Our
bellies full of food from Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite, we headed back down
the road, following the Merced River. Near a bridge, we spotted a
large waterfall and got out to check out the stream, radiant in its beauty.
This photo, not actually of the waterfall but the stream
below it, was taken by laying on my stomach, balancing using a Joby
GorillaPod to balance my Nikon D90 camera on a rock to get a longer
exposure, this one probably being somewhere around 2 seconds.
Lisa
using my old Nikon D50 to photograph this tree's massive roots hugging the
rock. She later lost one of her flip-flops to the churning stream, but
we miraculously managed to recover it a little later downstream.
After
Lisa prepared another one of her delicious vegan dinners (all the meals she
prepared on this camping trip were vegan), I drove up to Tunnel View to take
more photos. My main purpose was to try and take some dark night
photos of Yosemite Valley.
Although this was great fun, they didn't come out very
well due to the glare of headlights from the road nearby. I picked up
my camera, which was now perched on my Dad's old-school Sears tripod from
the '70s, and turned it around 180 degrees to aim it at the long tunnel
behind me.
This
ended up being far more fun. A photographer from Bakersfield, Herb,
joined me, and we left the shutters open on our cameras for twenty seconds or more to
capture the tunnel and some of the taillights of the traffic rolling through
it.
Although out late photographing
tunnels, I still managed to wake up early. We wanted to get on the
road early because we were going to visit Tuolumne Meadows, which was
something like two hours away from El Portal. The light began to shine
through our tent cabin, and I liked the way it backlit Lisa's pinecone
collection (and 100% whole wheat bread).
And
this is why we woke up early. A
morning view of Tenaya Lake. The next time we
come to Yosemite, I would like to stay near Tuolumne Meadows and try and
wake up really early to get the beautiful morning light coming over some of
the lakes, such as Tenaya Lake or Young Lakes.
But although the morning sun was already too bright, these
photos still manage to capture some of the beauty of Tuolumne Meadows.
Tenaya
Lake, near Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite.
And
one more view of Tenaya Lake, Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite, with its
crystal-clear water.
The
granite bluffs, with trees still managing to eke out an
existence. Yosemite National Park, Tuolumne Meadows.
Puddles
from the just-melted snow near Tenaya Lake in Yosemite.
Ancient
glaciers smoothed this enormous granite face.
One
lone tree, one large cliff.
One
of the domes near Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, near where we'd
meet our next furry friend (see next page).
Our
bellies full of food from Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite, we headed back down
the road, following the Merced River. Near a bridge, we spotted a
large waterfall and got out to check out the stream, radiant in its beauty.
Lisa
using my old Nikon D50 to photograph this tree's massive roots hugging the
rock. She later lost one of her flip-flops to the churning stream, but
we miraculously managed to recover it a little later downstream.
After
Lisa prepared another one of her delicious vegan dinners (all the meals she
prepared on this camping trip were vegan), I drove up to Tunnel View to take
more photos. My main purpose was to try and take some dark night
photos of Yosemite Valley.
This
ended up being far more fun. A photographer from Bakersfield, Herb,
joined me, and we left the shutters open on our cameras for twenty seconds or more to
capture the tunnel and some of the taillights of the traffic rolling through
it.
Thursday,
1 July 2010:
And
this is why we woke up early. A
morning view of Tenaya Lake. The next time we
come to Yosemite, I would like to stay near Tuolumne Meadows and try and
wake up really early to get the beautiful morning light coming over some of
the lakes, such as Tenaya Lake or Young Lakes.
Tenaya
Lake, near Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite.
And
one more view of Tenaya Lake, Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite, with its
crystal-clear water.
The
granite bluffs, with trees still managing to eke out an
existence. Yosemite National Park, Tuolumne Meadows.
Puddles
from the just-melted snow near Tenaya Lake in Yosemite.
Ancient
glaciers smoothed this enormous granite face.
One
lone tree, one large cliff.
One
of the domes near Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, near where we'd
meet our next furry friend (see next page).
