Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park (remix of IR and visible spectra)
Yosemite was my first national park – a high school cross-country team summer camp. The love of wild places stuck even if the running didn’t. I’ve been to many incredible places since, but this one has my heart. R and I hiked up above Vernal Falls, ran out of time to complete the circuit around Nevada Falls before we were to meet my mom and her friends. One place I hadn’t been in the park was Mariposa Grove, and R had never seen giant redwoods before. I captured the last bit of sunlight in the tree tops with the IR filter.
Sunset from Glacier Point
This was a family, not a photography trip, but we found the time to get up to Glacier Point for sunset. I have been here in mid-winter, and again in April, the last time in 1987. The changes in the park that I noticed most were seasonal – and I felt the changes in myself. I am mentally tougher on the trail and, I think, gentler in my mind. Not sure where this trail is headed; I never could have imagined it would lead me here, much better than I ever would have dreamed. Hope it doesn’t take twenty more years to get back to Yosemite again.
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Ann,
The Mariposa Grove image is stunning. Mighty clever too.
Hey Ann,
These are beautiful pics! Looks like you are having a good time. Fran
I’d never seen this view at sunset until now. What a spectacular scene!
Randie