Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Northside Drive - Yosemite National Park (Part 21)

Yosemite National Park is a national park located in California that stretches eastern portions of Tuolumne, Mariposa and Madera counties in the central eastern portion of California and covers around 761,268 acres or 3,080.74 km² of land. Yosemite National Park is best known for its waterfalls, deep valleys, grand meadows, giant sequoias, giant wilderness area, and much more. I, personally, love Yosemite National Park. I think it is very beautiful and is a great place for photographs. I also happen to live in the SF Bay Area which isn't very far from it! I try to make at least 1 trip almost every year to the park. I visited the park several month ago and I am here to show you some of the photos I took in the park as well as some photos I took on the way into the park from the SF Bay Area. These photos will be divided over several blog posts. I hope you enjoy the photos! Also, I have route information recorded using a Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver. If you are planning a similar trip to Yosemite National Park and would like to see the route I took, feel free to email me at the email address I provided on my "About the Photographer" page for a copy. I can provide you the route information in Google Earth KMZ, Canon NMEA, and GPX formats. If you would like to get notifications when I do post, you can Like/Follow me on the following fan pages: FacebookTwitter, and Google+.

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Now let's introduce you to the photos for today. The photos for today was from the 3rd day of my trip. The photos are all shot along Northside Drive (on the way to Tunnel View from Yosemite Falls). The photos include the Sentinel Dome, El Captain, and Cathedral Rocks.

HDR composition. I did HDR so that the clouds won't get blown out in the image. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 38 13 41 N 120 17 50 W 

 A black and white process of the above photo to bring out the cloud details a little better. 

 A panorama. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 44 18 N 119 36 25 W 


Driving along Northside Drive, I came upon Cathedral Rocks. I did an HDR composition of that too. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 38 26 05 N 119 39 28 W  

A panorama of Cathedral Rocks. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 43 26 N 119 38 01 W  

HDR composition of El Capitan.
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 38 26 07 N 119 39 34 W 

These are all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed them. Next time I will have photos from Tunnel View and Southside Drive. Please don't forget to share my blog posts with your friends! If you would like to get notifications next time I post, you can "Like" me on Facebook or follow me on Twitter and Google+. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

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