August 4, 2017
When I graduated from high school, my dad gave me a choice: I could go to grad night at Disneyland or go on a hike with out church group in Yosemite. I wisely chose the hike.
We started at Glacier Point on the southern rim of the valley. Glacier Point has stunning view of the valley including Half Dome. The first day we hiked from Glacier Point, above Vernal and Nevada falls to the campground in Little Yosemite Valley. We spent a day there to rest before hiking to the top of Half Dome. We spent one more night in the Little Valley before hiking down past Nevada and Vernal falls to Yosemite Valley.
These pictures were all shot on Kodachrome slides that I’ve scanned. Since I didn’t shoot these with a graduated density filter to balance the sky with the foreground, I’ve darkened the sky in Photoshop(otherwise the sky would be just kind of white).
Read MoreWe started at Glacier Point on the southern rim of the valley. Glacier Point has stunning view of the valley including Half Dome. The first day we hiked from Glacier Point, above Vernal and Nevada falls to the campground in Little Yosemite Valley. We spent a day there to rest before hiking to the top of Half Dome. We spent one more night in the Little Valley before hiking down past Nevada and Vernal falls to Yosemite Valley.
These pictures were all shot on Kodachrome slides that I’ve scanned. Since I didn’t shoot these with a graduated density filter to balance the sky with the foreground, I’ve darkened the sky in Photoshop(otherwise the sky would be just kind of white).
A Bear in the Woods.
This bear is headed to the Merced river for breakfast. This was shot in the Little Yosemite Valley above Nevada Falls. Before we began the hike to Half Dome, we noticed that we had a visitor to our camp, a bear making his(or her) way back from having breakfast in the Merced river. This picture freaks my step-daughter out, “Dad, you’re too close to that bear”.
