One of the things that always strikes me about being in Yosemite Valley is the enormousness of El Capitan. I mean, everything there is spectacular. The walls of every side of the valley tower above, but El Capitan is just plain huge, and what makes it even more pronounced is that you can walk right up to the side of…
read moreThe next day further up the Merced El Capitan’s base was engulfed frozen fog. This image was made during the late morning when the fog was burning off. Standing in the fog is amazing as over the course of just 30 minutes the weather goes from wet and freezing cold, to rather warm with dry air blowing around the valley.
read moreThe fog has just started filling the valley. Standing there it feels like the temperature drops 25 degrees over the course of just a couple of minutes. In the distance the Yosemite Valley Shuttle pulls out of Curry Village towards Mirror Lake.
read moreAs the afternoon progresses something strange happens in the valley. It’s most likely due to the setting sun radiating less heat down onto the surface. As the air near the ground cools due to the snow and ice covering it and the air up a little bit higher stays warm it produces this rather amazing frozen fog. Out in the…
read moreI started putting up images from our brief trip to New York about a month ago (i can’t really believe it’s been a month of New York but it has – or will be in 2 days). Over the course of that month i made two different trips – one to Yosemite Valley and another to Montana. Both involved snow,…
read moreSeries: Amongst the Chimneys – 1 of 5 As a tribute to the warm, comfortable house they provided and splendid hospitality offered i have put together a short sequence of images taken from a quick photo shoot on the roof the morning we were to depart. I haven’t posted a series like this in a couple of years – almost…
read moreSeries: Amongst the Chimneys- 2 of 5 Take it from the top 5 of 5 4 of 5 3 of 5 2 of 5 (current) 1 of 5
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read moreSeries: Amongst the Chimneys – 4 or 5 Take it from the top 5 of 5 4 of 5 (current) 3 of 5 2 of 5 1 of 5
read moreSeries: Amongst the Chimneys – 5 of 5 Take it from the top 5 of 5 (current) 4 of 5 3 of 5 2 of 5 1 of 5
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