Yosemite Valley – TRAVEL WORDS

Flashback Friday #11

This post was published on this day in 2014 for Cee’s Black & White Challenge: ‘Found in Nature’. And yes, the photos were influenced greatly by Ansel Adams.

One of the most amazing places that I have been to is Yosemite Valley. The incomparable scenery, soaring cliffs, spectacular views and cascading waterfalls moved me so much that I wrote this piece about my feelings.

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Here are a few photos from that natural wonder. I hope they make as much an impression on you as they did on me.

*Mount Watkins Reflection at Mirror Lake*

This post is a contribution to Fandango’s Flashback Friday. Have you got a post you wrote in the past on this particular day? The world might be glad to see it – either for the first time – or again if they’re long-time loyal readers.

AWESOME

This week’s Lens Artists challenge is to ‘Pick a Place’ so I am reblogging an old post about a place that totally blew my mind.

Ephemeral Pleasure

For one fleeting moment I came face-to-face with the coyote. My trembling fingers clicked the shutter. Then he was gone. All too quickly. Blending in with the dry corn-coloured grasses. And I was able to breathe again…

Yosemite Falls

scale great heights with care

where water flows to the ground

with dramatic force

(click image for larger scale – it’s worth it)

Nature in Black and White

Cee’s Black & White Challenge: This black and white challenge is topic related and this week the theme is Found in Nature .

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Here are a few photos from that natural wonder. I hope they make as much an impression on you as they did on me.