California vacation

[sfs]

For our summer vacation this year, our family visited parts of California. Here are a few photos that resulted . . .

Alcatraz


The required shot of the Golden Gate Bridge


Round Meadow, Sequoia National Park


A fallen sequoia


My kids on top of Moro Rock


Kings Canyon National Park, the view from Panoramic Point (toward Hume Lake and the middle and south forks of the Kings River)

 

[sfs]

More trip photos

Kings Canyon NP (Grant Grove) at night


An early morning walk in Grant Grove


Looking roughly east from Glacier Point, Yosemite NP


The ghost town of Bodie (Bodie State Historic Park)


An old hotel in Bodie


Mono Lake


Tufa formation, near Mono Lake

 

[sfs]

And a couple more

Tioga Lake, Yosemite NP


Middle Gaylor Lake, Yosemite NP


Dana Meadows, Yosemite NP


Some random trees

 

[eleazar57]

Awesome photos SFS! I'm still doing the editing, but I shot a few on a recent 1200 mile loop to visit my sister and brother in law near the US-Canadian border in north central Washington. I brought back some I really like and will hope to share soon, but WOW! Those really jumped off the screen at me! Good eye! What do you shoot with?

 

[eleazar57]

I also loved the Bodie hotel...I got a few like that up north too. One building, which appeared to be a small one room schoolhouse that was slowly collapsing and twisting as it did so, gave me an idea...get a pair of black and white striped tights (I think that's what she word) and put ruby slippers on the feet and slide the legs under the structure and snap away! It looked like it had hit the ground spinning...so I thought of Wizard of Oz.

 

[sfs]

Awesome photos SFS! I'm still doing the editing, but I shot a few on a recent 1200 mile loop to visit my sister and brother in law near the US-Canadian border in north central Washington. I brought back some I really like and will hope to share soon, but WOW! Those really jumped off the screen at me! Good eye! What do you shoot with?

Thanks. I use a Nikon D90 and (for this trip) three good but not stellar zoom lenses. Also a tripod some of the time. There's always a bit of tension between taking the time to set up shots and enjoying the place with my family. Mostly they put up with me very well.

I also have a very different set of photos from this trip that I'll put up shortly.

 

[blast]

Absolutely beautiful pictures, especially the night one.

Now I'm just sad because I want to be there lol....

 

[mcorton]

Beautiful photos. No way to pick a favorite. I miss driving through Colorado and the western mountain states.

 

[DreamOutLoud]

Great photos

 

[Kristen.NewCreation]

Beautiful pictures! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Sludig]

Beautiful country you've got there

 

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[BeeWrangler]

Awesome!!

 

[Miss Spaulding]

Wonderful photos! The old hotel in Bodie kills me! It's too cute...

 

[BlueJay83]

nice!, very pretty place

 

[Michael Snow]

Yes, Thank You, brings back fond memories...it has been [yipes!] decades since camping in most of those places. It was Oct. and at Kings Canyon we had to clear snow to set up the tent. I worked for the Park Service in Death Valley one winter.