Lake Tahoe

• Tennessee Williams

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This was taken after a very peaceful and memorable afternoon we spend at Bonsai Rock. As I was planning my trip to Lake Tahoe, I did a bit of reading and a lot of the photographers advices on spending time at the Bonsai Rock location and I decided to take their advice into consideration. When I looked up the location on google maps, it looked innocent enough and pretty close to the road. But when we reached the location we realized that even though the rock is pretty close to the road there is almost a sheer drop of about a 60-70 ft from the road to the lake shore. Add to the fact that the shoulder is made up of crumbling sand and rocks with no marked trails.

I was more worried about getting back from the shore to the rock in the dark so we decided to maybe avoid this location for this trip and comeback here maybe another time when we are better prepared. But at the hotel I stayed up late and researched the interwebs to figure out a better path to the shore and I finally found one and the next day we made it there around 5pm and spend some wonderful time enjoying this secluded location all to ourselves.

• Ivan Turgenev.

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Another shot from Emerald Bay state park, Lake Tahoe California. I took this shot during sunrise on the second day of our visit shortly after the eagle falls shot. This was actually the view from the road which twists through the extremely challenging landscape. I actually only saw this as we were returning from eagle falls. My wife and I both got our legs wet while crossing the stream were cold and I was seriously considering whether to get out of the warm car for this shot or not.

I am glad I did. Thanks for visiting, have a great day..

• Mason Cooley.

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I posted an image from our trip to Lake Tahoe. We have only been to Lake Tahoe once, and the main reason for that is the distance from Los Angeles, it’s not too far but far enough to make it a multi-day road trip. So, a more extended trip is needed, and being a tourist hot spot and deep in the Sierras make it a tough destination. Another factor was that when we made our first trip, we were lucky to have the whole lake to ourselves with increasingly dramatic skies almost every day.

The first spot we wanted to check out was the Sand Harbor beach, which is usually a trendy spot. There was winter storm warning as we drove up to Lake Tahoe and the whole beach was deserted. As we parked the car at the lot, the wind was howling, and the sky was cloudy. It was well before sunset, so we decided to wait. Slowly the wind started to clear the dark clouds, and we could see the bright horizon. As I was taking the shot, the winds began to calm down, and the sun started to warm up the beach. We had a beautiful spring evening as the sunset was approaching. I used my Lee Big Stopper for this image and adding a ten stop ND filter gave me soft ethereal water as opposed to a choppy lake. I always love the contrast of the smooth water and the sharpness of the rock formations.

• Robert Delaunay.

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Emerald Bay, South Lake Tahoe is one of the most famous view points along coast and is also quite easy to get to. We reached here for a sunrise shot so the weather was pretty chilly and we realized that to get the best shot we need to actually cross the stream as the clearing between the two falls provided the best view. It was a bit scary to wade through the ice cold stream wearing sandals but it was fun and we reached the clearing and from the beginning I wanted to include the tree to the left in the frame and use a more normal focal length than the usual Wide Angle, so I used Nikkor 18-35 in portrait mode at 35mm and combined 3 shots to get the view.

Thanks for visiting and have great Tuesday.

More experiments with Panos

This is just a little south of Chimney beach.

• Jean Anouilh.

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Today's post is one f those images that slipped through from our last trip to Lake Tahoe. I made this one at the Bonsai rock location just as the sky cleared for a brief moment when the lake reflected back the blue skies with a crystal clear reflection.

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• Horace Mann.

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This is a shot of the beautiful bonsai rock location in Lake Tahoe. This was one of the hardest locations to reach but was well worth it as we were the only people at the location and I could take my pictures without anyone disturbing me and we got to watch a beautiful sunset. So all in all we had a productive day.

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• Honore de Balzac.

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Hi all hope you all had a great Easter. It’s been hectic for the past couple of weeks for me and I was going through a lot of stuff at work and did some wedding shoots for the first time and I have been a bit overwhelmed by the workload that I neglected flickr a bit. So last weekend my lovely wife and I packed our bags and headed up the Sierra Nevada Mountains to Lake Tahoe and spend an awesome weekend there exploring and photographing the beautiful lake and the mountains surrounding it.

This shot was taken during the second day when the strong winds were clearing the clouds just as the sun was setting. This was taken at the Sand Harbor beach which is a pretty popular destination, so I was surprised to see it completely deserted during sunset. Anyways I really had a blast running around and trying various compositions. This particular one is a 4 shot Panorama with a Lee Big Stopper and Lee 0.6 ND grad and a Singh-Ray warming Polarizer.

Hope everyone likes it. Will post more pics as I process them, thanks for looking have a great Monday.

• Buddha.

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Another sunrise shot from the Eagle Falls location. This one is more of a conservative shot taken right on top of the fall. Watching the sun rise above the mountains and Emerald way while experiencing this roaring waterfalls is a must have if you are visiting the Lake Tahoe area. During the time of our visit due to snow melt the falls had healthy water levels and it was a bit hard to get this location but during summer it should be a breeze.

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The skies cleared before I could get to Sand Harbor State Park on the east side of Lake Tahoe. So I waited until after sunset for the sky to soften...

• Lao Tzu.

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This one is a panorama shot from Sand Harbor beach, combined image of about 5 shots. This one was quite hard to compose due to the sun still being present to the right of the frame. But the water looked so beautiful and calm that I didn’t mind the slightly blown sky.

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• Josiah Gilbert Holland.

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Another shot I took from the bonsai rock location. This one is a panorama shot stitched together from about 6 shots at 35mm focal length. I took this shot after the sun has gone down behind the mountains. The water was a little choppy and there was only little light. But I like the way it turned out.

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• Henri Rousseau.

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Sand Harbor beach during blue hour. Took this shot just after sunset. I still can’t believe how we got the beach all to ourselves without anyone walking through the frames. We made the trip to Lake Tahoe on an unusually warm weekend in spring. I am glad we were there enjoying this beautiful location before the crowds hit. This particular shot was taken using a polarizing filter and LEE Big stopper.

Thanks for visiting have a great Monday..