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 p.2 #5 · Advise: Yosemite in late April | |
Thanks for all the great info! Man, you know RI! Yes that's Beavertail ... one of my favorite spots. Born and raised in RI ... sounds like you too? Here's one of the lighthouse:
http://millette.smugmug.com/photos/352953100_UCbZq-M-1.jpg
http://millette.smugmug.com/photos/352952851_WtdES-M-1.jpg
On the second one, the light on the rocks was incredible ... colors - reds and oranges - were very bright. I used a polorizer, tried some post processing, but was still not able to get the colors to pop they way they looked "live".
The boats are from the marina down the end of the road past Ft. Wetheral.
Edie Howe wrote:
Morning shots: Leidig meadow, looking west towards Cathedral Rocks. Or on the southside Drive, East of the El Cap crossover, park at the turnout with two trees in it, and walk down to the river's edge for a spectacular view of El Capitan, with reflections in the Merced River.
El Cap meadow is good, too.
Alternately, with this warm weather we've been having, I'd say that there's a good chance the Western Sierra Dogwoods may be blooming by then.
Washington Column from Stoneman Meadow at the east end of the valley, adjacent to Curry Village also makes for good morning photography, to the right of the Royal Arches just east of the Ahwahnee Hotel.
Stoneman Meadow is also a great place to shoot Half Dome at sunset if the crowds are too much at Tunnel View or Sentinel Bridge.
Best value for your money to eat is the buffet at Curry Village. And Dan, quit complaining about the paper on your croissant. The real issue is that the croissant probably tasted like leather!
As for the photography tour, my best friend Christine runs the Tues and Thursday walks. She is a pro, and she is a part time interpretive ranger. Definitely it looks like you have a handle on landscape photography, so unless you'd like to hear about some rather basic stuff and be shown a couple of places that Ansel Adams shot from, you can skip it.
BTW, second shot in your line up--Beavertail Lighthouse in Jamestown RI? Well, not the lighthouse, but those rocks remind me of the ones along the shore around the lighthouse.
Holy crap! You've got an infestation of purple loose strife, BIG TIME. Not a good thing, that stuff is invasive as hell and will choke waterways.
All your shots look like Rhode Island, dude. Makes me a wee bit homesick, it does.
Send me an email with your arrival time, and I'll try to drop off my copy of Michael Frye's book at the front desk of the Yosemite Lodge for you to use. I've pretty much memorized it, anyway. I'll book mark my suggestions for you if I have to work that day, if not, I'll be happy to show you around the best spots.
In closing, John Muir once was asked what he'd do in Yosemite if he only had one day to visit. His reply: "Madam, if I only had one day in Yosemite, I'd sit by the river and cry."
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First timer here, will it be possible without chains? 
