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Beautiful hillside tea house with a view to the valley deep below at Ulleri village Nepal while trekkers stop to re-energise themselves.
El Capitan rises nearly 3600 feet above the floor of Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park. One of the largest exposed pieces of granite in the world, this behemoth attracts rock climbers from around the world. Everyone seeing Yosemite Valley for the first time is truly amazed at the enormous size of El Capitan as it dwarfs everything in its vicinity. But to be ready to gain a sense of scale, do not forget to bring your binoculars in order to spot the rock climbers. They appear as dots, tiny dots, moving along El Capitan's seemingly sheer surface.
This is one of our favorite views in all of Yosemite National Park. Looking across the Merced River and down Yosemite Valley. The river's water was low during this September visit. But the tall grasses on the near bank and low light on El Capitan made the visit worthwhile. I believe the rock spires on the right are the Cathedral Rocks.
Shadows come early to Yosemite Valley. The water of the Merced River is low at this time of year . . . but its stillness offers a reward of reflections.
A beautiful viewpoint of the Merced River flanked by massive El Capitan on the left and the skyscraping twin Cathedral Rocks and Spires, at Yosemite National Park, California.
This photo was from three vertical shots stitched together in PhotoShop.
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As I headed north on my trip to Hay River and Yellowknife, I passed by this farm between Valleyview and Peace River, Alberta. It was a cloudless day when I first when by and I hoped that I would have a better sky on the return trip (and that I'd remember where the place was!). Well, both the skies and my memory cooperated with me on my return trip.
I’ve Seen So Many Beautiful Places in My Travels
One might think I would tired or yawn at seeing another
But the contrary happens
My heart races, my eyes sparkle and there’s a joy present
So no, I do not tired of seeing things beautiful
And will make more plans in the future :-)
Another work of short poetry or prose to complement the image captured one early afternoon in Yosemite National Park while at the Yosemite Valley View. This setting has a view looking to the northeast across the Merced River and trees and mountains of Yosemite Valley. With the water levels of the river quite low, it brought about a stillness in the waters that allowed for reflections of the nearby trees and iconic mountains with El Capitan and Cathedral Rocks. My thinking in composing this image was to use the higher ground I was standing on with the boulders and angle my Nikon SLR camera to capture a more sweeping view across this Yosemite landscape. That would in turn bring the peaks and ridges higher into the image, kind of creating a more grand type view as I saw that Wednesday afternoon.
I chose to work initially with Aurora HDR Pro to better bring that complete setting in the image. I later exported a TIFF image to DxO PhotoLab 5 where I did some final adjustments with contrast, saturation and brightness for the final image.
Not the traditional framing of Valley View since there were trees in the way and the lighting wasn't super interesting. The reflections turned out so pretty though!
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Moonlight glistening on the Merced River with El Capitan on the left, Cathedral Rocks on the left. The lights on El Capitan are several climbers bivouacked overnight. You can also see the constellation Pleiades to the left of the moon
Hope you have a great start to the weekend. Thanks for stopping by and for all of your kind comments, awards and faves -- I appreciate them all.
© Melissa Post 2019
Winter in Yosemite is magical
In the picture, El Capitan on the left, a very distant snow capped half dome and the bridal veil fall taken from Valleyview
when i looked out of the window the other day i saw on the other side of the valley some fog stacking up with the hill lines, so i grabbed my camera, walked up the hill on my side but when i arrived the fog was way stronger and higher and you could barely see the hills further away. with some raw-magic i made them visible and i think it looks great but it's not what i wanted to capture. have a nice weekend everybody
A panorama stitched from 5 images taken in the afternoon in January. I was delighted to get this shot with my NiSi filter which cut the glare in the water to reveal the stones in the foreground. My original plan was to get here for sunrise but I did not plan very well and could not reach this spot in time.