At the end of October I visited Yosemite Valley for a few days. I go very year at about this time, since it (right around Halloween) is when the fall colors of dogwood, big leaf made, and black oak trees typically peak. While we don't usually think of The Valley as a prime fall color location, there are a few places there where the color is quite intense.
Since I live a distance from the Valley that allows for (long) day trip visits, and since I've photographed there for decades, I don't usually spend much time photographing the icons unless the conditions for them are out-fo-this-world special. Instead, these days I look for other things, often wandering around slowly and just looking.
Here's a set of six photographs from this vista... and one extra that is a different version of one of the six.
