I posted the Pikes Peak pictures from our recent multi-state travels, but there was oh so much more - beauty of every sort.
First, the Coloradan kind…
The Garden of the Gods
“Kissing Camels” in the Clouds
Then, of course, the manly kind of beauty. (The kind that only comes in victory!)
And finally, a very different type of Southern Californian beauty.
Having recently returned from a bit of a jaunt, it’s time for the first installment of some pictures - so here is the beautiful view from America’s mountain, Pikes Peak.
Billing over 50 hours in a given week does not give itself to either picture editing or blogging. But “better late than never” is a saying better applied to my amateurish blogging efforts than to discovery deadlines.
Anyway, here’s the rest of our lovely Yosemite weekend.
Self-portrait of the artist with his favorite person
The Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
The Tuolomne River just up from the reservoir
Clouds Around El Capitan
El Capitan, Part II
Lower Yosemite Falls
The Base of Bridal Veil Falls
And these two are my favorites from the entire trip - Bridal Veil with a storm coming in
Katie and I had a fabulous time in Yosemite last weekend. Though I haven’t come remotely close to finishing my picture editing, I wanted to share a few so far.
Shooting without a tripod, and without automatic exposure bracketing, I was not sure that these would turn out, but I’m delighted that a couple of my experimental HDR shots did indeed turn out. Makes up for some photographic disappointments from the weekend… For these, I’m uploading higher-res images than normal, because the colors “pop” a little better that way (click on the picture for the large version).
The Valley in the Mist
The Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
Bridal Veil
I’m almost a week behind on posting these, but better late than never, eh?
The San Francisco Bay Area might be known for a lot of different things, but beauty should certainly be one of them.
I think it wonderful to live in a place that allows a day trip to the Yosemite Valley. And I think it’s about time we took it. We had a great excuse this weekend, because Katie’s sister is out to visit!
We lunched on the Valley floor…
The “Tunnel View” of the valley…
The viewers looking down on the Valley…
And then we timed it just right to see this as we came around the bend. There was a turnoff - and we took it.
