few of my shots.

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Well there it is, my one day of escaping the day to day grind to spend it with great friends in one of nature's most beautiful works of art.:D
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    CuongCuong Registered Users Posts: 1,508 Major grins
    edited June 7, 2008
    All great shots, including the 1st one.

    Cuong
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    ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,910 moderator
    edited June 7, 2008
    I dig the IR.

    And I dig seeing your shots. Very nicely done!
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    Tee WhyTee Why Registered Users Posts: 2,390 Major grins
    edited June 7, 2008
    Really like the second and the third shot.
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    dadwtwinsdadwtwins Registered Users Posts: 804 Major grins
    edited June 7, 2008
    Thanks for the nice comments clap.gif
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    aktseaktse Registered Users Posts: 1,928 Major grins
    edited June 7, 2008
    I wished that my co-workers photo buds would kidnap me and take me to Yosemite!

    I love all of them iloveyou.gif, but these two are my favorites:
    dadwtwins wrote:
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    I think I like them even more because I can tell that they're great photos from Yosemite, but at the same time, very different than the usual ones. Well done!
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    colfraglesscolfragless Registered Users Posts: 128 Major grins
    edited June 7, 2008
    Man the 2nd one is truly awesome!!!! great shots..... ~sparky~
    A Day where One can Spend all day doing something they Love is a wonderful day in deed... ~sparky~

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    schmooschmoo Registered Users Posts: 8,468 Major grins
    edited June 7, 2008
    Dan I'm so glad they did that for you thumb.gif Great collection here, and you kept Yosemite looking grand. I love your b/w and IR work. Fantastic.
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    Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited June 8, 2008
    Man these are fantastic loved them every bit clap.gif
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    dadwtwinsdadwtwins Registered Users Posts: 804 Major grins
    edited June 8, 2008
    I love it when i post my pics at DGrin, everyone has such great comments. Thank you allclap.gif
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    Fred WFred W Registered Users Posts: 453 Major grins
    edited June 8, 2008
    WOW. These are great images. Bravo clap.gifclap.gifclap.gif
    Fred
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