Road Trip sequoia national park
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For personal reasons, we hadn't been able to take a proper holiday since moving to the USA. If you'd told me a decade or more ago that I'd be living in SoCal and still not have seen Yosemite — the number one item on my bucket list — for the first three years here, I would have told you to go away. But that's life for you.
Yosemite will have to wait a little longer. This time we finally made our first real road trip — to Sequoia National Park instead. And it was exactly that kind of trip: get out, walk a paved trail, hop back in the car. So landscape photography took a back seat — as it has, honestly, for the last four years.
Here is the blog post Link with my impressions of X2d.
Yosemite will have to wait a little longer. This time we finally made our first real road trip — to Sequoia National Park instead. And it was exactly that kind of trip: get out, walk a paved trail, hop back in the car. So landscape photography took a back seat — as it has, honestly, for the last four years.
Here is the blog post Link with my impressions of X2d.
Sep 07, 2026 at 12:54 PM
p.1 #2Road Trip sequoia national park
I like that first monochrome photo of the lake quite a bit. I don’t recognize the location, but I’m guessing you saw it somewhere on your way to the park?
I also applaud you for photographing the burned forest. That is a difficult subject, but one that is a part of the Sierra landscape and which has some interesting possibilities.
About moving to CA and not seeing these iconic locations, you aren’t alone! I was a college faculty member for decades, and at one point I figured out that an astonishingly large number of my students had simply not traveled at all beyond the local area where they lived.
Good for you for getting out there!
BTW, Yosemite is (obviously) worth the visit, but try to go at some time other than during the summer insanity. (I don’t go the the Valley any more during that season — it is just to nuts.) May can be crowded, but in a good waterfall year it is worth it. Fall is also a great time, with peak color in the Valley usually right around Halloween. And, of course, winter can be spectacular.
I also applaud you for photographing the burned forest. That is a difficult subject, but one that is a part of the Sierra landscape and which has some interesting possibilities.
About moving to CA and not seeing these iconic locations, you aren’t alone! I was a college faculty member for decades, and at one point I figured out that an astonishingly large number of my students had simply not traveled at all beyond the local area where they lived.
Good for you for getting out there!
BTW, Yosemite is (obviously) worth the visit, but try to go at some time other than during the summer insanity. (I don’t go the the Valley any more during that season — it is just to nuts.) May can be crowded, but in a good waterfall year it is worth it. Fall is also a great time, with peak color in the Valley usually right around Halloween. And, of course, winter can be spectacular.
Sep 07, 2026 at 01:25 PM
p.1 #3Road Trip sequoia national park
Nice work Prashant. I'm sure your patience will be rewarded. Having said that, life moves fast so take any opportunities when you can 
Sep 07, 2026 at 02:24 PM
p.1 #4Road Trip sequoia national park
Very unique style landscape image - impressive work
Sep 07, 2026 at 04:02 PM
p.1 #5Road Trip sequoia national park
I really like #1. Are the lake shots Lake Kaweah as you approach Three Rivers?
Sep 07, 2026 at 07:32 PM
p.1 #6Road Trip sequoia national park
Thanks dan. Yes, the first one was on the way to the national park.
I hope to visit Yosemite during fall/winter.
gdanmitchell wrote:
I like that first monochrome photo of the lake quite a bit. I don’t recognize the location, but I’m guessing you saw it somewhere on your way to the park?
I also applaud you for photographing the burned forest. That is a difficult subject, but one that is a part of the Sierra landscape and which has some interesting possibilities.
About moving to CA and not seeing these iconic locations, you aren’t alone! I was a college faculty member for decades, and at one point I figured out that an astonishingly large number of my students had simply not traveled at all...Show more →
I hope to visit Yosemite during fall/winter.
gdanmitchell wrote:
I like that first monochrome photo of the lake quite a bit. I don’t recognize the location, but I’m guessing you saw it somewhere on your way to the park?
I also applaud you for photographing the burned forest. That is a difficult subject, but one that is a part of the Sierra landscape and which has some interesting possibilities.
About moving to CA and not seeing these iconic locations, you aren’t alone! I was a college faculty member for decades, and at one point I figured out that an astonishingly large number of my students had simply not traveled at all...Show more →
Sep 07, 2026 at 07:50 PM
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junglialoh wrote:
Very unique style landscape image - impressive work
Thanks for the kind words.
Very unique style landscape image - impressive work
Thanks for the kind words.
Sep 07, 2026 at 07:50 PM
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amv8 wrote:
I really like #1. Are the lake shots Lake Kaweah as you approach Three Rivers?
I think it is closer to that location/ Let me confirm.
I really like #1. Are the lake shots Lake Kaweah as you approach Three Rivers?
I think it is closer to that location/ Let me confirm.
Sep 07, 2026 at 07:51 PM
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p.1 #9Road Trip sequoia national park
Nice job on these. I like how you found more intimate shots than grand vistas. This winter, you might visit Death Valley.
Sep 07, 2026 at 08:46 PM
p.1 #10Road Trip sequoia national park
Monika C wrote:
Nice job on these. I like how you found more intimate shots than grand vistas. This winter, you might visit Death Valley.
Thanks!
Nice job on these. I like how you found more intimate shots than grand vistas. This winter, you might visit Death Valley.
Thanks!
Sep 07, 2026 at 11:07 PM
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Quite a nice set. I agree on having #2 in there. It's a nice image, different from the usual - getting the damaged area. eye catching and a contrast to the fall aspen trunks type of images, too. And, like the highway congestion in spots, or urban sprawl, it's travel in California,
Sep 08, 2026 at 10:36 AM
p.1 #12Road Trip sequoia national park
I can relate to living in Socal, but it being hard to get to places that are apparently close by. Great group of photos.
Sep 10, 2026 at 10:09 AM
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lumenspixel wrote:
Excellent pics!
Thanks!!
Excellent pics!
Thanks!!
Sep 11, 2026 at 01:28 PM
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zilamonster wrote:
I can relate to living in Socal, but it being hard to get to places that are apparently close by. Great group of photos.
Thanks a lot.
I can relate to living in Socal, but it being hard to get to places that are apparently close by. Great group of photos.
Thanks a lot.
Sep 11, 2026 at 01:28 PM
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zilamonster wrote:
I can relate to living in Socal, but it being hard to get to places that are apparently close by. Great group of photos.
Thanks a lot
I can relate to living in Socal, but it being hard to get to places that are apparently close by. Great group of photos.
Thanks a lot
Sep 11, 2026 at 01:30 PM