Yosemite, 2007___ Mono Lake Sierra Nevada

Added 3, I missed

74.

Tenaya Lake by Coast




75.

On Top of the World by Coast




76.

Stand Alone by Coast

Edited by Coast - 25 January 2023 at 08:09

One of the things I wanted to mention before we left the Valley. It's not unusual to see bears if you're not on the valley floor itself. It takes one aback at first. They will probably be sitting up in the middle of a small field eating and they can be 50 feet away and totally oblivious to a crowd of people staring at them, taking their picture. Its as if humans don't even register on their radar They aren't big bears but still

Edited by Coast - 17 January 2023 at 08:49

Hi Joseph,

Thanks for the continuing 'tor' of California and Mono Lake especially; it is, indeed, a special place and one I keep on making a note to go and visit but we haven't quite made it yet.

It's interesting to see this from all those years ago - I suspect from what I've read that the lake itself is now significantly lower than it was (though, perhaps, the recent heavy rains may have replenished it somewhat) and the tufa towers are not as 'outstanding' as they used to be? A visit would definitely be needed!

Out of all the images, the one that took my eye immediately in every sense was the first one - it's a different 'take' on the location and narrowing down the DoF to just select a small section of the sagebrush works really, really well for me - there's the vague hint of the towers in the background to locate the scene but I like the layering effect you've bought to this shot a lot.

Of the others, I like the tufa details as well, together with #87 where you use the boardwalk to good effect in taking us into the heart of the shot - the almost panoramic view it then affords works well to cap that off. I suspect you could lose a little off the top of that shot to really emphasis the lead in?

Overall, though, it's a really pleasing series of images to date and, as I may have mentioned, is a memory 'tick' to encourage us to return to that part of the USA sometime soon.

Thanks for sharing these and take care.

Best regards, Neil.

Continuing and ending Mono Lake

92.

Mono Lake by Coast




93.

Mono Lake by Coast




94.

Yosemite Thru the Years Il--Tioga Pass to Mono Lake by Coast




95.

Yosemite Thru the Years Il--Tioga Pass to Mono Lake, Sierra Nevada's by Coast




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Mono Lake by Coast




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Mono Lake by Coast




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Mono Lake by Coast









99.These next 3 are from my most recent trip there 2021

Mono Lake 2021 panorama by Coast









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Mono Lake by Coast




101. the above 2 were with my 70-350, this one with my ultra wide. I Love my little ultra wide💜

Mono Lake by Coast




102. this is a 1983 photo I took for some reason became a much viewed flickr

Mono Lake, east Yosemite, Sierra Nevada. 40 yr old photo by Coast




103. You all know I just had to do one of these photos, specially here at Mono

Mono Lake by Coast
tfv


I'm going to make an addendum continuation chapter to this here. I'll be calling "the Real Sierra Nevada"
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Hezu wrote: so the combination does look somewhat unnatural...

Agree, but to me this makes it also looks great

Thank you guys,
the photo is just me playing around as I sometimes do, not meant to be a real picture as I eluded in the caption above it
When I am at a particularly spectacular place like Mono I like to emphasis it with a selected "sky replacement"

Hope it worked
Thanks again for viewing all
Joe

Thank you, I hope it's still OK to have "Fun"