Tree and Cliff, Yosemite Valley
Tree and Cliff, Yosemite Valley. Yosemite National Park, California. November 2, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
A lone tree growing against a cliff face in Yosemite Valley near the Ahwahnee Hotel.
I often walk along the north wall of the Valley between Yosemite Village and the Ahwahnee looking for interesting rocks, trees and plants, or seasonal waterfalls – especially in fall and spring. This time I had been shooting an oak tree against this section of the lower cliff when I spotted this less colorful tree nearby and, on a whim, decided to shoot a few frames. (The conditions were "interesting." It rained all weekend and was sprinkling as I made this photograph.)
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G Dan Mitchell :: Nov.05.2008
Photographs: Nature, Photographs: Sierra Nevada, Photographs: Yosemite
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[...] rainy November day. (The other one was located only a few feet from this tree, and I posted the photo earlier at my blog.) The tree was in the final stages of losing its leaves and the cliff face was [...]