mite

MITE: Part III of Yosemite

ugh.

Morning.

early.

blah.

On Monday, we were able to rise & shine, precisely at the crack of dawn. We mustered our photographic energy and managed to make it to quite a few lovley spots for sunrise. The park was almost completely empty at those wee hours. Complete tranquility.

Our first stop of the day was the tunnel view, then we steered the Escape to the valley. I loved the sunbeams that were rising behind the hillside near Half-Dome and took soooo many frames trying to get the best exposure. Thank goodness for multiple SD cards!

When editing, I wasn't really crazy about the white sky. sad. So, I cropped in to just the good parts ;) Who said life has to fit into 4x6?

And here is another shot from the valley. You can see a little peep of sunrise gracing the top of the hillside. The full-color version of this frame is lovely, but I *really* liked the black & white version!

While trying to get a shot of El Capitan from the river (where was Ansel's vantage point???) we stumbled upon an old trail. I mean OLD. oldie old style. I was snapped this quick pic of the forest floor.
For the rest of the day we just wandered and found sights not on the maps. I loved the look of the hillside here:

And took a little bit of a long exposure of the river here:

and that, dear friends, wraps up the trip to Yosemite. As I look back at the images from this trip I am filled with peace and have a renewed appreciation for nature's beauty. Thanks for taking a look!