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2009-02-19 Firefalls Yosemite : For more: http://carolsimages.blogspot.com/2009/02/yosemite-firefalls-2-19-09.html

2009-02-19 Firefalls Yosemite

Carol

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Updated: Feb 25, 2009 11:43am PST

Ahwahnee : I didn't stay at the Ahwahnee but did have lunch there one day.  The Ahwahnee is very impressive, and lunch was great.

Ahwahnee

alphamicro

I didn't stay at the Ahwahnee but did have lunch there one day. The A ...

Updated: Feb 21, 2009 5:23pm PST

Glacier Point : The view from Glacier Point was really obscured by haze from the coastal (and nearer) forest fires.  For most pictures I had my cameras set to bracket the exposure by 2/3 over and under.  I had NO plans to do any HDR work.  If I had, I would have used larger brackets and used aperture priority to keep the f-stops constant.  To my surprise though, using Photomatix Pro really helped many of the shots.  By no means are these meant to be wonderful examples of HDR pictures, but I'm VERY happy with the results.  For several pictures I've included a non-HDR photo so you can see the difference.  I also used Lightzone (Local Contrast only) on most (if not all) pictures.

Glacier Point

alphamicro

The view from Glacier Point was really obscured by haze from the coast ...

Updated: Feb 21, 2009 4:41pm PST

Mirror Lake : After the hike to Vernal Falls bridge and back I hustled over to Mirror Lake.  The stream flowing out of Mirror Lake was tranquil and all that, but as a whole Mirror Lake didn't do much for me.  It was late in the day, there was still forest fire haze to contend with, and Mirror Lake fills in more every year.  I wonder if they can dredge it?  (Just kidding, where's your sense of humor?)

Mirror Lake

alphamicro

After the hike to Vernal Falls bridge and back I hustled over to Mirro ...

Updated: Feb 08, 2009 8:33pm PST

Yosemite :

Yosemite

Steve (Froggy)

Updated: Feb 07, 2009 12:12pm PST

Yosemite Falls : It's an easy walk to the base of the falls.  Very impressive.

Yosemite Falls

alphamicro

It's an easy walk to the base of the falls. Very impressive.

Updated: Jan 30, 2009 9:54pm PST

Vernal Falls : I hiked as far as the bridge, about a mile from the trailhead start at Happy Isles.  The elevation gain was about 300 feet.  From my standpoint it sucked that you would gain some elevation on the trail and shortly thereafter it was down hill so you had to regain elevation time and again.  I decided that continuing on the Mist Trail to the top of Vernal Falls (or even further to Nevada Falls) wasn't in the cards this visit.

Vernal Falls

alphamicro

I hiked as far as the bridge, about a mile from the trailhead start at ...

Updated: Jan 30, 2009 7:08pm PST

Hetch Hetchy : Hetch Hetchy is in Yosemite National Park.  I took time for a short visit before continuing on to Yosemite.  Haze from coastal fires really obscured the views.

Hetch Hetchy

alphamicro

Hetch Hetchy is in Yosemite National Park. I took time for a short vi ...

Updated: Jan 28, 2009 4:49pm PST

Yosemite : Yosemite is a photographer's playground.  Everywhere one looks, there is a photograph to be taken.

Yosemite

Michael (shagie)

Yosemite is a photographer's playground. Everywhere one looks, there ...

Updated: Jan 07, 2009 6:50pm PST

Yosemite 2008 (In Winter) :

Yosemite 2008 (In Winter)

Terry

Updated: Dec 30, 2008 1:52am PST