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  • The iconic Tunnel View <br>This particular panorama was made famous by Ansel Adams' in his "Clearing Storm" photo (of course it was a spectacular gray-scale rendering!) originalDate:4/20/11 4:44 PM;;cameraModel:NIKON D700;;exposureTime:1/250s;;isoEquivalent:100;;aperture:8.0;;focalLength35mm:35.0mm;;keywords:Mountains Other Keywords Places Yosemite;;width:720;;height:455
  • Tunnel View: Different Light<br> Yosemite is from a central Miwok word meaning "Those who kill". The Yosemite people called Yosemite Valley Awooni or Owwoni for (gaping) “large mouth,” where the stem Awo or Owwo means “mouth” and the suffix ni means “large.” This referred to the appearance of the Yosemite Valley walls from the the village of Ahwahnee, which was located on the valley floor. originalDate:4/20/11 4:54 PM;;cameraModel:NIKON D700;;exposureTime:1/640s;;isoEquivalent:100;;aperture:9.0;;focalLength35mm:44.0mm;;keywords:Mountains Other Keywords Places Yosemite;;width:720;;height:474
  • Po-ho-no (Bridalveil Falls) originalDate:4/19/11 5:36 PM;;cameraModel:NIKON D700;;exposureTime:1/200s;;isoEquivalent:160;;aperture:8.0;;focalLength35mm:35.0mm;;keywords:Bridalveil Falls Mountains Other Keywords Places Yosemite;;width:720;;height:497
  • Po-ho-no and Merced River originalDate:4/20/11 4:13 PM;;cameraModel:NIKON D700;;exposureTime:1/640s;;isoEquivalent:200;;aperture:8.0;;focalLength35mm:78.0mm;;keywords:Mountains Other Keywords Places Yosemite;;width:479;;height:720
  • Po-ho-no in the rain originalDate:4/18/11 5:52 PM;;cameraModel:NIKON D700;;exposureTime:1/80s;;isoEquivalent:100;;aperture:8.0;;focalLength35mm:102.0mm;;keywords:California Places Yosemite;;width:563;;height:720
  • El Capitan is To-tó-kon oo-lah, from To-tó-kon, the Sandhill Crane, a chief of the First People. originalDate:4/19/11 6:04 PM;;cameraModel:NIKON D700;;exposureTime:1/400s;;isoEquivalent:160;;aperture:9.0;;focalLength35mm:40.0mm;;keywords:El Capitan Mountains Other Keywords Places Yosemite;;width:720;;height:479
  • T’ssiyakka means “crying girl” or in Paiute “girl-cry”, which fits the <a href = "http://www.zimbio.com/Yosemite+Mono+Lake+Paiute+Indians+or+Native+Americans/articles/129/Yosemite+Half+Dome+legend+Tissayack+Paiute">legend of Half Dome </a> originalDate:4/19/11 5:12 PM;;cameraModel:NIKON D700;;exposureTime:1/800s;;isoEquivalent:160;;aperture:8.0;;focalLength35mm:70.0mm;;keywords:Mountains Other Keywords Places Yosemite;;width:720;;height:522
  • Twisted - The next twelve photos are from a private workshop with Michael Frye in June 2011 originalDate:6/14/11 9:24 AM;;cameraModel:NIKON D700;;exposureTime:1/4s;;isoEquivalent:200;;aperture:22.0;;focusDistance:10.0m;;focalLength35mm:95.0mm;;keywords:Places Yosemite;;width:720;;height:448
  • Small Alder stands against the flood - June 2011 originalDate:6/14/11 9:39 AM;;cameraModel:NIKON D700;;exposureTime:1/8s;;isoEquivalent:200;;aperture:16.0;;focusDistance:8.41m;;focalLength35mm:98.0mm;;keywords:Places Yosemite;;width:800;;height:565
  • Two Stones in Merced Flood - June 2011 originalDate:6/14/11 9:55 AM;;cameraModel:NIKON D700;;exposureTime:1/8s;;isoEquivalent:200;;aperture:16.0;;focusDistance:8.41m;;focalLength35mm:110.0mm;;keywords:Places Yosemite;;width:664;;height:720
