[Leica] Day 2 in Yosemite

[Aram Langhans]

Thanks again.  Clouds are always ify this time of year. Sometimes you 
luck out.  As I said, you will probably not find many dogwood left.  
Most of the trees had no blooms at all and those that did bloom were 
very large but way past prime.

Didn't see much wildlife this time.  No deer.  No bear.  Some ground 
critters and crows/raven were about it.  Most exciting thing we ever saw 
as a bobcat that crossed the back trail to the lower falls maybe 30 feet 
in front of us.  I didn't get a shot as my camera was set on a 2s time 
delay for long exposures of the falls, and it was gone by the time I 
raised the camera and the shutter went off.  I think my wife got one 
that you could at least identify as a large cat.

Have fun and I hope to see some great photos from you.  Maybe even a 
bench or two.

Aram

On 5/6/2026 4:46 PM, Robert Adler wrote:
> Aram,
> All terrific. BW are my favorites, especially the long view of the Merced
> at Happy Isles. You're so fortunate to have had the clouds; you must have
> the cloud fairy on your photo!
> And the dogwood blooms are out!! We're going up next weekend. I'm not sure
> there will be clouds because it's going to be quite a bit warmer. Yosemite
> is always a photographer's paradise, so I have no complaints. Your images
> are very special though.
> Any wildlife other than deer?
>
> On Tue, May 5, 2026 at 10:45 PM Aram Langhans via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> wrote:
>
>> The second day still had some interesting clouds.  Spend the morning at
>> Happy Isles and the Merced River. Photos start here and go 3 more to the
>> right.
>>
>> Happy Isles-1594.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr
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>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215@N06/55251790456/in/album-72177720333481183
>> Headed to the Village for a tour of the Ahwahnee and then one of my
>> favorite views of Half Dome over the Merced in our "Secret Place"
>>
>> Ahwahnee Tour-1006529.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr
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>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215@N06/55251790966/in/album-72177720333481183/
>> Half Dome Secret Spot-1006537.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr
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>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215@N06/55252030824/in/album-72177720333481183/
>> Moving further west, a nice viewpoint of Cathedral Rock.
>>
>> Cathedral Rock-1006539.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr
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>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215@N06/55252030854/in/album-72177720333481183/
>> Cathedral Rock-1006539-2.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr
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>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215@N06/55252193565/in/album-72177720333481183
>> And finally, from a place that I now know is unofficially called Tahiti
>> Beach, a view of El Capitan from the road pullout and the Three Brothers
>> made an appearance.  On day 1 they were almost totally in the clouds,
>>
>> El Capitan-1006548.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr
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>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215@N06/55252030944/in/album-72177720333481183/
>> Three Brothers in Clouds-1006545.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr
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>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215@N06/55251975788/in/album-72177720333481183
>> Comments and feed back welcome.
>>
>> Aram
>>
>>
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>> & Unemployed photographer
>>
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Aram Langhans
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& Unemployed photographer
  
“The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself would ever have dared dream.”   James D. Watson