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Subject: [Leica] Yosemite BB (Before Bob)
From: lluisripollphotography at gmail.com (lluisripollphotography)
Date: Tue, 30 May 2017 01:53:35 +0200
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Wonderful set!
Lluis


> El 27 maig 2017, a les 4:41, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> 
> va escriure:
> 
> Nice set. This is my favourite:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/s7/y7/Yosemite+Night-3950.jpg.html
> 
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
> On Sat, May 27, 2017 at 5:04 AM, Aram <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> We were in Yosemite the week before Bob.  It has been a long time since I
>> have seen the water so high.  The week we were there the temperatures
>> climbed into the mid 80?s and the snow in the high country was melting 
>> like
>> gang busters.  It was rising about a foot a day for three  days.
>> Amazing.  Many places where I usually go to find shots were three feet
>> under water.  No shots of the three brothers, no shots of half dome in my
>> favorite spot...
>> View Large if you can.
>> 
>> Here is a shot from by the Superintendent?s Bridge.
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/s7/y7/Superintendent+Bridge-4127.
>> jpg.html
>> 
>> Notice the tree on the right, and one just barely in view on the left.
>> Here is the almost same view 2 days later:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/s7/y7/Superintendent+Bridge-4288-
>> Edit.jpg.html
>> 
>> The meadow around swinging bridge and Cook?s meadow were under water in
>> many places.  Bob had a shot of the walkway to the river from the south
>> road.  I have one of it almost all under water.
>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/s7/y7/Cooks+Meaow-4329.jpg.html
>> 
>> A few more from around Swinging Bridge and the road to Sentinel Bridge:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/s7/y7/Cooks+Meadow-4310.jpg.html
>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/s7/y7/Cooks+Meadow-4131.jpg.html
>> 
>> Cascade Creek was flowing quite well.
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/s7/y7/Cascade+Creek-4369.jpg.html
>> My favorite little tree was still gone, however.  It was gone Christmas
>> time, too.
>> 
>> The dogwood were spectacular.  We always go the first week in May and are
>> either too late or too early.  This time we hit peak bloom, but due to the
>> cloudless skies when we were there, shots were hard to find.  Most were so
>> bright.
>> Close-up?s were a challenge and shots of whole trees had these burned out
>> bright spots shining from the dark foliage.  But I found a few close to 
>> the
>> Merced river that were lit pretty well:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/s7/y7/Dogwood+and+
>> river-4007-Edit.jpg.html
>> 
>> The first night we were there we went out to try our luck at some star
>> shots and I got these:
>> Fisheye shot from Valley View:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/s7/y7/Yosemite+Night-3950.jpg.html
>> 
>> And a lucky moonbow at Bridalveil taken from Tunnel View:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/s7/y7/Yosemite+Night-3960.jpg.html
>> 
>> At least view this one large, please.
>> 
>> Comment and criticism welcome.
>> 
>> Aram
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Aram Langhans
>> (Semi) Retired Science Teacher
>> & Unemployed photographer
>> 
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>> would ever have dared dream.? James D. Watson
>> 
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