Photos Redone - Yosemite National Park/Mono Lake

As I learn more RAW photo processing techniques, I get better and better with my results. Recently I went back and redone some of my photos that I felt I didn't adequately process the first time through that was worth reprocessing. Today I am here to show you the new results I have for Yosemite National Park and Mono Lake from my 2012 and 2013 trip. You can view my original photos and other trip photos from 2013 here. You can view my original photos and other trip photos from 2012 here.

Full Resolution Photos and Prints: If you want to see full resolution photos or buy prints of any of the photos you see, they are up on my portfolio for viewing. If you are interested, choose one of the links below:

• Yosemite 2012 (Best Photos)
• Yosemite 2013 (Best Photos)
• Yosemite 2012 (All Photos)
• Yosemite 2013 (All Photos)

I will first start off with photos from my 2013 trip.

Loved the blue sky and the clouds that day. Made for a really nice country scenery. The road you see is SR-140. I took this on my drive to Yosemite National Park from the SF Bay Area.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 19 25 N 120 15 35 W

 Someone's farm fenced off with barbed wire. Still on the side of SR-140 on my drive to Yosemite National Park.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 19 25 N 120 15 35 W

Another photo on SR-140. Loved the curve in the highway. As you can see, a pro photographer may suddenly slow and pull over with no warning at all. :P So next time you see some douche driving slowly down an empty highway, this could be the reason. LOL

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 21 08 N 120 11 48 W

 Someone's farm fenced off with barbed wire. Some cows off in the distance. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 21 08 N 120 11 48 W

Photo of SR-140 near Indian Flat RV Park. On the left is some Redbud (Cercis canadensis). On the right is SR-140. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 39 41 N 119 50 54 W

View of Merced River on Foresta Road.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 40 10 N 119 49 02 W

View of Stanislaus National Forest from Foresta Road.

 Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 40 11 N 119 49 01 W

A vertical shot of Cascade Falls. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 43 28 N 119 42 43 W

A portrait shot of Bridalveil Fall from the parking lot. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 42 59 N 119 39 06 W

View of Yosemite Falls from across the street from the trail head of Four Mile Trail.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 44 02 N 119 36 07 W

The rest are from my 2012 trip.

Boardwalk at Mono Basin. 

Tufas at Mono Lake. 

Grass field with some tufa behind. I think the clouds adds a nice touch to the photo. Good thing the clouds started rolling in!  

More tufa formation at Mono Lake 

Tioga Pass in Yosemite National Park. 

This lake was near the eastern entrance of Yosemite (like near the gate).  I thought the landscape looked great so I headed down. 

 This was the meadow near the lake I think. 

 Further into Yosemite National Park, there was a stream. I took my tripod into the stream for this one. 

These are all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed them. Please don't forget to share the blog post with your friends and family members! Also, if you want to get notifications when I post up more photos, "Like" us on Facebook or follow me on Twitter and Instagram. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

Photos Redone - Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) - Yosemite National Park

As I learn more RAW photo processing techniques, I get better and better with my results. Recently I went back and redone some of my photos that I felt I didn't adequately process the first time through that was worth reprocessing. Today I am here to show you the new results I have of Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) from Cook's Meadow in Yosemite National Park from my 2013 trip. You can view my original photos and other trip photos here. Also, this will be a very long blog post with 31 images. If you are on a slow internet connection, it might take a while to load. If you wish to view the photos in a slideshow, just click on the first image and a slideshow should load.

Full Resolution Photos and Prints: If you want to see full resolution photos or buy prints of any of the photos you see, they are up on my portfolio for viewing. If you are interested, choose one of the links below:

• Deer (Best Photos)
• Yosemite 2013 (Best Photos)
• Yosemite 2013 (All Photos)

Important Notice to all individuals planning to visit Yosemite: All National Parks are currently closed due to the ongoing government shut down. You will not be able to visit Yosemite National Park or other national parks as they are closed. Many companies and businesses are offering refunds or reschedules to anyone who reserved in advance. If you have questions about your reservations, you should contact the company and business you reserved with.

The US government is the king for stupid things. Ever heard of the Stargate Project? Apparently during WWII, our government spent $20 million on psychics to predict future events. It was later canceled because it turns out the psychics can't predict accurately. More info on that here. As you can see the US government is ran by a bunch of idiots. I also don't give a **** about who caused this shut down. All I know is that I love National Parks and I love Yosemite National Park, and the people who is running this country is making the citizens and tourists suffer.

I probably did take a bit too much photos of the deer, but I love wildlife.  

Photography Tip: Spray and prey is a great method for wildlife shots, but sometimes you do end up taking way too many photos (like I did here). To spray and prey, you want to set your camera up on focus tracking (AI SERVO for Canon cameras) and then put it on continuous shutter. This method can sometimes get you interesting results. Lower down in this blog post, you will see a photo of a deer taking a poop.

This was the photo I was talking about above! If you zoom in, you can see the little drops coming out of the deer's butt. This photo was completely by accident. For the deer shots, I was using continuous shutter so I just held down my shutter button for the camera to go "click click click". Works well for wildlife shots. You never know what will turn up!  

These are all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed them. Really sad this wonderful  park is closed just because the idiots running this country can't work things out. Please don't forget to share the blog post with your friends and family members! Also, if you want to get notifications when I post up more photos, "Like" us on Facebook or follow me on Twitter and Google+. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

HDRs Redone - Yosemite National Park/Mono Lake

I recently went back and redid some of my old HDR compositions into 32-bit ones for a more natural look. 32-bit HDR compositions usually look more natural and gives better color than a 16-bit HDR (which was what I was doing before) so I went ahead and redone all of them. Today, I am here to show you the new HDR compositions from my 2012 Yosemite National Park and Mono Lake trip. You can view my previous HDR compositions and other trip photos here.

Full Resolution Photos and Prints: If you want to see full resolution photos or buy prints of any of the photos you see, they are up on my portfolio for viewing. If you are interested, choose one of the links below:

• Yosemite 2012 (Best Photos)
• Yosemite 2012 (All Photos)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK! Today is the 123rd birthday of  Yosemite National Park. This is part of the reason why I wanted to post these Yosemite National Park photos. Anyways, let's show you guys the photos! Also like last time, these photos aren't in the order they were taken. I'm reorganizing them putting the ones I think is best at the top.

One of my most favorite places to visit in Yosemite National Park is of course Tunnel View! The view there is so breath taking. 

Here is HDR compositions from the hiking trail down to Mono Meadows. Its turnout is on the road up to Glacier Point. 

HDR composition of a sunset I did on the way home from Yosemite. Some ghosting still exists even though I turned on ghost suppression in Photoshop while compositing this. 

HDR composition in Yosemite Village near the motel I stayed at over night. Looks like this photo is out of a children's picture book doesn't it? 

HDR composition of the trail taking you up to Lower Yosemite Falls. 

Here is an HDR composition on the side of the State Route 108 in the Stanislaus National Forest. 

 This is a stream on the side of the State Route 108 in the Stanislaus National Forest on my way to Mono Lake.

Landscapes on my way to Mono Lake.   

These 2 are the view at a turnout in Yosemite.   

These are all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed them. Really sad this wonderful  park is closed just because the idiots running this country can't work things out. Please don't forget to share the blog post with your friends and family members! Also, if you want to get notifications when I post up more photos, "Like" us on Facebook or follow me on Twitter and Instagram. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

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