  • Chameleon Tree - June 2011 originalDate:6/14/11 10:26 AM;;cameraModel:NIKON D700;;exposureTime:0.5s;;isoEquivalent:160;;aperture:11.0;;focusDistance:10.0m;;focalLength35mm:70.0mm;;keywords:Places Yosemite;;width:720;;height:616
  • Bridal Veil Fall Rainbow - June 2011 originalDate:6/14/11 6:44 PM;;cameraModel:NIKON D700;;exposureTime:1/125s;;isoEquivalent:160;;aperture:16.0;;focusDistance:-1.0m;;focalLength35mm:105.0mm;;keywords:Bridalveil Falls Places Rainbow Yosemite;;width:479;;height:720
  • Cathedral Rock Reflection - June 2011 originalDate:6/14/11 7:36 AM;;cameraModel:NIKON D700;;exposureTime:1/25s;;isoEquivalent:200;;aperture:22.0;;focusDistance:-1.0m;;focalLength35mm:16.0mm;;keywords:Places Yosemite;;width:548;;height:720
  • Cathedral Rock Reflection - June 20113 originalDate:6/14/11 7:25 AM;;cameraModel:NIKON D700;;exposureTime:1/5s;;isoEquivalent:200;;aperture:22.0;;focusDistance:-1.0m;;focalLength35mm:16.0mm;;keywords:Places Yosemite;;width:494;;height:720
  • El CApitan and the Merced River - June 2011 originalDate:6/16/11 5:39 PM;;cameraModel:NIKON D700;;exposureTime:1/125s;;isoEquivalent:500;;aperture:16.0;;focusDistance:-1.0m;;focalLength35mm:35.0mm;;width:512;;height:720
  • Half Dome at Sunset from Glaicer Point - June 2011 originalDate:6/16/11 9:18 PM;;cameraModel:NIKON D700;;exposureTime:0.8s;;isoEquivalent:200;;aperture:16.0;;focusDistance:-1.0m;;focalLength35mm:24.0mm;;width:720;;height:567
  • Half Dome showing Vernal and Nevada Falls- June 2011 originalDate:6/16/11 7:05 PM;;cameraModel:NIKON D700;;exposureTime:1/320s;;isoEquivalent:200;;aperture:10.0;;focusDistance:-1.0m;;focalLength35mm:22.0mm;;width:720;;height:566
  • Yosemtie Falls Lunar Rainbow - June 2011 originalDate:6/14/11 11:44 PM;;cameraModel:NIKON D700;;exposureTime:239.0s;;isoEquivalent:200;;aperture:5.6;;focusDistance:-1.0m;;focalLength35mm:48.0mm;;keywords:Moonbow Places Yosemite Yosemite Falls;;width:720;;height:479
  • Yosemtie Falls Lunar Rainbow reflected in flooded meadow - June 2011 originalDate:6/15/11 12:25 AM;;cameraModel:NIKON D700;;exposureTime:242.0s;;isoEquivalent:200;;aperture:5.6;;focusDistance:-1.0m;;focalLength35mm:23.0mm;;keywords:Moonbow Places Yosemite Yosemite Falls;;width:608;;height:800
  • Upper Yosemite Fall<br>Columbia Rock is visible near the left side of the picture. We hiked up the trail to this viewpoint. The trail had over 60 switchbacks in the first mile and a gain in elevation of about 1400 feet. originalDate:4/19/11 2:37 PM;;cameraModel:NIKON D700;;exposureTime:1/640s;;isoEquivalent:250;;aperture:8.0;;focalLength35mm:35.0mm;;keywords:Mountains Other Keywords Places Waterfall Yosemite Yosemite Falls;;width:720;;height:487
  • Mary at Columbia Rock originalDate:4/19/11 10:44 AM;;cameraModel:NIKON D700;;exposureTime:1/125s;;isoEquivalent:250;;aperture:9.0;;focalLength35mm:35.0mm;;keywords:Mary Mountains Other Keywords People Places Yosemite;;width:550;;height:720
  • A view from Columbia Rock originalDate:4/19/11 10:41 AM;;cameraModel:NIKON D700;;exposureTime:1/400s;;isoEquivalent:200;;aperture:8.0;;focalLength35mm:70.0mm;;keywords:Mountains Other Keywords Places Yosemite;;width:720;;height:401
