[LRflex] Re: IMGs: Yosemite Fini
- From: Bob Adler <rgacpa@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2013 22:30:44 -0700
Sure is a hell of a lot of fun and satisfying to try!
Sent from my iPad
On Apr 27, 2013, at 9:50 PM, Andy Wagner <yxandy2001@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> What was Bob Hope's theme song, "Thanks for the Memories". Thank you Bob!
> While your shots are truly stunning they don't do it justice. There is just
> to much beauty to capture in one life time
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Apr 27, 2013, at 11:21 PM, Robert Adler <rgacpa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> The last day of photography for this trip to Yosemite was Thursday after
>> noon. By the end of the night, we were pooped, so decided to head home
>> Friday. The weather Friday was going to be another bright, sunny 16 day and,
>> combining a work conference with shooting on either end of each day had
>> burned us out (yes, I know, poor Bob...). :-)
>>
>> There were some clouds as we drove through Tunnel View, so I couldn't resist
>> taking that much over-photographed scene of the valley:
>>
>> http://rgaphoto.com/2013-04-Yosemite/content/TunnelViewPanoMASTER_large.html
>>
>> Then we drove around the Valley. Cook's meadow was as beautiful a green as I
>> had ever seen it, and the water was flowing mightily from Upper Yosemite
>> Falls. Guess the heat was melting what little snow was there pretty quickly
>> (I heard Tioga Pass was going to be open in 3 weeks and Glacier Pt. next
>> week):
>>
>> http://rgaphoto.com/2013-04-Yosemite/content/CookMeadowPanoMASTER_large.html
>>
>> Took a little break walking around the grounds of the famous Ahwanee Hotel.
>> There are several reading rooms on the main floor:
>>
>> http://rgaphoto.com/2013-04-Yosemite/content/L1006610_large.html
>>
>> as well as the spectacular Grand Dining Room:
>>
>> http://rgaphoto.com/2013-04-Yosemite/content/AhwaniPanoMASTER_large.html
>>
>> My wife and I had a picnic dinner on the banks of the Merced watching the
>> light soften. Four hours later a full moon came up behind Cathedral Peak and
>> lit up El Capitan. Since my digital back only can expose up to 60 seconds
>> and the lens is an f/4 lens, the image is noisy. But it was a lovely
>> peaceful time watching the stars come out and El Capitan light up from the
>> top to the bottom:
>>
>> http://rgaphoto.com/2013-04-Yosemite/content/ElCapMoon-BW-MASTER_large.html
>>
>> Thanks for looking. As always, images of such a magical place rarely do it
>> justice. I hope many of you can get there some day (just don't go in the
>> summer!!).
>> Best,
>> Bob
>>
>> --
>> Bob Adler
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