Tag Archives: Yosemite

Magic water…

Posted on September 11, 2018 by pouringmyartout

I held back this one photo I took of the river in Yosemite valley on my recent adventure there. I don’t know why the water looks green and purple. It might just be a trick of the sunlight, shining through … Continue reading →

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My Yosemite adventure… part 14… the final chapter…

Posted on September 8, 2018 by pouringmyartout

In a way, that photo of the entire Yosemite valley does capture the scale of the granite cliffs that surround it. Trees that are more than a hundred-feet-tall look like grass under the escarpments. Reflections in a still river. The … Continue reading →

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My Yosemite adventure… part 13… no words, just pictures…

Posted on September 7, 2018 by pouringmyartout
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My Yosemite adventure… part 12… in which I try, one more time, to explain how really huge those granite formations really are…

Posted on September 6, 2018 by pouringmyartout

I used the telephoto lens to zoom in on a rock that was hanging over the edge of a cliff near Half Dome. That rock is probably the size of a small house. Or maybe even a big house. That’s … Continue reading →

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My Yosemite adventure… part 11… sunrise…

Posted on September 5, 2018 by pouringmyartout

  This is why I tend to get up super early on my adventures… I got to watch the sun come up over Yosemite. I took this first series of photos after driving partway back out of the park. (The … Continue reading →

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My Yosemite adventure… part 10… yes, they have a big, fancy hotel there, because rich people need to see nature too…

Posted on September 5, 2018 by pouringmyartout

I know, it sounds crazy. The same rich people who want to dump coal sluicing waste directly into streams and cut down all the forests to build towers still want to see a tree now and then. I mean, they … Continue reading →

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My Yosemite adventure… part 9… Bridalveil Falls…

Posted on September 4, 2018 by pouringmyartout

Another series of photos to highlight how being in Yosemite right after the wildfires had closed the park, and therefore made it virtually free of pesky humanity, allowed me, over two days, to take pictures of interesting things from an … Continue reading →

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My Yosemite adventure… part 8… El Capitan…

Posted on September 3, 2018 by pouringmyartout

I know, this is just going to be photos of one of the famous granite formations in Yosemite. I am doing this for a reason. Because the park had been closed due to all the wildfires burning in California, and … Continue reading →

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My Yosemite adventure… part 7… how I ended up spending the night there, where I stayed, and how I used my extra time taking even more photos for you!!!

Posted on August 31, 2018 by pouringmyartout

When I was up in the Bay Area visiting my mom for her 95th birthday, I wasn’t actually planning on a trip to Yosemite. And when I did decide to go, it was just a spontaneous idea for a day … Continue reading →

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My Yosemite adventure… part 6… just random pictures, taken over two days, with no words to interrupt your viewing pleasure…

Posted on August 28, 2018 by pouringmyartout
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