On the Way to Yosemite

Last week I went up to Yosemite and got some great photographs. However today I’d like to share a couple of photographs I took along the Merced River off of Highway 140. In both instances I noticed them as I passed by and had to turn around.

There was a small trickle of water coming off the hillside and these ferns seemed to be thriving. I really like the contrast in colors and the overall texture of the photograph. I used a small aperture f22 which resulted in a 2 second exposure to slightly blur the trickle of water. The slower the water is running the longer the exposure is required to get the blurring effect  ISO 100 at 28mm.

Every time I’ve gone to Yosemite by Highway 140 I’ve passed Cold Canyon Creek. This time it caught my eye and  also taught me a lesson. If you’re going to take a photograph of running water focus on a nearby rock or manually focus the camera. I took several photographs letting the camera automatically focus on the running water and invariably they were out of focus. Manually focusing on this shot solved that problem. Learn something new every day. F14, 1/5sec, ISO100 at 28mm.

Keep clicking

Dave

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