Postcard from Yosemite

This photo is from my 2006 Spring expedition to Yosemite Valley. As mentioned here before, this was a spring of heavy snow runoff, 25% above normal. So all the falls were full beyond capacity and there were new waterfalls all over the valley, most with no names.

This is the upper half of the famous Bridalveil Falls. I took it with a long lens as I could not get anywhere near the falls without getting soaked.. You can see from the photo how high the mist bounces up from the falls hitting the rocks below. Translate that into a mist that is more like a heavy rain and you could feel it even in the parking lot. The Bridalveil Falls trail meanders its way slowly up toward the base of the falls, and you  feel the mist even more as you approach.

So with a very expensive camera and lens in hand, I decided not to go to the falls to take a picture. Thus, you see before you a photograph of the falls from a distance done with a long lens. Still, it is quite lovely to behold and I only received a mild dose of mist.