Bill picked me up at 6 o’clock this morning – not exactly my favourite time of day! But it was more than worth it. We spent a few hours at three different sites in Yosemite valley taking photos – and once the light got a bit harsh at about 11 o’clock we retreated to the cafeteria to look at what I’d taken, review older photos, etc. Some of the results:
And See the long shadow just to the right of the jutting out part of El Capitan? This is what I saw when I zoomed in:
Ripples in the river between two rocks that were causing the interference pattern below. Pretty neat!
It was a fantastic day. I got some great shots, learnt a lot, and was reminded of a lot of things I’d been neglecting of late that I’m now paying more attention to. Hopefully I’ll be able to keep it up, and increase teh elvel of creativity in my pphotography. But I’m certainly inspired!
During the afternoon smoke from one of the bushfires (wildfires here) came over the valley and we got that eerie red light that we sometimes get in Sydney when there are fires around. But I was too exhausted to take advantage of it – I took one quick snap of smoky light over trees – it turned out pretty well!
When Bill dropped me back at the hotel I went to bed – and didn’t get up again for 16 hours!