Giving Thanks
Today is Thanksgiving Day here in the United States. And if there's one thing I'm thankful for, it is the abundance and beauty of nature all around us. In my life, this has always been epitomized more than anything else by Yosemite. This year is the 150th anniversary of the Yosemite Grant, when President Abraham Lincoln signed the act that set aside this incomparable place "for public use, resort, and recreation," ensuring that it "shall be inalienable for all time" – in the process giving birth to the US National Parks system and a legacy of preservation and conservation around the world. Thank you, President Lincoln, and thanks to all who have come since who have fought to preserve these and all other wild places, so that future generations can continue to experience the wonder, the beauty, and the joy that come from contact with nature's magnificence.
12mm (24mm full frame FOV), ISO 100, f/18, 50 seconds, B+W 10-stop ND filter, single RAW file, tripod mounted.
Giving Thanks
Today is Thanksgiving Day here in the United States. And if there's one thing I'm thankful for, it is the abundance and beauty of nature all around us. In my life, this has always been epitomized more than anything else by Yosemite. This year is the 150th anniversary of the Yosemite Grant, when President Abraham Lincoln signed the act that set aside this incomparable place "for public use, resort, and recreation," ensuring that it "shall be inalienable for all time" – in the process giving birth to the US National Parks system and a legacy of preservation and conservation around the world. Thank you, President Lincoln, and thanks to all who have come since who have fought to preserve these and all other wild places, so that future generations can continue to experience the wonder, the beauty, and the joy that come from contact with nature's magnificence.
12mm (24mm full frame FOV), ISO 100, f/18, 50 seconds, B+W 10-stop ND filter, single RAW file, tripod mounted.