yosemite

Rock and Don't Roll out of your hammock hanging on the face of El Capitan! This is one from last year as I continue to go through as many of my photos last year that I didn't touch as possible. It's fun watching the stars and Milky Way move around at night, but I would say it's just as fun to...

I spent a few hours at Valley View when I was in Yosemite a few weeks ago watching the light. The color along the shoreline was nice and the extra water in the river broke up the reflections a little more than I'd hoped. I decided the best light was before the shoreline moved into shadow, when...

Here is another couple of images from my recent trip to Yosemite. That bright yellow tree caught my eye from the road and I had to stop and check it out. I played some with its placement in the frame, the colors in the background, and how much of the river to include. Here are two favorites 1)...

I know it looks like I placed the leaf in the lower right corner, but I swear I didn't even know that foreground crept into the frame! Any thoughts are welcome.

After driving through this area several times I decided I needed to stop and take a photo. This is Southside Drive in Yosemite just passed the Pohono Bridge. I felt like it rivals some of the east coast road scenes that I've seen. Any thoughts are welcome.

Vernal Falls has always been one of my favorites in Yosemite. It is also appropriately named as it is at its most impressive in the spring and usually slowing to a trickle by fall. The recent rain storms, though, have brought it back to life and given me my fist chance to shoot it with fall...

I made a quick trip to Yosemite valley this weekend looking for fall color. The maples were on great display and with the recent rains the waterfalls were strong. I tried my hand at shooting sunrise at Tunnel View and was happy to see some clouds pickup up some color in the distance. I have some...

Last June I was taking a detour on my way to Colorado via Yosemite. Tioga Pass was already open, so I took the opportunity to cut across Yosemite to get to the other side. While heading across, I wanted to do a quick run up to Gaylor Lake, to get some high altitude training in for when I got to...

I found this tree up by Olmstead Point in the High Sierra section of Yosemite last week. This is in 590nm IR that was channel swapped, to see more interesting Infrared photography be sure to check out our Infrared section on a daily basis. (IR) Infrared Images | Focal World All comments are...

We seem to be a little slow with new photos today, so my apologies to Doug as Yosemite is my favorite location, but this iPhone shot I took at sunset last night I am going to post here instead of his great Thursday Task community thread. For those who might not know, this is from Tunnel View...

As I was traveling the recently opened Tioga Pass in Yosemite National Park, I decided to do a quick hike up to Gaynor Lake which is located just as you enter the park on the Eastern side. The trailhead is just under 10,000 feet so I thought it would be a fun break in after being at sea level...

In Yosemite recently there was horrible wind storms that had closed the roads to get into Yosemite. I just read tonight it was worse then that. Reports are saying 15 giant sequoia trees have been damaged or fallen or both? Not totally sure yet. Here is an article with more info as there is...

It was pretty calm come sundown at Upper Cathedral Lake in the High Sierra section of Yosemite. This was from almost 2 years ago, like many I am digging through some of the archives. All comments are welcome, Jim

I captured this in the summer of 2018 with Jim Fox. It was my second attempt to line up a lunar rainbow on upper Yosemite Falls with the Milky Way stretching over the scene. There are a limited number of nights during the year where there is water in the falls, enough light to form a moonbow...

Another Springtime photo that I stumbled across today from Yosemite National Park. Images like this can be so difficult to capture as the Dogwood branches that support the large blossoms are very thin and springy. The slightest breeze gets them bouncing like they are on a trampoline. So to get a...

Well the Dog Days of Winter made me look for some Dogwood Photos. Here is one from Yosemite from 2013. It's not in the Valley itself, but is in the National Park on the drive. All comments are welcome, Jim

In light of the news that Sunny broke to us about all of the restrictions that Yosemite is putting into place as to where Horsetail Falls on Fire can be captured at this year, this is from down along the Merced River in an area that is now off limits. I captured this 12 years ago, and I am...

Latest advisory from NPS: 02/10/20 I've updated the Map as well I plan on going again this year, looks like the park service is even more restrictive this year and from what i'm reading and understanding that you can't shoot from the south side....(Jim correct me if i'm wrong)...

East wall of El Cap behind

A subtle sunset from Yosemite up at Tunnel View from a couple of months ago. There was some nice looking clouds to pepper the sky and the color was subtle at sunset but enough to give a nice taste. All comments are welcome, Jim