Vernal Falls

[JimFox]

From a few weeks ago in Yosemite, after a fresh snowfall I decided to hike up to Vernal Falls and I was hoping to get a little different perspective on it. Where I shot this from would be impossible during the spring and summer, only in the later fall would the water be low enough to get out into the middle of the river like this, but then there would be rocks all over. What I liked with the snow was that it let the busyness of the rocks get covered and I was able to get this one pour off water in the foreground to hopefully balance Vernal Falls in the background.

All comments are welcome,

Jim

 

[Kyle Jones]

That's a different composition all right. Pretty cool!

 

[AlanLichty]

Summer looks to be a long ways off with the setting in this image. I like it.

 

[Jeffrey]

I didn't know you could hike up there in the winter (easy, that is). Nice winter scene, Jim. Were you standing on ice over the river?

 

[BarryHamilton]

Very nice indeed, Jim! I wondered the same as Jeffrey about standing on ice?

 

[Ben Egbert]

Nice, and I too am anxious to hear the answer to Jeffreys question.

 

[Mike Mancil]

Great winter scene. Beautiful too.

 

[JimFox]

I didn't know you could hike up there in the winter (easy, that is). Nice winter scene, Jim. Were you standing on ice over the river?

Thanks Jeffrey, I am glad you liked this. Technically you aren't supposed to go up the mist trail during the winter, but there were a few people doing it, and I knew the composition I wanted would require me to do it. The trail wasn't bad when I went, I had my microspikes on, but there was only a couple of spots they were needed. Some years it probably wouldn't be safe, but with how little our snowfall was, the trail was mostly clear. In the river itself, it was pretty much just rocks where I walked. The area's of ice were pretty obvious. Care had to be taken to not slip, but there was no danger of breaking through any ice as opposed to Bridalveil where I did manage to put one foot through the ice.

 

[MonikaC]

Nice, Jim. The snow cleans the scene up a lot: controlled chaos? Have you tried it in B&W? All the vertical lines of the water, trees & cliffs seem like they could do well in monochrome.

 

[JimFox]

Nice, Jim. The snow cleans the scene up a lot: controlled chaos? Have you tried it in B&W? All the vertical lines of the water, trees & cliffs seem like they could do well in monochrome.

Thanks Monika. I am working on a B&W version as we speak because I also see where it could look pretty nice in B&W. I did want to see how the color version faired first.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Like this a lot. I like the color here - the greens of the trees and in the water contrasts well with the white of the snow.

 

[Bob Denton]

This is a rather nice photo.

 

[lightsgood]

Wow Jim! Looks like a mystical place! Nice job! I gotta go there..

 

[Douglas Sherman]

I really like this composition, Jim. I have been up there in the winter and it is a really nasty hike. I don't think I would ever do it again but I am glad you did so I could get to see this image.

 

[JimFox]

I really like this composition, Jim. I have been up there in the winter and it is a really nasty hike. I don't think I would ever do it again but I am glad you did so I could get to see this image.

Thanks so much Doug! I am glad you like this. I can see where in years of heavy snowfall that would be a nasty hike.