[Leica] Just back from Yosemite

[Aram Langhans]

Got out of Yosemite on Friday as they were closing it down due to the 
anticipation of flooding.  While there was lots of water in the rivers, 
we have been there when it has been higher. They are getting more 
cautious as the year go by.

Here are a few shots of Bridalveil Falls.  The first set from Tunnel 
View, the entrance to the valley floor on highway 41. If you get to the 
overlook at about 4PM the sun is at the right angle to give you a 
rainbow at the falls in the distance. If there is enough water and some 
wind to make a lot of mist it can be quite a show.  It starts low and 
you can see the reds in the mist.  As the angle of the sun gets lower 
the reds climb up the falls followed by the rest of the colors of the 
rainbow. ROYGBIV if you remember your junior high science.  This day 
there was a fair amount of water but the winds were light, but if you 
waited a gust could spread some mist before the water hits the bottom.

Tunnel View-4222.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr 
<https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215@N06/52859419426/in/album-72177720307906491/>

A few minutes later the colors are a little higher in this cropped shot 
so you can see most of the spectrum now.

Tunnel View-4235-Edit.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr 
<https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215@N06/52859806730/in/album-72177720307906491/>

Here are a few from the base of the falls, or at least as close as you 
can get now due to construction in the parking area.  The light was 
pretty harsh and I was looking more directly at the sun.  Thought B&W 
was a better choice for these.

Bridalveil Falls-4377.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr 
<https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215@N06/52859806320/in/album-72177720307906491/>

Tighter zoom showing more of the base.

Bridalveil Falls-4375.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr 
<https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215@N06/52859419306/in/album-72177720307906491/>

I will work on more over the next few days.

Comments welcome.

Aram


-- 
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