Of course the eclipse looks so cool there in #1, with the trees reaching out to it. But I may like #2 even better, that's some really eerie lighting and look you have going on in it.
How far is the road open up there? The last I checked it was still closed lower down.
The road is easily passable up to a mile shy of Patriarch. There's a patch of snow just after the split between the road to White Mountain and Patriarch that makes driving to Patriarch Grove difficult. It should be melted out in a week or so with temperatures in the 60s.
There is an issue with Uploading Photos (attachjments). I am not sure what the problem is, and I am looking into it. You can still try to Create your Threads and Upload your Photos, but it is hanging up during the Upload.