Yosemite Falls, Autumn. Yosemite National Park, California. November 3, 2007. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.
There is no water coming over the falls in this late season photograph, taken in late afternoon light.
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Tourists, Wawona Tunnel Parking Lot
Tourists, Wawona Tunnel Parking Lot. Yosemite National Park, California. November 3, 2007. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell
After visiting the Wawona Tunnel viewpoint for decades – spring, summer, fall, and winter – I’ve become interested in what the visitors do when they arrive here.
Barn, Foresta
Barn, Foresta. Yosemite National Park, California. November 3, 2007. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell
As you drive down toward Yosemite Valley from the northern highway 120 entrance you can see the small village of Foresta below and to your right. Once it was surrounded by forest, and it will be again some day – but now the area is quite bare following a very intense forest fire there a few years ago. I’ve been intrigued by this barn for some time, and I’ve stopped more than once to photograph it.
Afternoon Shadows, El Capitan Meadow
Afternoon Shadows, El Capitan Meadow. Yosemite National Park, California. November 3, 2007. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell
This was not a shot I planned to take. I was in the Valley and on my way to another place where I planned to shoot in the early evening when I drove past this spot and saw the boundary between light and shadow falling across these trees. I quickly pulled over, grabbed my gear, set up the tripod and made a few exposures before the light disappeared.