Category: Photography

  • Photo of the Day: Yosemite Fires by Rob Pughsley

    Today’s Photo of the Day is one of those “right place at the right time” shots that I always enjoy finding. Rob was in the perfect place to catch the smoke from the controlled burn in Yosemite Valley wafting around the chapel. Pretty cool. Great shot Rob. Photo by Rob Pughsley via Flickr.

  • Photo of the Day: Band of Light on El Capitan by Kit Ng

    Today’s Photo of the Day is another beautiful shot from Kit Ng. This one is titled “Band of Light on El Capitan”. Great shot Kit. Photo by Kit Ng via Flickr. Technorati Tags: California, nature photography, photo of the day, photography, yosemite, yosemite valley

  • Inspiration from Flickr

    Since I arrived in Yosemite 2 and a half years ago, I’ve paid particular attention to Flickr.com as a source of information and inspiration for prospective images. There are several Flickr members that inspire me; Paige Falk, Buck Forester, G Dan Mitchell to name a few. It was Buck’s image of Temple Crag that lead…

  • Sierra Nevada; Temple Crag

    Yosemite National Park does not hold a monopoly on beauty in the Sierra Nevada range. This glacier-fed lake is a relatively short hike from the trailhead near Big Pine, CA. This is in the John Muir Wilderness. Photo by Edie Howe-Byrne via Flickr. Technorati Tags: SierraNevada

  • Photo of the Day: Lone Tree, Half Dome in Cloud by Kit Ng

    Today’s Photo of the Day is an awesome black and white from Kit Ng of Half Dome wrapped in clouds. What a fabulous shot. Very nice Kit. Photo by Kit Ng via Flickr. Technorati Tags: California, photo of the day, photography, travel, vacation, yosemite, yosemite valley

  • Photo of the Day: Eastern Sierra in Black and White by Edie Howe-Byrne

    Today’s Photo of the Day is a damn nice black and white of the Eastern Sierra that Edie shot on a recent trip. What makes it a great shots? The whites are white, the blacks are black, there’s great tonal range, nothing is blown out really bad, things are sharp, contrast is good and it’s…

  • Photo of the Day: iPhone atop Half Dome! by Min Liu

    Every-so-often I come a cross a photo in my search for Photo of the Day that makes me smile. Today’s Photo of the Day comes from Min Liu who took her Apple iPhone hiking with her to the top of Half Dome. Min says: “I got full reception atop Half Dome in Yosemite “no reception”…

  • Fall Colors Drawing Crowds to Yosemite

    Pooja Aggarwal at the Beyond Here blog took the short drive up to Yosemite from the Bay Area to see the fall colors and did an awesome write-up of his trip. Beyond Here: We set off early morning (5 am – I absolutely insisted we leave early) and were inside the park by 9 am.…

  • Photo of the Day: Hetch Hetchy by Jared Kelly

    Most people think of [O’Shaughnessy Dam] as being a behemoth that holds back the Tuolumne keeping [Hetch Hetchy] Valley submerged beneath hundreds of feet of water. Jared Kelly has managed to catch a different side of the dam in today’s Photo of the Day showing what a beautiful place Hetch Hetchy still is even though…

  • Taking the larger view.

    Sometimes you have to take a chance. The rain stopped, and I drive up to Glacier point to take some sunset shots; This is a stitched panoramic. Now it’s raining again. Photo by Edie Howe-Byrne.