Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2023/05/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gorgeous Ric > On May 16, 2023, at 8:11 PM, Richard Clompus via LUG <lug at > leica-users.org> wrote: > > Aram, thanks for sharing. I traveled to Yosemite in 2018 and hired a > photography guide to take me to some interesting areas. We hiked to > Cathedral Rock at 4:30am to capture the sunrise. I combined 5 images to > capture the dynamic range of the morning light. I didn?t realize the name > of the location until you posted your image. > > You can view the photo at: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rclompus/Yosemite+Sunrise+Cathedral+Rock.jpg.html > > It was hard to photograph at Yosemite because almost every view there has > been photographed countless number of times by Ansel Adams and visitors to > the park. I was a bit surprised at the number of dead and dying trees due > to an infestation of the pine beetle. Other areas were burned out from > forest fires. Rock climbers frequently scale the cliffs. An experienced > rock climber died the week we visited. Its a busy place in the summer. > It is majestic and worth the effort to get there. > > Be well, > Richard > > Richard Clompus > Roanoke, VA > >> On May 16, 2023, at 1:31 PM, Aram Langhans via LUG <lug at >> leica-users.org> wrote: >> >> Like last fall, I brought my R8 on this trip. Had a few 20 year old >> Fujicolor 400 films in the freeze so thought I'd give them a try. Part >> of this trip was to deliver an M3 to someone in SoCal, so I shot half a >> roll in the M3 on the way down then the last half in the R8 in Yosemite. >> I also had another film camera long, a Kodak Retina Type 118 from 1936. >> I still have the film in that camera so will have to post some later if >> they turn out. Flaky shutter in that camera. >> >> Here are a few shots with the R8 in Yosemite. Reflection of Cathedral >> Rock taken across the Merced river by the base of El Capitan. >> >> Cathedral Rock Reflection-56 (leica-users.org) >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/S23/y/Cathedral+Rock+Reflection-56.jpg.html> >> >> And a few views of Mt. Watkins over Mirror Lake >> >> Mirror Lake-69 (leica-users.org) >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/S23/y/Mirror+Lake-69.jpg.html> >> >> Mirror Lake-70 (leica-users.org) >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/S23/y/Mirror+Lake-70.jpg.html> >> >> >> -- >> Aram Langhans >> (Semi) Retired Science Teacher >> & Unemployed photographer >> ?The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin >> himself would ever have dared dream.? James D. Watson >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information