This is the evening of our first full day in the park. The heavy clouds of the previous evening had parted, but some clouds still remained. I don't think that this was an orographic cloud (it doesn't have the characteristic pancake shape), but it did remain over Half Dome for the twenty or so minutes that I watched while other clouds blew past.
On the morning of the second full day I walked over to Royal Arch Falls (pictures in a later post) and took this photo looking across one of the meadows. The sky was overcast again. I wish my camera had higher dynamic range. It's really hard to get the sky and the ground both in range in the mornings and evenings.
Another picture from the same walk, attempting to use a plant in the foreground for effect.
On the morning of the third day, William and I went for an early morning walk. The sky had cleared almost completely this day. I loved the mist rising up over the meadow and the ray of light cast over Half Dome's shoulder as the sun rises behind it. The small stream was an added bonus.
In the evening of the third day, a quick rain shower passed overhead while we were at a children's activity at Yosemite Lodge. While driving back to the campsite we noticed that the shower had moved over Half Dome creating a faint rainbow. I stopped the van and ran out into the middle of a meadow, sinking my shoes completely in the deep mud, to get a shot unobstructed by trees. The rainbow only lasted about 5 minutes and was never very saturated. But I loved getting this picture and the feeling of racing for the shot before the opportunity disappeared.
I added the vignetting to hide a couple of ugly RVs in the lower-left and to emphasize the arch of the rainbow, but I'm not sure I like it.
2 comments:
They're all good shots. Really like the rainbow.
Your camping trip sounds like it was a blast! We are so jealous. And those are some really impressive photos.
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