After Dark - Half Dome
Yosemite National Park - Half Dome
When I graduated from High School, my father gave me a choice; I could either go to Grad Night at Disneyland or I could go on a backpacking trip to Yosemite with our church youth group. I chose the later. We started out hiking from Glacier Point to our base camp in Little Yosemite Valley on the Merced River above Nevada Falls. The hike to Half Dome was pretty much an all day affair, beginning with a hike on a portion of the John Muir trail. The first part of the trail is heavily forested until you get close to Sub Dome, a small rock structure northeast of Half Dome. One on Sub Dome you encounter the Half Dome Cables which assist in the final climb to the top of Half Dome. The view at the top of Half Dome is really incredible and there is little to obstruct the view. You get a fine view of Yosemite Valley to the west and the high Sierra to the north, east and south. These shots were originally shot on Kodachrome with an Olympus OM-1, I've modified the shots quite a bit to bring out some more color and correct some issues with the original shots(also the slides are 42 years old).
Read MoreWhen I graduated from High School, my father gave me a choice; I could either go to Grad Night at Disneyland or I could go on a backpacking trip to Yosemite with our church youth group. I chose the later. We started out hiking from Glacier Point to our base camp in Little Yosemite Valley on the Merced River above Nevada Falls. The hike to Half Dome was pretty much an all day affair, beginning with a hike on a portion of the John Muir trail. The first part of the trail is heavily forested until you get close to Sub Dome, a small rock structure northeast of Half Dome. One on Sub Dome you encounter the Half Dome Cables which assist in the final climb to the top of Half Dome. The view at the top of Half Dome is really incredible and there is little to obstruct the view. You get a fine view of Yosemite Valley to the west and the high Sierra to the north, east and south. These shots were originally shot on Kodachrome with an Olympus OM-1, I've modified the shots quite a bit to bring out some more color and correct some issues with the original shots(also the slides are 42 years old).
