Shoreline, Upper Young Lake, Sunset. Yosemite National Park, California. July 29, 2009. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
Sunset light on shoreline trees and rocks below rocky hillside above Upper Young Lake, Yosemite National Park.
This is another in the series of photographs I made on this late-July evening at Upper Young Lake, my favorite of the three in this string of Young Lakes in the Sierra Nevada back-country out of Tuolumne Meadows. This photograph was shot in the last moments before the sun, shining through a bit of smoke from a wildfire in the park, dropped below the rim of the high meadow holding the lake.
I probably could have stayed at this lake and photographed post-sunset light for another half hour beyond sunset. However, the thought of hiking in the dark down a mile-long trail that in places is more cross country than actual trail convinced me to pack up and leave shortly after this.
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Thanks, Cynthia.
Cool that you mentioned the east San Jose hills. As it turns out my wife and I went out for a walk during the last half hour of the day and I did notice and comment on that light – really wonderful “golden hour” stuff, indeed. And I didn’t even photograph it!
Dan
Nice one Dan. And did you see the color on the hills above East San Jose tonight? I just looked out my upstairs window and it was like wow. Now that’s what I’m talking about. Except I’m in no position to go out and photograph it. Oh well. It’s like our golden hills were lit up with alpenglow. Dig it!