[Leica] Yosemite Before Adam

[ric at cartersxrd.net (RicCarter)]

a beautiful lot

ric


> On Nov 6, 2016, at 3:39 PM, Aram <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> That?s Adam Bridge, not THE Adam.  I was there the week before Adam got 
> there.  Tioga pass was open and we had a few days of relatively dry 
> weather.  Yosemite falls was actually falling due to the previous week of 
> rain and snow.  But by the end of the week, the storm was back.  Thursday 
> we hiked out to Mirror Lake because we had heard there was actually water 
> in it.  Unusual for Fall. Here is what it looked like:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/f6/y/Yosemite+Mirror+Lake+before-1766.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/f6/y/Yosemite+Mirror+Lake+before-1764.jpg.html
> 
> Then it poured all night and the next day.  We hiked up again in the rain 
> and this is what it looked like from similar spots 22 hours later.  Not 
> exact as I was not thinking of other things in the downpour along the mile 
> hike.  You get the idea.  View them LARGE!
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/f6/y/Yosemite+mirror+lake+after-1970.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/f6/y/Yosemite+mirror+lake+after-1974.jpg.html
> 
> More of Tenaya creek along the hike on day two.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/f6/y/Yosemite+mirror+lake-1966.jpg.html
>   and the next 4 shots.
> 
> A day earlier we were at Pohono bridge and I thought I had the shot of the 
> trip all lined up.  A guy on a bicycle was there as I lined up as shot 
> down the road with an amazing S curve.   He was waiting and I told him to 
> go as I wanted  him in the photo.  He started down and then suddenly 6 
> cars came around the bend and my shot was ruined.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/f6/y/Yosemite+Pohono-1931.jpg.html
> 
> I did manage one by piecing together two shots to eliminate the last car.  
> I really wanted the bike a bit closer, but this is what I got.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/f6/y/Yosemite+Pohono-1932-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> Comments welcome
> 
> Aram
> 
> 
> Aram Langhans
> (Semi) Retired Science Teacher
> & Unemployed photographer
> 
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