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Tunnel View is a scenic viewpoint on State Route 41 in Yosemite National Park. The view looks eastward into Yosemite Valley, and includes surrounding features, such as the southwest face of El Capitan on the left, Half Dome on axis, and Bridalveil Fall on the right.
Our Yosemite visit we hit the heat of mid-summer it was103f this was a Hot day and the forest showed it's drought colors.
Confinement enjoying some archive memories.
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The view from Tunnel Overlook is always captivating. On this day a spring storm was moving in, so Yosemite Valley had a layer of clouds over it. And every now and then, a break in the clouds would occur letting some sun light into the valley. I happened to catch one of those breaks and captured this image.
As I mentioned before, Darren and I had several crystal clear days and nights while at Yosemite which we took advantage of ...especially at night. :-)
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About 2 hours after the moon rise, the valley was filled with light. Clouds and fog started snaking around the valley. It was the most beautiful sight I have ever witnessed!
I was finally able to get to Yosemite's famous Tunnel View to witness a late afternoon scene where some beautiful clouds made an appearance. I stuck around until past sunset but unfortunately the clouds left early and as a result, the scene didn't pop as I had hoped it would. I was so blessed to be able to get there, find a parking spot, find a good spot at the overlook and get some great light during the golden hour before sunset.
After shooting the moon bow recently I drove up to Tunnel view to experiment with some full moon night shots. The clouds were rolling in and created some dramatic compositions. If you look closely at the Northwest wall of El Cap you can see a light from a climbing team.
The classic view from Yosemite Tunnel.
The red sunset was arching across the valley, so for this shot I went wide angle to try and capture as much as possible.
After not coming away with the "breaking storm" shot I was hoping for on January 12, I set off for Yosemite again last Friday with fellow die hard landscape photographer Eric Gail. While most sane Californians were making their way home from work on flooded freeways to sit and recover from their ordeal with warm cups of mocha, Eric and I went bouncing down the Santa Monica Freeway in hopes of snagging a sunset on our way up to Yosemite. (You can probably see where this is going.) When we hit Malibu we lost 90 minutes sitting in traffic as PCH was closed due to flooding and mudslides. After shooting what was left of the sunset at Leo Carrillo, we headed North on PCH, crossed over on the 126 and took the 5/99 up to Yosemite.
During the next 12 hours or so we dealt with more rain and snow, tire cables that self destructed, unplowed roads, (my manly man Prius tends to have issues with pushing trough more than 8 inches of snow on the road), and all kinds of craziness at the tunnel on Saturday as dozens of cars, motor homes and busses tried to squeeze into the half plowed parking lots to get shots of the snow.
Long story short, my tire cable completely fell off, but the storm finally broke around 10 AM giving us some great shooting conditions in fairly heavy snow throughout the park. This was taken shortly before we headed out as the next wave of storms was coming in. After a full day of shooting various locations throughout the park, we headed up to the tunnel for one last look and to brave the crowds. We were just about to leave as I glanced back and saw Half Dome beginning to emerge from behind the clouds. I pulled over, grabbed the 80-400 lens and spent the last 1/2 hour of our time up there shooting the valley until the sun sank again behind the clouds. Even though the last two trips to Yosemite were a huge pain in terms of road conditions and generally freezing my butt off, I would definitely do it all again tomorrow. The park can sometimes look pretty dead during the Winter months, but freshly falling snow just takes the Yosemite experience to an entirely different level.
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Spent the evening shooting night photos in Yosemite a few days ago. So much fun. So many opportunities. It was the first time I ever had Tunnel view to myself. Kinda trippy in fact.
A Vista Viewpoint at Yosemite National Park, California USA. On your right is Bridalveil Fall, plunging off granite cliffs. To the left is the iconic granite rock formation of El Capitan, with Half Dome rising in the background.
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After getting about 90 minutes of sleep in my car last Friday, I was up at 3:30 AM looking for more opportunities to shoot the Milky Way now that the bright end was dipping down toward the South West. I had seen some shots online of the Milky Way dipping down behind the Chapel and so I headed around the loop and took a few shots. On my last shot, I noticed that the sky was already turning blue in the LCD and it occurred to me that sunrise was not too far off. I immediately set off for the tunnel. I set up my tripod in the dark expecting to grab some more shots of the stars over the valley while I was waiting for the sunrise, but when I checked the LCD, I noticed that blue hour was well underway and that the clouds in the East were already beginning to pick up some color. I started shooting brackets, and the above shot is comprised of two bracketed shots that were taken seconds apart, +2,-2 with some layering, some luminosity masks and a few filters in Nik Efex. It's worth noting that when I just looked across the valley at this point, it was still nearly pitch black with stars shining brightly overhead.
As is my habit, I didn't stay long, and was off to the Valley View a few minutes later to grab some color over the water down below. The high clouds hung around throughout the day creating some nice opportunities up at Glacier Point later that night.
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Bridalveil Falls drops into a fog on the floor of Yosemite Valley.
It’s been remarked that I seem to have a thing about fog and mist and such atmospheric goings on. I am unrepentant.
It rained the entire day in Yosemite. The upside? Not as many people crowded around at Tunnel View! I enjoyed this view from underneath my umbrella.
Here's another shot from the crazy one day trip I made to Yosemite a couple of weeks ago. After it stopped raining, the first thing that I noticed was that every 60 seconds or so, I was looking at a completely different scene. The misty clouds wound their way around El Capitan, across the valley floor, under Bridal Viel and over Sentinnel Rock. In addition to the different layers of clouds that kept sweeping through the valley, the colors kept changing as well. This particular shot was taken about 15 to 20 minutes before the last Tunnel View shot that I posted. I've shot from that tunnel dozens of times, but it really is breathtaking to stand there while a storm is clearing out or moving in. I might give it another go this week as a couple more systems are supposed to move through.
I also wanted to acknowledge the price that was paid by my minivan on my last 12 hour marathon trip up there and back. Oil is now coming out in places that it shouldn't, so any future trips will be made with the Tundra...which gets a whopping 11 mpg. Ouch.
Wasn't quite a happy bunny when I took this, just got there too late to get the dropping sunlight on the rock face.. better late than never :-)
"No matter what you're going through,
there's a light at the end of the tunnel and
it may seem hard to get to it but
you can do it and just keep working towards it and
you'll find the positive side of things"
(Demi Lovato)
7 Days with Flickr #Flora
Taken in a Wild Garden in West Wales (Ceredigion)
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Dedicated to C.F. (ILYWAMHASAM)