{"id":8116,"date":"2018-06-24T01:41:35","date_gmt":"2018-06-23T17:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/?p=8116"},"modified":"2018-12-31T03:24:00","modified_gmt":"2018-12-30T19:24:00","slug":"yosemite-valley-in-spring-may-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/yosemite-valley-in-spring-may-2018.html","title":{"rendered":"Yosemite Valley in Spring, May 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

I try to get into Yosemite Valley<\/a> each Spring, usually in May since that is when Yosemite’s waterfalls<\/a> are at their most impressive. This year I spent a couple days photographing and hiking in early May. The dogwood bloom was peaking and, while I am not a wildflower photographer, I took a few images of them for posterity seeing as they were so nice. But the true motivation for me was, as always, making several hikes under blue skies and puffy clouds. Enjoying Spring in Yosemite requires that one skillfully avoid traffic and crowds, but fortunately during a lifetime in California I’ve learned a few things about how to negotiate an increasingly crowded Yosemite Valley, and I managed to hike around to nearly all my favorite spots over two long days. Chief among them was a requisite quickie jaunt up the Mist Trail (best in May, bring your poncho). I came away with a handful of nice images. They are not the usual moody sunset\/sunrise views that most landscape photographers are after; I prefer to depict Yosemite in midday since that’s when the hiking is best! Canvas and face-mounted acrylic prints are available, with each of the following photographs available up to 60″ in the long dimension. Cheers, and thanks for looking!<\/p>\n

\"Vernal<\/a><\/p>\n

Vernal Falls at peak flow in late spring, viewed from the Mist Trail
\nImage ID: 34539<\/a>
\nLocation: Vernal Falls<\/a>, Yosemite National Park<\/a>, California<\/a>, USA<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Bridalveil<\/a><\/p>\n

Bridalveil Falls at sunset, with clouds and blue sky in the background. Bridalveil Falls in Yosemite drops 620 feet (188 m) from a hanging valley to the floor of Yosemite Valley.
\nImage ID: 34540<\/a>
\nLocation: Bridalveil Falls<\/a>, Yosemite National Park<\/a>, California<\/a>, USA<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Half<\/a><\/p>\n

Half Dome and Clouds Rest, Sunset, Yosemite National Park
\nImage ID: 34541<\/a>
\nLocation: Yosemite National Park<\/a>, California<\/a>, USA<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Yosemite<\/a><\/p>\n

Yosemite Valley Tunnel View, Storm clouds at sunset, Yosemite National Park
\nImage ID: 34542<\/a>
\nLocation: Yosemite National Park<\/a>, California<\/a>, USA<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Cathedral<\/a><\/p>\n

Cathedral Rocks at sunrise, reflected in a spring meadow flooded by the Merced River.
\nImage ID: 34546<\/a>
\nLocation: Cathedral Rocks<\/a>, Yosemite National Park<\/a>, California<\/a>, USA<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Yosemite<\/a><\/p>\n

Yosemite Falls rises above the Merced River, viewed from the Swinging Bridge. The 2425′ falls is the tallest in North America
\nImage ID: 34547<\/a>
\nLocation: Yosemite Falls<\/a>, Yosemite National Park<\/a>, California<\/a>, USA<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Upper<\/a><\/p>\n

Upper Yosemite Falls near peak flow in spring. Yosemite Falls, at 2425 feet tall (730m) is the tallest waterfall in North America and fifth tallest in the world
\nImage ID: 34550<\/a>
\nLocation: Yosemite Falls<\/a>, Yosemite National Park<\/a>, California<\/a>, USA<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Mountain<\/a><\/p>\n

Mountain dogwood, or Pacific dogwood, blooming in spring in Yosemite Valley
\nImage ID: 34551<\/a>
\nLocation: Yosemite National Park<\/a>, California<\/a>, USA<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Black<\/a><\/p>\n

Black Oaks below El Capitan, Quercus kelloggii, El Capitan meadow, Yosemite Valley
\nImage ID: 34557<\/a>
\nLocation: Yosemite National Park<\/a>, California<\/a>, USA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I try to get into Yosemite Valley each Spring, usually in May since that is when Yosemite’s waterfalls are at their most impressive. This year I spent a couple days photographing and hiking in early May. The dogwood bloom was peaking and, while I am not a wildflower photographer, I…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8259,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,93,112,138],"tags":[221,267,320,343],"class_list":{"0":"post-8116","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-california","8":"category-national-parks","9":"category-sierra-nevada","10":"category-yosemite","11":"tag-california","12":"tag-landscape","13":"tag-sierra-nevada","14":"tag-yosemite-national-park"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}