Tunnel View & El Capitan (Part 11) - Yosemite National Park, CA

During March of 2018, I spent 3 days in Yosemite National Park in California taking photos. This was my first ever trip to Yosemite National Park during winter. It was amazing! I don't think I have ever experienced that much snow out in the forest. I visited the valley, went snowshoeing on Glacier Point Road, went snowshoeing on Tioga Road, and shot many photos at Tunnel View. My photos will be split into 14 parts. I hope you enjoy viewing these photos! If you ever get a chance to visit Yosemite National Park during the winter, I highly recommend it. It is a very different experience than a spring or summer trip. My cellphone photos from the trip can be viewed here.

Full Resolution Photos: If you want to see full resolution photos of any of the photos you see here, use the following links. If you wish to purchase prints of any of the photos, please contact me here. To view my best Yosemite National Park photos for 2018, use this link. To see all of my photos from this trip, use this link.

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This is part 11 of my photos in Yosemite National Park. The photos in this post are the last of my photos shot on March 19th, 2018. Photos are of dusk at Tunnel View and night photography of El Capitan.

Dusk at Tunnel View.

Black and white process of the photo above.

Dusk at Tunnel View.

 Black and white process of the photo above.

Dusk at Tunnel View.

Black and white process of the photo above.

Dusk at Tunnel View.

 Black and white process of the photo above.

Night long exposure of El Capitan shot near Southside Drive.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google): 37° 43' 13" N 119° 38' 57" W

Black and white process of the photo above.

Night long exposure of El Capitan shot near Southside Drive. Photo shot at the same spot as above.

Black and white process of the photo above.

This is all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed viewing the photos! Next time begin the photos from the last day of my trip. I have photos from SR-140, Big Oak Flat Road, and my snowshoeing trip on Tioga Road (State Route 120). 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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El Portal Road & Southside Drive (Part 1) - Yosemite National Park, CA

During March of 2018, I spent 3 days in Yosemite National Park in California taking photos. This was my first ever trip to Yosemite National Park during winter. It was amazing! I don't think I have ever experienced that much snow out in the forest. I visited the valley, went snowshoeing on Glacier Point Road, went snowshoeing on Tioga Road, and shot many photos at Tunnel View. My photos will be split into 14 parts. I hope you enjoy viewing these photos! If you ever get a chance to visit Yosemite National Park during the winter, I highly recommend it. It is a very different experience than a spring or summer trip. My cellphone photos from the trip can be viewed here.

Full Resolution Photos: If you want to see full resolution photos of any of the photos you see here, use the following links. If you wish to purchase prints of any of the photos, please contact me here. To view my best Yosemite National Park photos for 2018, use this link. To see all of my photos from this trip, use this link.

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This is part 1 of my photos in Yosemite National Park. The photos in this post were shot on March 18th, 2018. Photos are from El Portal Road and Southside Drive shot on my drive into Yosemite National Park.

Long exposure photo of Tamarack Creek. Photo shot near El Portal Road.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google): 37° 43' 26" N 119° 42' 44" W

Long exposure photo of Cascade Falls. Photo shot near El Portal Road.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google): 37° 43' 27" N 119° 42' 43" W

Long exposure photo of Merced River. Photo shot near El Portal Road.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google): 37° 43' 13" N 119° 41' 44" W

Scenery shot facing Dewey Point. Winter snow scenery near Southside Drive.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google): 37° 42' 56" N 119° 39' 35" W

Winter snow scenery near Southside Drive. Photo shot near same spot as above.

Black and white process of the photo above. 

Winter snow scenery near Southside Drive. Photo shot near same spot as above.

Scenery of El Capitan shot near Southside Drive.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google): 37° 43' 13" N 119° 38' 57" W

Black and white process of the photo above. 

Scenery of El Capitan shot near Southside Drive. Photo shot near the same spot as above.

 Black and white process of the photo above.

Long exposure of Upper Yosemite Fall shot at the trail head of Four Mile Trail near Southside Drive.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google): 37° 44' 02" N 119° 36' 08" W

 Black and white process of the photo above.

Winter snow scenery near Southside Drive. Photo shot near same spot as above.

This is all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed viewing the photos! Next time I have photos from Swinging Bridge. 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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Tunnel View/Southside Drive - Yosemite National Park (Part 22)

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: Facebook, Twitter, and Google+.

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

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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 from Tunnel View and Southside Drive. The photos consists photos of Bridalveil Fall, El Capitan, and Cathedral Rocks.

HDR composition from Tunnel View. On the left is El Capitan. On the right is Bridalveil Fall and Cathedral Rocks. Half Dome is off in the distance which was covered by a lot of clouds when I took this photo. 

