If you shoot in Yosemite Valley (or other parts of the Sierra) you know how critical timing can be to finding and photographing particular subjects. If you are not familiar with the natural cycles of Yosemite Valley – or even if you are and you just want up to the moment reports – you should follow Michael Frye’s Blog. He is a well-known Yosemite photographer and author of the most-often-recommended book on photographing there, and in his blog he shares lots of tips and conditions reports.

In today’s post shares the encouraging news that seasonal precipitation in the Valley as of this date is more or less normal – this after a couple below normal years – and he forecasts that we may see a fairly normal spring. This might include a dogwood bloom late in April and peak waterfall flows later on in May.