  • Another view from near Columbia Rock showing the valley floor where our lodge was located and our hike originated. originalDate:4/19/11 10:04 AM;;cameraModel:NIKON D700;;exposureTime:1/200s;;isoEquivalent:200;;aperture:8.0;;focalLength35mm:35.0mm;;keywords:Mountains Other Keywords Places Yosemite;;width:479;;height:720
  • Upper Yosemite Fall originalDate:4/19/11 11:11 AM;;cameraModel:NIKON D700;;exposureTime:1/400s;;isoEquivalent:250;;aperture:8.0;;focalLength35mm:35.0mm;;keywords:Other Keywords Places Waterfall Yosemite Yosemite Falls;;width:527;;height:720
  • Upper Yosemite Fall originalDate:4/19/11 11:14 AM;;cameraModel:NIKON D700;;exposureTime:1/800s;;isoEquivalent:250;;aperture:8.0;;focalLength35mm:180.0mm;;keywords:Other Keywords Places Waterfall Yosemite Yosemite Falls;;width:479;;height:720
  • Upper Yosemite Fall originalDate:4/19/11 11:14 AM;;cameraModel:NIKON D700;;exposureTime:1/800s;;isoEquivalent:250;;aperture:8.0;;focalLength35mm:140.0mm;;keywords:Other Keywords Places Waterfall Yosemite Yosemite Falls;;width:497;;height:720
  • Upper and Lower Yosemite Falls originalDate:4/18/11 11:48 AM;;cameraModel:NIKON D700;;exposureTime:1/250s;;isoEquivalent:320;;aperture:8.0;;focalLength35mm:58.0mm;;keywords:Yosemite;;width:555;;height:800
  • Upper and Lower Yosemite Falls originalDate:4/18/11 11:43 AM;;cameraModel:NIKON D700;;exposureTime:1/400s;;isoEquivalent:320;;aperture:8.0;;focalLength35mm:44.0mm;;keywords:Yosemite;;width:534;;height:720
  • Mary on the Lower Yosemite Fall Trail originalDate:4/18/11 9:07 AM;;cameraModel:NIKON D700;;exposureTime:1/50s;;isoEquivalent:640;;aperture:11.0;;focalLength35mm:35.0mm;;keywords:Mary People Yosemite;;width:532;;height:800
  • Tenaya Creek at Mirror lake originalDate:4/20/11 12:01 PM;;cameraModel:NIKON D700;;exposureTime:1/30s;;isoEquivalent:100;;aperture:8.0;;focalLength35mm:70.0mm;;keywords:Places Yosemite;;width:800;;height:454
  • Lower Yosemite Fall originalDate:4/18/11 9:14 AM;;cameraModel:NIKON D700;;exposureTime:1/640s;;isoEquivalent:640;;aperture:8.0;;focalLength35mm:44.0mm;;keywords:Yosemite;;width:509;;height:800
  • Yosemite Creek below the falls. There had been several large snow storms in February and March and the creeks and rivers were all full. originalDate:4/18/11 9:23 AM;;cameraModel:NIKON D700;;exposureTime:1/4s;;isoEquivalent:100;;aperture:14.0;;focalLength35mm:62.0mm;;keywords:Yosemite;;width:800;;height:762
  • Yosemite Creek <br>That is a piece of ice on top of the 4 foot diameter boulder. originalDate:4/18/11 9:40 AM;;cameraModel:NIKON D700;;exposureTime:1/4s;;isoEquivalent:100;;aperture:16.0;;focalLength35mm:22.0mm;;keywords:Yosemite;;width:687;;height:418
  • A Knotty Tree Trunk near the Yosemite River originalDate:4/18/11 9:57 AM;;cameraModel:NIKON D700;;exposureTime:1/50s;;isoEquivalent:640;;aperture:5.6;;focalLength35mm:70.0mm;;keywords:Yosemite;;width:517;;height:720
  • Sentinel Rock in the fog<br> This was the view from behind the building where we stayed. originalDate:4/20/11 2:12 PM;;cameraModel:NIKON D700;;exposureTime:1/640s;;isoEquivalent:320;;aperture:8.0;;focalLength35mm:35.0mm;;keywords:Mountains Other Keywords Places Yosemite;;width:720;;height:523
