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The valley has been getting hammered with more snow than they have had in a long time. I've planned and cancelled two trips over the last 10-12 days. But I'm not giving up. It looks like things may work for a drive up on this coming Wednesday and a stay through Friday. Based on what has...

I just signed up for a photo workshop in the CA Redwoods that starts on Monday May 20 in Crescent City. I plan to drive from SoCal leaving early on Sat the 18th. I will drive direct to Jamestown to visit the railroad museum, expecting to arrive near noon. I've not been there before so I don't...

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As winter approaches, I have been reviewing my snow pics from Yosemite. This is from a trip in Feb 2016. The chapel is the oldest structure in the valley. For whatever reason, I never get tired of trying to shoot the chapel on every trip. I'm hoping to make a possible banzai run this winter as a...

I couldn't figure out the most appropriate forum for this question but I thought this category had the most folks who would care. If it belongs elsewhere, please move. Thanks. I've got a few. Some free, some paid. Some too simple some too complex. I fully understand how fickle the weather can...

I was searching for a photo the other day when I found a folder of some of my very first attempts to learn photography. It is from 2011. I had bought a couple of books, took my Canon point and shoot (with adjustable shutter and aperture) down to the beach and started practicing. I've made many...

My fancy $30 app told me there was an 85% chance of color in the sky at Mono Lake for sunset. Turns out rain clouds blocked the color that would have been there. But then, I saw this. Wasn't sure if it was the second coming or just Kirk and Spock beaming down. Turns out it was neither...I think?

This was from my just completed trip to the Eastern Sierra. This was literally the last shoot of the day as I stumbled upon this creek view.

I'm getting fired up, so here's a blast from the past...

I shot this in 2014 at the Orange Empire Railroad Museum. I always liked the color version but kept thinking it would make a better B&W. I processed it a few times in B&W but never quite got the look I wanted. The other day I tried again and came up with this. I actually started with a color...

OK, this is a legit question. The shot is looking east from the "dome" behind the High Sierra Camp at May Lake in Yosemite. I think the peak on the left has a name but maybe not? I really don't know.

At the risk of posting too late at night and regretting this in the AM, I will offer up this sunset from my recent Yosemite trip.

I've done very little of it. For big powerful waterfalls as seen in Yosemite I prefer faster shutter speeds which will capture the power of the larger falls. I haven't really had much opportunity to capture many of the slower moving falls, creeks or rivers. My just completed trip to Tuolumne...

While I sit and vacillate on whether to stay home or go to Tuolumne Meadows Sunday morning, I thought I would post this photo. It was taken only last year, in October when I was shooting fall colors in the Easter Sierra. I usually drive up to Olmsted Point for one sunset on this annual trip...

I recently firmed up my fall colors trip for this year by booking a room in June Lake. So I thought I would post something from a previous fall colors trip. This photo was taken on the back side of the June Lake Loop, just past Silver Lake. I'm hoping the colors are good to me this year. The...

I'm not sure if this is the right place or not but I'd like some thoughts. First let me express that I personally do not like replacing a sky that wasn't there when I captured my image. That's me. For those that do, that's OK, to each his own, but I don't want this to go off on a debate of the...

OK, I was inspired to post this, by Jim's Half Dome reflection. This shot was taken last year. I worked it quite a bit and was never happy with the results even though I like the concept. I tried color as well as B&W. I really hate when the sky above any of the icons is cloudless. It's hard to...

Here's the still, shot with the video in the other thread.

I have mixed feelings on this one. I very much like the composition. But in order to slow the water the little leaves on the small plant are blurred. The B&W looks better than the color because the blur seems to blend better. Ideally I would prefer no blur on the leaves, but the river was...

I'm not really into video but I like to have some fun with my phone sometimes. On my most recent trip, I shot this. Like all inexperienced videographers I shot it vertical instead of horizontal. Guess that means I'll have to go back and do it right. :) NOTE: If you click on the image the video...