Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/09/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You are hooked, eh? Nice shots. Too bad there is no water in Yosemite Falls at this time, or at least none shows up on their web cam. You have to plan your next trip in the spring or fall, or even winter when there is a fresh coat of snow. Good thing you did not take my advice and stay at Curry Village. Aram -------------------------------------------------- From: "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at frozenlight.eu> Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2012 10:41 AM To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>; "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus at thomasclausen.net> Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 31/8/2012: looking for Ansel's tripod holes > We spent the last two days in Yosemite, coming back to Oakland late last > night. It was a fantastic place. No photographs I have seen, not even > those by The Master himself, can be compared to seeing the place "live". > So unsurprisingly, there are three pictures for yesterday, as a small > "amuse-bouche" for the gallery to come once I have finished editing the > many pictures. > > We started the day by driving from our hotel near the Arch Rock entrance > to Glacier Point. Along the way, we stopped at Tunnel View and were awed: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=2060446957&k=P4h3rWh&lb=1&s=O > > Afterwards we drove back to Yosemite Valley and hiked up to the top of > Vernal Fall, where our efforts were thusly rewarded: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=2060447003&k=L3XnHCn&lb=1&s=O > > We finished the day looking at the giant sequoia trees at Mariposa Grove. > These trees are incredible--and difficult to photograph unless one has a > real wide lens. I chose this, uprooted, specimen. The boy is included > purely for scale: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=2060476716&k=fwctnbf&lb=1&s=O > > This was my first-ever visit to Yosemite, but definitely not the last. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman > Blog: > http://www.nathansmusings.eu/ > > > > > >