Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2023/04/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The flooding hasn?t been as bad as forecast so the park will be fully reopen Sunday for day use and then fully open on 1 May. Fortunately we?re cooling down a bit so the high country will have a chance to lose its snow cover more slowly. Thanks for sharing your photos - the rainbows are so vivid! Adam Bridge > On Apr 30, 2023, at 2:10 PM, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > > I am sorry they closed the park. The falls are just getting to be > spectacular. I do prefer the closer shots. > > On Sun, Apr 30, 2023, 3:27 PM Aram Langhans via LUG <lug at > leica-users.org> > wrote: > >> Got out of Yosemite on Friday as they were closing it down due to the >> anticipation of flooding. While there was lots of water in the rivers, >> we have been there when it has been higher. They are getting more >> cautious as the year go by. >> >> Here are a few shots of Bridalveil Falls. The first set from Tunnel >> View, the entrance to the valley floor on highway 41. If you get to the >> overlook at about 4PM the sun is at the right angle to give you a >> rainbow at the falls in the distance. If there is enough water and some >> wind to make a lot of mist it can be quite a show. It starts low and >> you can see the reds in the mist. As the angle of the sun gets lower >> the reds climb up the falls followed by the rest of the colors of the >> rainbow. ROYGBIV if you remember your junior high science. This day >> there was a fair amount of water but the winds were light, but if you >> waited a gust could spread some mist before the water hits the bottom. >> >> Tunnel View-4222.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr >> < >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at >> N06/52859419426/in/album-72177720307906491/ >>> >> >> A few minutes later the colors are a little higher in this cropped shot >> so you can see most of the spectrum now. >> >> Tunnel View-4235-Edit.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr >> < >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at >> N06/52859806730/in/album-72177720307906491/ >>> >> >> Here are a few from the base of the falls, or at least as close as you >> can get now due to construction in the parking area. The light was >> pretty harsh and I was looking more directly at the sun. Thought B&W >> was a better choice for these. >> >> Bridalveil Falls-4377.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr >> < >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at >> N06/52859806320/in/album-72177720307906491/ >>> >> >> Tighter zoom showing more of the base. >> >> Bridalveil Falls-4375.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr >> < >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at >> N06/52859419306/in/album-72177720307906491/ >>> >> >> I will work on more over the next few days. >> >> Comments welcome. >> >> Aram >> >> >> -- >> Aram Langhans >> (Semi) Retired Science Teacher >> & Unemployed photographer >> >> ?The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself >> would ever have dared dream.? >> James D. Watson >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information