Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/04/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bob all of the obvious applies to these and I'm very very admiring regarding the water flow in the falls. I think my favourite from this set is the moonlight on El Capitan. Pretty sure I need to return at some point with you and try to drag Doug along too. It would be the cafe Zurich Leica stack of landscaping. cheers Geoff On 28/04/2013, at 14:21, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote: > The last day of photography for this trip to Yosemite was Thursday after > noon. By the end of the night, we were pooped, so decided to head home > Friday. The weather Friday was going to be another bright, sunny 16 day > and, combining a work conference with shooting on either end of each day > had burned us out (yes, I know, poor Bob...). :-) > > There were some clouds as we drove through Tunnel View, so I couldn't > resist taking that much over-photographed scene of the valley: > > http://rgaphoto.com/2013-04-Yosemite/content/TunnelViewPanoMASTER_large.html > > Then we drove around the Valley. Cook's meadow was as beautiful a green as > I had ever seen it, and the water was flowing mightily from Upper Yosemite > Falls. Guess the heat was melting what little snow was there pretty quickly > (I heard Tioga Pass was going to be open in 3 weeks and Glacier Pt. next > week): > > http://rgaphoto.com/2013-04-Yosemite/content/CookMeadowPanoMASTER_large.html > > Took a little break walking around the grounds of the famous Ahwanee Hotel. > There are several reading rooms on the main floor: > > http://rgaphoto.com/2013-04-Yosemite/content/L1006610_large.html > > as well as the spectacular Grand Dining Room: > > http://rgaphoto.com/2013-04-Yosemite/content/AhwaniPanoMASTER_large.html > > My wife and I had a picnic dinner on the banks of the Merced watching the > light soften. Four hours later a full moon came up behind Cathedral Peak > and lit up El Capitan. Since my digital back only can expose up to 60 > seconds and the lens is an f/4 lens, the image is noisy. But it was a > lovely peaceful time watching the stars come out and El Capitan light up > from the top to the bottom: > > http://rgaphoto.com/2013-04-Yosemite/content/ElCapMoon-BW-MASTER_large.html > > Thanks for looking. As always, images of such a magical place rarely do it > justice. I hope many of you can get there some day (just don't go in the > summer!!). > Best, > Bob > > -- > Bob Adler > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information