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On the way down to the shore I loved this view and the deep colors in the western sky so I stopped to snap the photo before the light changed.

Nikon D300s
Nikkor 17-35mm f2.8 AF-S

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I went up to Yosemite with a group of photographers from the Bay Area for the sunset on Horse Tail Fall. An event that happens only twice a year. We left at 4AM on Feb.18th with one stop in Mariposa to meet up with more photographers. We spent the whole day shooting Yosemite Valley. The weather was cold, and overcast in the morning and perfect in the afternoon.
We had a picnic lunch at Bridalveil Fall, and dinner in Mariposa at Taqueria at 8:30PM.
I walked in my front door at 12:15AM Feb. 19th.
I was up for 22 hours in all for this shoot. It was a wonderful day.

I shot several frames in RAW on this day because I thought I might get more detail and color than shooting in my standard JPEG mode.
I really don’t see any difference between the shots when looking at them both side by side.
I shot this whole event in Wide Angle. Next time I will also add a telephoto to the mix and get two different perspectives of the sunset on Horsetail Fall. It was pretty golden light for such a short time. If you blinked you missed it!

PP- recovery, WB adjustment, vibrance, clarity, curves a little adjustment; a wee bit of color saturation, and sharpening, a little crop off the bottom to take out some snow, and resized. You really do lose all your “in camera” settings shooting RAW don’t you.

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I spend a whole lot time here in my little corner by the window. I wonder…what clues to my personality my desk gives away?

Nikon D90
Nikkor 35mm f/2 AF-D
CS5

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Bees
Pollen
Gathering
Agapanthus
Lily-of-the-Nile
Blue-Purple
Blossoms

I needed to do some weeding today so decided to take my camera out with me. The bees obliged.
I saw a new sparrow all fuzzy but didn’t get a good shot. I hope it comes back. It’s eying my Hummingbird feeder. I’ll keep the bird feeder full to tempt it too.

PP- heavy crop, vibrance, clarity, some recovery, and resized. Wonder if the colors would have been much better had I put on the Singh-Ray LB colorcombo…something else to try.

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Mono Lake
Eastern Sierra
Owens Valley
Sunrise

Another sunrise shot from my morning at Mono Lake. The colors were awesome.

Nikon D300s
Nikkor 17-35mm f2.8 AF-S

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This shot was taken in the field next one of the big barns. The little green house is private property.

In 1990 there was a wildfire that devastated the Foresta. 50 homes were lost and the terrain looked like the surface of the moon by a written account. Today there are many pine saplings all over. I walked carefully so as not to step on any.
Some trees you see have really grown fast they are over 50 feet tall.
While others you see are slower growers.

It’s a neat area. I would like to photograph it in winter too.

Nikon D300s
Nikkor 17-35mm f 2.8 AF-S
B+W Warming Circular Polarizer

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This was our first stop this morning. The sun was lovely shining through the leaves of the trees. Several in the party climbed rocks and risked slipping on the slick rocks to get further back into the creek.
I walked back where they were, but didn’t want to climb up on the wet rocks.
One of the guys did slip. He got a bump on the head, but he was alright thankfully.

After this stop we headed to Foresta Barns.

Nikon D300s
Nikkor 17-35mm f2.8AF-S