Looks like another hurricane is heading into the Caribbean. And another is forming in the mid-Atlantic. Harvey was a disaster for Houston and now it looks like this next storm will trash much of the islands from the Virgins all the way to Cuba before setting its sights on Florida. The disaster budget for FEMA is already deeply in the hole and our do-nothing congress doesn't seem to have the ability to forget the politics and just help. Worthless bunch of c@#p as far as I'm concerned. But, we get exactly what we deserve and these clowns are just about perfect. So much self-interest in the world right now. My heart goes out for all those who are about to confront this massive storm and the ones that come afterwards. It's going to be a horrible season this year.
Mirror Lake - Yosemite
I was in Yosemite for 3 nights and really didn't get very much done. Because it was mid-April much of the park was still closed off and I was confined to the valley for the most part. Did hike up to Mirror Lake which was certainly an interesting experience. It was very near my camp so I was able to leave the truck there and make the trip by foot. The bad winter in California had washed out route 120 so driving into the park had taken me into the mountains and on some really challenging roads. Probably a good thing for me as many visitors had not been able to make the trip and there were lots of campsites open for the taking. Anyway, instead of a large stock of images I got less than 200 for 3 days. That's simply because much of what I wanted to see was still closed. Oh well, maybe next year I can get back and do more. We'll see what happens.
Anyway, I hiked up to Mirror Lake which is at the base of Half Dome. It was before noon when I got there and the wind hadn't yet picked up so the lake's surface was fairly still. In some places I had to get out my 10 stop ND filter to get long exposures to smooth out the ripples but in this spot I was able to just shoot normally. If you look closely at the sky there is all sorts of debris flying around plus many birds aloft so there is plenty to see there. Also the lake was fairly dirty and you can see lots of junk in the water. The trees were just starting to throw leaves giving them a very yellowish golden color which contrasts nicely with the blue sky. All in all a very nice image. This is a blend of 2 images, run through Photomatix and finished in Lightroom. Very pleasant for the most part.
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| Mirror Lake - 35mm,f/18,HDR,I|SO 100,license CC BY-NC 4.0 |
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