Lucky to see this on the way out for some last shots. I am ready to go back.

View On Black

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Weather in SF this weekend was amazing...really great watercolor weather - the washes dry quickly!!!

Yosemite National Park, California, US

El Capitan, Texas

Obviously nothing brand new here but it's something I've wanted to shoot for myself since I caught the landscape photo bug a couple of years ago. This curious cloud picked a nice time to visit the scene after an afternoon of mostly blue skies.

Yosemite is beautiful beyond words and I'm glad I finally got the chance to visit. I look forward to spring's waterfalls and wildflowers and trying to get a little more creative now that I know my way around a bit. I hope 2014 is treating you all well so far.

Tunnel View, Yosemite National Park. December 20, 2013.

Yosemite National Park, California, US

The sun sets on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley at Yosemite National Park.

El Capitan and Merced River, Thanksgiving 2006.

El Capitan, Yosemite National Park - This was my first time in Yosemite in winter time. Unfortunately, draught conditions in California are so severe that there was no snow. Daytime temperatures were in the 70s.

A view from the Merced River looking toward El Capitan in Yosemite Valley.

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The haze was actually smoke from controlled brush fires the Park Rangers were monitoring to avoid potential, real fires.

California road map from Chevron, showing Yosemite National Park and the famous El Capitan.

Winter in Yosemite National Park can be a beautiful place with spectacular sunsets and snowy foregrounds. The iconic El Capitan stands in the background with melting snow sitting atop reeds along the banks of the Merced river forming the foreground.

20 x 20" gelatin Silver print, hand-tinted by artist, This 'fisheye' style approach allowed me to capture the entire peak and its reflection in the Merced River. The final print was made in my former darkroom about 1984 to 20 x 24 fiber paper and then hand-tinted. 1/1

This view was created with an 8 x 10" view camera fitted with a 75mm Super Angulon lens - the circular image shows the entire image resolved by this lens on the 8 x 10 film. This lens is more traditionally used on a 4 x 5" view camera, which covers that format completely

My friend Jacob Fu with his well-known jump move.

The last rays of sunset catching the heights of Yosemite valley, El Capitan on the left.

Yosemite Valley, May 2010. I know. I should have waded out into the river to get rid of that tree on the left edge of the picture.

oh captain my captain

This weekend we had a lovely full moonrise with lots of clouds and fog!! My favorite part of this image is the tiny lone pine (that's probably not tiny at all) towards the base of El Cap and shrouded in fog!