Sunburst...

Bridal Veil Rainbow...

Another Half Dome Moonrise...

Fearless Deer...

Yosemite deer are the most relaxed I've ever come across - they were just lying there next to the walkways without a care in the word... Made for easy shooting...

Good timing in Yosemite...

Fortuitous timing allowed a chance to catch the moon rising over Half Dome, I had to setup quickly as the moon was climbing rapidly, but it all worked out...

Shot with the Canon 5D Mark II + the Canon 100-400mm L from "Tunnel View".

Autumn Day in Yosemite...

Finally! Yosemite Valley, and I didn't miss all the color (though it's almost gone). I even got lucky and had clouds...

Tree Hug...

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Some Yosemite Color...

My son and I went to Yosemite the other day... found some nice color around Siesta Lake and some aspens near Crane Flat...


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A three shot pano of Siesta Lake, stitched with Hugin.







Two bracketed frames with the DA* 16-50mm @ 16mm, f/5, blended with Enfuse (HDR).

Some flowers (novel yeah?)...

Shot these a month or so ago, but I've been shooting too much and processing too little lately (and I even worked a few days - rare enough lately)...

I believe this first flower type to be "Bird's Eye Gilia"...

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And here it is in a mix with California Poppies...

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the interior of a California Poppy...

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The Mist Trail...

I went on an 8 mile hike a few weeks ago on Yosemite's "Mist Trail", the purpose of which was photography... Turned out the purpose of the photography was to give my legs a break from the hike (really more of a stair climb than hike)...

Nevada Fall in as seen from the top...594 feet...

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Here's a shot from downstream of Nevada falls...

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Here's one from a rest break on the way back down the stairs...

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This is actually two frames combined (HDR) to show both the cloud detail and the rest.



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Snow Day...

Back on the Dec. 23rd I took a drive on a beautiful day during a break in a cold storm... Shot quite a series that day, here's some samples...

All shot with the K20D and either the Pentax DA* 16-50mm or the Tamron 70-200/2.8, RAW, and processed to various extents in Lightroom.

This link should show all my uploads from that day...

Yosemite Sunset from Glacier Point

Two days ago I wanted to shoot the largest full moon of the year rising over the Yosemite high country. The weather looked iffy but I had nothing better to do, so I headed up to Glacier Point high on the west rim of Yosemite valley and set up next to several like minded shooters... The moon never showed but some nice light from sunset peeked through before we were forced to leave by a ranger as they were closing the road for the season and had to be sure none of us were locked in (the ranger was a really nice guy - gave us about 30 extra minutes while we all waited, hoping the moon would peek through the clouds)...

All shot with the K20D, RAW, with the Tamron 70-200 f/2.8 and processed to various extents in Lightroom.

one more from the last yosemite trip...

el cap...

More from Yosemite...

Had a fun day in Yosemite with the family yesterday... The colors are great this time of year. Here's a couple shots from El Cap. Meadow.

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Yosemite Hydrologic Feature says, "No on 8"...

The Bridal Veil is rainbow, it must be supporting gay marriage...

Bridal Veil Falls (in Yosemite) yesterday... I've never before seen an entire waterfall become a rainbow. Too Cool!

Shot from "the overlook" with the bigma, RAW, curves/levels adjusted in lightroom, no saturation added...

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