yosemite

Watching the sunset in Yosemite is an unforgettable experience. As the red glow of the sun climbs up the face of Half Dome and Clouds Rest it's a sight that can catch your breath. Here from Tunnel View is where I captured the action. This is an archive shot I just processed. All comments are...

This is up at Upper Cathedral Lake in Yosemite NP California. The clouds continued to slowly dissipate as the stars came out, but it was a slow dissipation so after a couple of hours I climbed into my sleeping bag and slept for a few hours to look up and see the clouds finally gone, so I crawled...

As I had mentioned I hiked up into the Cathedral Lakes in Yosemite High Sierra. This is Upper Cathedral Lakes looking at Cathedral Peak. With a few of the comments in mind from my first post of there, I did add some more contrast on this one. This was after the first one so the golden tones were...

The weather lately in the Eastern Sierra has mostly been clear blue skies like most of Southern California. But I diligently watch the weather, and saw that in the upper Eastern Sierra by Mammoth on Tuesday had gone from 20% afternoon thunderstorms up to 40% and then decreasing on towards sunset...

I took this at the end of a workshop in Yosemite. The rest of the group was coming down the hill and their flashlights provided the side light on this glacial erratic near Olmsted Point.

One of the fun things to do in Yosemite is to get rainbows or moonbows at the various waterfalls. Here is one I got as I shot from up at Glacier Point shooting at an area called the Giant Staircase with the rainbow at the bottom of Vernal Falls. All comments are welcome, Jim

I did one of my usual ninja trips to Yosemite a couple years ago to shoot sunset at Upper Cathedral Lake and then head back home. I've shared my sunset photo from this spot a while back (here), so here is the full color we got a little while later. One of my favorite spots in Yosemite to just...

Well, after I got back home I wasn't going to even process these Upper Yosemite Fall moonbow shots with the Milky Way in it. I met Kyle up there, and the shooting locations to avoid trees were very limited. Kyle and Alejandro got there first, and their spot was the best position to shoot from...

One of my favorite places to shoot in Yosemite is Cooks Meadow and getting reflections of Half Dome in the pond and marsh area. This was from this last spring. All comments are welcome, Jim

I've already shared my initial favorites from this beautiful evening here and here. At the risk of beating this into the ground, here are some more shots from that night. These show some different light, angles, and some wider views. As always, any thoughts are welcome. 1) A 15mm view before...

Last month the one day had some boring blue skies, so one of the things I did during the day was to put the 10 stop ND on and shoot some longer waterfall exposures. Normally that's something I just don't do, so this look is totally different to go with a 10 second exposure, but because it's...

Since many members seem to frequent Yosemite, and then of course shoot the biggest wall there, I thought I'd share a few pictures from a climb of the Salathe Wall back in the early 70s. Shot with a Rollie 35 on Kodachrome 64. Early Climb (63) by Jim Dockery posted Jun 2, 2018 at 9:54 AM Me...

I shot this a couple of years ago at Cathedral Beach. It's one of my favorites. I was fortunate enough to have Frans Lanting critique it on a Creative Live workshop. That was probably my 3 1/2 minutes of fame. :)

I spent five nights in Yosemite valley a couple of weeks ago. One a hike up behind Mirror Lake I made a new friend. It's the first time I've seen a bear and it was an amazing experience. He was right next to the trail. He moved around a little while eating before striking this pose for me. He...

Here is a tighter view of Half Dome at sunset from my recent trip to Glacier Point. Any thoughts are welcome.

I have to add my favorite attempted dogwood scene from Yosemite last weekend. We saw these at a turnout where the Alder Creek trail intersects Highway 41. I wanted a shot with the trees in the background, similar to the scenes at Redwood National Park. I felt like the fallen log made a good...

I took these last Saturday afternoon a little behind Tunnel View (following the rocks behind the parking lot). The clouds disappeared just before sunset, but they sure made for a beautiful afternoon. Any thoughts are welcome.

This was from the second night of my visit to Yosemite last weekend. After a cloudy day the skies cleared just before sunset and after having dinner in the valley we made our way to Glacier Point. I had found this spot on a previous visit, with a nice clear view to the east. Unlike previous...

After shooting sunset at Glacier Point, we headed back toward the valley and parked near Bridalveil Falls for the hike up to Artist's Point. I picked this spot for my night shots because it has an open view and is less affected by lights than Tunnel View. Plus we had it to ourselves. The ground...

I spent last weekend in Yosemite and had some really nice spring conditions. The valley is nice and green, dogwoods are still in bloom, and the waterfalls are beautiful. Our first sunset was from near Glacier Point and it did not disappoint. Any thoughts are welcome.