Photographic meanderings

First of four images created November 4, 2007 of reflections on the Merced River.

A rangale of Mule deer does took shelter in a grove of golden aspen, and were wary of me. They watched with trepidation as I photographed them and their surrounds.

On October 12, 2007, I spent the day on a long jaunt that started at Mono Lake shortly after sunrise, and ended in Lundy Canyon before going back to Yosemite Valley.

Virga is when rain comes down from the clouds, but doesn’t reach the ground before evaporating.

Temple Crag, John Muir Wilderness July 1, 2007

I’ve heard that the word “pohono” is the name of a spirit that guards the entrance to Yosemite Valley, or that it means “puffing wind”. This images shows water being blown back over the lip of Bridal Veil Falls, once called “Pohono” by the Ahwahneechee people.

August 28, 2007: Total eclipse of the moon. Next total eclipse of the moon is April 15, 2014.

Hops vine growing on a fence in Bodie SHP, CA.

I’m pretty sure this is the most inappropriately named peak in Yosemite, if not all of California. Can you guess which one it is, and where this was shot from?

Answer tomorrow!

April 24, 2007. Storm light over Leaning Tower by Bridal Veil Falls.