The iconic, mentally mandatory Yosemite Valley shot
There are certain places that you go that you have to take THE shot…you know, the same one they use for their “come visit” posters, brochures and web-based marketing. Here is the one of the more often used for Yosemite. Some will zoom in or out, others may wait for more cloud cover, but I don’t wait well for landscape shots…so here is what it looked like in the 2.3 minutes that we stopped on the overlook once this picture came into view.
Looking at it now, just over two weeks later and at home on the computer, my mind still cannot comprehend the scale of this place. Only now do I understand why John Muir, also known as “John of the Mountains” fought so hard to protect this place. I truly thank him for his foresight and depth of understanding of the human condition. It was an honor to have lunch in the same room that he and Theodore Roosevelt met in while discussing the development of our National Parks System.
In this shot you see (L-R) El Capitan, the largest exposed single piece of granite in the world. At 3,593 feet tall it is a fantastic reference point when trying to determine direction. In the center of the shot with clouds mimicking its shape is Half Dome. To the right is Bridalveil Falls, a 616 foot tall waterfall that flows year round and provided the rainbow shot previously posted.
The iconic, mentally mandatory Yosemite Valley shot
There are certain places that you go that you have to take THE shot…you know, the same one they use for their “come visit” posters, brochures and web-based marketing. Here is the one of the more often used for Yosemite. Some will zoom in or out, others may wait for more cloud cover, but I don’t wait well for landscape shots…so here is what it looked like in the 2.3 minutes that we stopped on the overlook once this picture came into view.
Looking at it now, just over two weeks later and at home on the computer, my mind still cannot comprehend the scale of this place. Only now do I understand why John Muir, also known as “John of the Mountains” fought so hard to protect this place. I truly thank him for his foresight and depth of understanding of the human condition. It was an honor to have lunch in the same room that he and Theodore Roosevelt met in while discussing the development of our National Parks System.
In this shot you see (L-R) El Capitan, the largest exposed single piece of granite in the world. At 3,593 feet tall it is a fantastic reference point when trying to determine direction. In the center of the shot with clouds mimicking its shape is Half Dome. To the right is Bridalveil Falls, a 616 foot tall waterfall that flows year round and provided the rainbow shot previously posted.