A black and white process of the above HDR composition. If I had more time in the park (didn't have to rush home as it was getting late), it would have made a really nice time lapse. At the time I got there, the clouds were rolling in on Tunnel View. There were several photographers set up for time lapse when I got there. Sadly I had to get home that night so I couldn't do a time lapse. 

A zoomed in HDR composition at Tunnel View. This photo was shot at 35mm. 

A black and white process of the HDR above. Someone on Google+ actually said it looks almost as good as Ansel Adams's work. :) Best compliment I've gotten so far. 

After those wide angle shots, I switched over to my telephoto lens for closer photos of the different features at Tunnel View. This is a photo of Bridalveil Fall. 

A black and white process of the above photo. I did this to bring out the details of the rock and forest, plus to cut through the haze and fog that was rolling in. 

A noticed some clouds over El Capitan and decided to get a photo of that too. 

Black and white looks pretty well too, so here is a black and white process.

Driving down from Tunnel View to Southside Drive, I stopped for a few photos of El Capitan. This is a sign talking about El Capitan. (I am glad I took a photo of this sign. I've been spelling it El Captain the whole time right now...)

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 43 13 N 119 38 56 W 

Portrait HDR composition of El Capitan. On the left is Ribbon Fall. 

Another HDR composition of El Capitan and Ribbon Fall. 

These are all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed them. Next time I will have photos from El Captain Drive and Northside Drive on my drive back to the SF Bay Area (home). 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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Bridalveil Fall/Four Mile Trail - Yosemite National Park (Part 7)

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: Facebook, Twitter, and Google+.

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

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Now let's introduce you to the photos for today. The photos for today was from the 2nd day of my trip. The photos are from Bridalveil Fall and trail head of Four Mile Trail.

A portrait shot of Bridalveil Fall from the parking lot. 

A long exposure of the trail leading up to the base of Bridalveil Fall. ND filter was used to achieve a long exposure to blur out the people walking by. 

Photography Tip: ND filters allows you to achieve long exposure even in the middle of the day. They come in handy when you want to blur waterfalls (create silky look) and also to blur out people walking by (for crowded areas). For the photo above there were a lot of people walking by, however from the use of an ND filter, they did not show up in my photo. Just be aware when buying ND filters, that you get a high quality one as cheap ones will usually color cast or cause your image to be blurry. Brands I recommend is the Big Lee Stopper, Hoya, and B+W. 

Water droplets on my lens. As you can see the waterfall was very strong during the time of the year I visited Yosemite (April). I originally wanted to ND filter my shots to get some really nice blur, but obviously it was impossible with how much water was raining down on my lens. Also this comes to show you how good of a weatherproofing the new Canon EOS 5D Mark III has. I use it with my Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM Lens which is a fully weather sealed lens (once a filter is installed) with a rubber gasket at the lens mount area (no moving parts except the zoom and focus ring). Worked out really well. 

After some clean up work, I went back and hand held a few shots of the waterfall. 

Product Recommendation: I use the B+W 82mm XS-Pro Kaesemann Circular Polarizer with Multi-Resistant Nano Coating filter for my lens. The cool thing about this line of lenses is that it has a new nano coating that makes water extremely hard to stick to the surface of the filter. For the above photo, the only clean up I did was the following. I first hiked back down a little bit to an area where the waterfall was not raining down as hard on. I then took out my Giotto Rocket Air Blaster and gave the filter a few puffs of air. I blew all the beads of water off to the side onto the metal ring where it fell off. There was no residue. I am not exaggerating. That is how waterproof or "hydrophobic" (in more scientific terms) this filter is! 

After another clean up round, I proceeded to do a landscape shot of Bridalveil Fall. 

A stream of water Bridalveil Fall produces. I didn't ND filter these as the vegetation around the area was thick enough to block out enough light for a good enough shot. 

Another photo of the stream of water Bridalveil Fall produces. 

Black and white HDR composition of a mountain as seen from the trail head of Four Mile Trail. This was the first time I tried processing my photos in black and white. I thought it made a pretty nice effect. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 46 34 N 119 47 44 W

Same HDR composition processed in color. 

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

Photo of cars passing by on Southside Drive near 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

HDR composition on Four Mile Trail (near the trail head). 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 39 21 97 N 119 44 31 W

A close up of a Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) and some moss. 

Giant rock on Four Mile Trail. Possible leftover from an avalanche? (First thought that came to mind)

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 39 17 10 N 119 39 05 W

These are all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed them. Next time I have photos of birds in Yosemite Village (went there to get lunch, the burgers were delicious btw) and a few landscape shots in Cook's Meadow. 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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