Yosemite

Yosemite Sunrise, 1999
What can one say about Yosemite? This was my first visit there in many years and it didn't disappoint. Driving up the Tioga Pass after spending the night in Lee Vining, as the light brightened we stopped at Olmstead point. This was the first shot of the day looking east toward Tenaya lake.
We had from sunrise till sunset to shoot in the park. Because the day, in fact the whole week, was clear and sunny there was little to be shot during the main part of the day so we just acted as tourists. But, during sunrise and sunset hours the light was spectacular.
Photographed with a 90mm f/4.0 APO Schneider Makro Symmar lens.
Half Dome at Dawn, 1999
Just minutes after taking the photograph at the top of the page the sun started to clear the mountains to the east. I swung my tripod head 180 degrees, switched to a 300mm lens and took the image above. It isn't often that one gets to take two such fascinating photographs without having to take a single step.
What looks like f...