Yosemite - Abandoned House

Deserted House - Yosemite

Look!  Look!  Look deep into nature and you will understand everything.  Albert Einstein

Yosemite National Park

Yosemite - Homage to Ansel Adams

There are times when you just have to do it......

I was in Yosemite last year  standing near the spot where Ansel Admas exposed the image 'Clearing Winter Storm', on film of course. Ansel's image was one of the primary reasons I started getting serious about making images.

Today's image was captured on February 2, 2010. This being the first anniversary of the image I decided it had to be posted. Of course my image is missing the clouds and the fog amongst a few other bits and pieces.

Thanks to Barbara Myriam Ventura for the new sharpening workflow.

Another Yosemite Image

Captured during late afternoon light in one of the meadows at Yosemite - my timing was perfect as after the last exposure was made the sun dropped behind the mountain.

This image was a test of blending multi-focus points into one sharp image, somewhat similar to HDR but with focus instead of dynamic range. This works well in situations where you need deep focus but just can't make it happen with the particular lens you have on hand.

Yosemite Falls

According to Wikipedia Yosemite Falls is the highest measured waterfall in North America - 2,420 feet. It is also the 6th highest waterfall in the world. The Ahwahneechee people of this valley used to call this falls "Cholock" and believed that the plunge pool at the bottom was inhabited by witches -




The falls are made up of three vertical drops, The Upper Yosemite, Middle Cascades and Lower Yosemite. The round trip hike from bottom to top and return is 9.4 miles. We did not make the climb...

Still working on getting the website up and running - might actually take another week or two - need to stop traveling and get back to work on it.

Yosemite Wrap-Up

OK, got back to Los Angeles last night - 6 hours drive from Yosemite. 

Leaving Yosemite yesterday my thoughts turned to wondering why I had never visited this iconic slice of Americana before. After all, I grew up with Ansel Adams' photographs, and, of course, had read 'The Negative' and 'The Print' from cover to cover several times - as most photo students did when learning how to make photographs. And there is that Zone System.......

Seeing Half Dome for the first time was awe inspiring as were Bridalveil Falls and Yosemite Falls. How many times have I looked at his photographs over the years, but, to finally stand at these locations, well, there are no words to describe that feeling. 

At the end of the day, yesterday, we were allowed access into Ansel's Yosemite darkroom  where he lived and worked while visiting the park - a fitting end to the week. 

Here a couple of iphone images from the past few days - more Yosemite images to follow in the coming days.