[Leica] Just back from Yosemite

[Adam Bridge]

The flooding hasn’t been as bad as forecast so the park will be fully reopen Sunday for day use and then fully open on 1 May.

Fortunately we’re cooling down a bit so the high country will have a chance to lose its snow cover more slowly.

Thanks for sharing your photos - the rainbows are so vivid!

Adam Bridge

> On Apr 30, 2023, at 2:10 PM, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> I am sorry they closed the park.   The falls are just getting to be
> spectacular.   I do prefer the closer shots.
> 
> On Sun, Apr 30, 2023, 3:27 PM Aram Langhans via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> wrote:
> 
>> 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
>> 
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>> would ever have dared dream.”
>>    James D. Watson
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