Winter in Yosemite

Image: D800E, AF-S 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II
f/7.1, 100mm, 1/500 sec

Image: D800E, AF-S 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II 
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Yosemite Dogwood Bloom

Image: 5D Mk III, EF 70-200 f4 L IS, 160mm, f5.6, 1/250 sec, hand held, on the tree.

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The Dogwoods are blooming in Yosemite valley as of 4/18/2015, by the hundreds, a great time to visit, they should be working their way in to higher elevations over the next week, still time to go and see this beautiful spectacle.

Glacier Point also opened early this year due to low snow pack.

Ross

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Working Yosemite

 Falling Fire

5D Mk III, 70-200 f/4 IS L, 6 stop ND filter

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El Capitan from Pohono trail

5D Mk III, 70-200 f/4 IS L, 6 stop ND filter
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The Merced and Cathedral Rocks

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I have been to Yosemite 4 times over the last year and have not come away with anything I really like, I hate to get skunked on these trips, but I still get to enjoy the hiking and making friends with other outdoor types. I will keep hitting Yosemite until I've cracked it.

 Tunnel View

5D Mk III, 24-70 f/2.8 L II

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Some times it takes persistence,  but patience comes in handy too. I'll be back there again next month to try to shoot the Dogwood blooms.

Ross

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Shooting an Icon - Yosemite

Image: El Capitan and the Merced, 5D Mk III, EF24-70 f/2.8, 16mm @ f/16.

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Image: The Merced River, 5D Mk III, EF24-70 f/2.8, 16mm @ f/13.

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I have always wanted to go back to Yosemite, but I was kind of disappointed on this trip, perhaps I have seen to much of it in pictures ? at any rate the next time I return, it will be to the upper part that is less traveled, Tuolumne Meadows above Yosemite Valley, it has the beauty, less crowds and the wilderness feel that the lower valley lacks, a winter stop in the lower valley might be nice, if there was plenty of snow.

Upper Cathedral lake and the entire upper basin would make for a great trip on the way over to the Eastern Sierra and a trip up in to the Whitney Portal and Convict lake.

Ross

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