Tuolumne County

• Sun Tzu.

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This is one my absolute pictures of the trip. I saw this little swatch of meadows purely by accident, I have a strong hunch that this is the Dana-Gibbs view but I am not sure as there was no one else and I drove past it and had to return. I had all the time in the world to set up my tripod and compose my shot. Half way through setting up my picture my wife started pulling my shirt and we saw that there was a doe Mule deer carefully watching us. She slowly walked across the meadow from us and kept on grazing. This was almost a shot out of my dreams and I was just so happy. The only thing that would have been better is if I could take the shot before the deer walked far away but I am very satisfied with the results on this shot.

• Arthur Golden.

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During our short excursion In to Sonora Pass we came across the beautiful scenic outlook named Donnell’s Vista. We found the location and parked our car and took a short walk to the vista point intent on photographing the Basalt volcanic peaks but as usual nature had other plans. When we reached the vista point we had clear blue skies with a smattering of clouds but in about 5 minutes dark clouds started to pour into the pass and completely immersed the peaks taking with them all my planned shots.

But another interesting thing happened, the color of the Donnell Lake changed to deep green color and the scattered fall colors along the shore line looked even better. So we scampered across to the edge of the cliff and made this shot. Kind of remind me of the Banff National Park in Canada a bit.

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• Richard Wright.

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Hi All, I know I haven’t been posting many pictures lately due to a very busy schedule at work. But Hopefully I will get a break once this long release is over and I am planning on getting up to Yellowstone for this summer.

I found this one in the old collection of photos while I was doing my monthly backup. I am not sure how I missed this one. This was taken as part of our 2013 4th of July trip somewhere along the Tioga Pass road of Yosemite National Park. The cloud formations we encountered that day were nothing short of wonderful. And I took one of the best sunset shots I have ever taken, that day just as we reached Mono Lake. This scene was just a precursor to what was coming later.

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• Helen Hunt Jackson.

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Another shot of the beautiful green color water of Donnell Lake and the fall colors of Stanislaus National forest. I had posted previously a shot from the same location of the view you get from here of the Donnell Dam, this view was located straight down from where I was standing and I loved how the green color of the water contrasted against the grey granites and the touch of fall colors on the trees. We only had a little time here as the rain clouds were coming in and we wanted to leave before all the roads were enveloped by thick fog.

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Galen Rowell.

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I took this one while at the Tuolumne meadows at the first day of our Road trip on the 4th of July. Being a popular tourist destination and this day being the 4th the park was packed with tourists the whole day. But by the end of the day most tourists were gone but the meadows remain a popular destination. I was walking around trying to find a good foreground for the mountains below when I reached this spot. It is pretty wet grass and incredibly hard to get the tripod stable, but I finally managed and as I was taking the shot the Sun rays burst through the clouds and gave a nice dramatic sky. I tried to use the Big Stopper to slow the shutter speed down and get a bit of a movement in the clouds bud the sun was strong and I had some light leakage issues as I forgot to close the eyepiece down. But overall I am very satisfied by the image and hope you all like it. Thanks for visiting my stream..