  • We are standing below Yan-o-pah (little cloud) or Vernal Fall originalDate:4/20/11 9:54 AM;;cameraModel:NIKON D700;;exposureTime:1/13s;;isoEquivalent:640;;aperture:16.0;;focalLength35mm:35.0mm;;keywords:Durwood Mary Other Keywords People Places Waterfall Yosemite;;width:720;;height:549
  • Yan-o-pah Fall originalDate:4/20/11 10:00 AM;;cameraModel:NIKON D700;;exposureTime:1/30s;;isoEquivalent:100;;aperture:11.0;;focalLength35mm:75.0mm;;keywords:Places Yosemite;;width:479;;height:720
  • Tu-lu-la-wi-ak Creek (Illilouette) and Falls from the trail to Yan-o-pah originalDate:4/20/11 10:32 AM;;cameraModel:NIKON D700;;exposureTime:1/200s;;isoEquivalent:400;;aperture:8.0;;focalLength35mm:200.0mm;;keywords:Other Keywords Places Waterfall Yosemite;;width:549;;height:720
  • The trail to Yan-o-pah originalDate:4/20/11 10:41 AM;;cameraModel:NIKON D700;;exposureTime:1/60s;;isoEquivalent:500;;aperture:8.0;;focalLength35mm:40.0mm;;keywords:Places Yosemite;;width:479;;height:720
  • These lichens on this Western Cedar were an intense saturated chartreuse originalDate:4/19/11 6:08 PM;;cameraModel:NIKON D700;;exposureTime:1/25s;;isoEquivalent:400;;aperture:8.0;;focalLength35mm:44.0mm;;keywords:Places Yosemite;;width:479;;height:720
  • Mary resting on a huge slab of Douglas Fir on the Lower Yosemite Fall Trail originalDate:4/18/11 10:03 AM;;cameraModel:NIKON D700;;exposureTime:1/80s;;isoEquivalent:640;;aperture:5.6;;focalLength35mm:40.0mm;;keywords:Mary People Yosemite;;width:720;;height:545
  • Two young Japanese tourists originalDate:4/18/11 11:48 AM;;cameraModel:NIKON D700;;exposureTime:1/250s;;isoEquivalent:320;;aperture:8.0;;focalLength35mm:58.0mm;;keywords:Yosemite;;width:720;;height:506
  • A fallen Sequoia in the Mariposa grove of Big Trees. This grove of giant trees is about 30 miles south of the valley and at an elevation of about 5700 feet. originalDate:4/18/11 4:48 PM;;cameraModel:NIKON D700;;exposureTime:1/80s;;isoEquivalent:640;;aperture:8.0;;focalLength35mm:35.0mm;;keywords:California Places Yosemite;;width:720;;height:479
  • The Grizzly Giant Sequoia<br>Approximately 2700 years in age and over 30 feet in diameter at its base originalDate:4/18/11 4:28 PM;;cameraModel:NIKON D700;;exposureTime:1/60s;;isoEquivalent:800;;aperture:8.0;;focalLength35mm:35.0mm;;keywords:California Places Yosemite;;width:479;;height:720
  • originalDate:4/18/11 4:07 PM;;cameraModel:NIKON D700;;exposureTime:1/200s;;isoEquivalent:800;;aperture:5.0;;focalLength35mm:35.0mm;;keywords:California Places Yosemite;;width:800;;height:532
  • Mary marveling at "The Bachelor and Three Graces" in the Mariposa Grove originalDate:4/18/11 4:40 PM;;cameraModel:NIKON D700;;exposureTime:1/25s;;isoEquivalent:640;;aperture:8.0;;focalLength35mm:35.0mm;;keywords:California Places Yosemite;;width:564;;height:720
  • Valley View from Hwy 120<br>As we were just leaving the Valley on our way to the airport in San Francisco, a rainbow appeared stretching completely across the valley, the river and our road home. originalDate:4/20/11 4:02 PM;;cameraModel:NIKON D700;;exposureTime:1/2000s;;isoEquivalent:200;;aperture:8.0;;focalLength35mm:150.0mm;;keywords:Mountains Other Keywords Places Yosemite;;width:720;;height:479
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