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Subject: Re: [OM] IMGs: Yosemite Fini
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2013 08:55:43 -0400
I like them all but I think the Grand Dining Room is a bit overexposed. 
  One of these days I'll get to Yosemite.

Chuck Norcutt


On 4/28/2013 12:21 AM, Robert Adler wrote:
> The last day of photography for this trip to Yosemite was Thursday after
> noon. By the end of the night, we were pooped, so decided to head home
> Friday. The weather Friday was going to be another bright, sunny 16 day
> and, combining a work conference with shooting on either end of each day
> had burned us out (yes, I know, poor Bob...). :-)
>
> There were some clouds as we drove through Tunnel View, so I couldn't
> resist taking that much over-photographed scene of the valley:
>
> http://rgaphoto.com/2013-04-Yosemite/content/TunnelViewPanoMASTER_large.html
>
> Then we drove around the Valley. Cook's meadow was as beautiful a green as
> I had ever seen it, and the water was flowing mightily from Upper Yosemite
> Falls. Guess the heat was melting what little snow was there pretty quickly
> (I heard Tioga Pass was going to be open in 3 weeks and Glacier Pt. next
> week):
>
> http://rgaphoto.com/2013-04-Yosemite/content/CookMeadowPanoMASTER_large.html
>
> Took a little break walking around the grounds of the famous Ahwanee Hotel.
> There are several reading rooms on the main floor:
>
> http://rgaphoto.com/2013-04-Yosemite/content/L1006610_large.html
>
> as well as the spectacular Grand Dining Room:
>
> http://rgaphoto.com/2013-04-Yosemite/content/AhwaniPanoMASTER_large.html
>
> My wife and I had a picnic dinner on the banks of the Merced watching the
> light soften. Four hours later a full moon came up behind Cathedral Peak
> and lit up El Capitan. Since my digital back only can expose up to 60
> seconds and the lens is an f/4 lens, the image is noisy. But it was a
> lovely peaceful time watching the stars come out and El Capitan light up
> from the top to the bottom:
>
> http://rgaphoto.com/2013-04-Yosemite/content/ElCapMoon-BW-MASTER_large.html
>
> Thanks for looking. As always, images of such a magical place rarely do it
> justice. I hope many of you can get there some day (just don't go in the
> summer!!).
> Best,
> Bob
>
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