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Mar 19, 2010 12:31 | #1

You can search the forums for "Yosemite" and you're bound to find hundreds of posts and topics that cover this, but it never gets old.

My brother and I went to Yosemite last weekend so that he could finish up a biology project for school. After driving through the snow (in a Corvette) we finally made it to the Big Oak Flat entrance only to be turned around because I didn't have M+S tires on the Vette. These "mud + snow" tires gave us an opportunity to drive the LONG way to the Hwy 140 entrance at Arch Rock. Once in the park we started clicking away and came up with some gems.

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1 - what a Vette looks like after driving through the snow and crappy roads

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2 - the clouds moving by the mountain tops with snow on them, couldn't pass that up

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3 - first "successful" attempt at spot metering

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4 - Bridalveil Falls with a CPL helping the sky be more blue

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5 - even a 70-200 f/4 can do landscape shots...the Tunnel View

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6 - taking it all in

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7 - a B&W using the 70-200 of the Tunnel View

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8 - an awesome surprise on our way out were these guys. they were very calm and let me get within 15' to take their pictures

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Mar 19, 2010 14:17 | #2

Very nice series, all exposed very well. It appears you used the CPL very well, as your sky is nicely dark, but not overdone as sometimes happens with CPL. Sure hate to see the Vette in that condition, wash that baby pronto.

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Mar 19, 2010 14:31 | #3

Love the dirty Vette Wafp. Nice series.

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Mar 19, 2010 14:32 | #4

sparker1 wrote in post #9830283

thanks! i spent 8 hours the other day washing, clay baring, polishing, waxing and detailing the car. she looks A LOT better now

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Mar 19, 2010 14:33 | #5

nice series, brings back good memories of getting snowed in 2 years ago while back packing, scary!

should you put up a picture of your cars registration plate? its unsafe in the UK i dont know about the US. just a heads up.

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Mar 19, 2010 14:49 | #6

vvilko wrote in post #9830387

thanks! yeah, it's probably not the best idea, but i figure most of the folks here are of the stand-up type.

jdizzle wrote in post #9830370

Love the dirty Vette Wafp. Nice series.

:lol: thanks!

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Mar 30, 2010 03:45 | #7

Great pictures saw these shots on the Corvette Forum....

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Mar 30, 2010 05:49 | #8

Great series.

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Mar 30, 2010 06:20 | #9

Nice shots.

I'll be spending 3 days in Yosemite in October and can't wait. We're planning our time carefully.

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Apr 12, 2010 01:21 | #10

i've found that some of my best selling shots of tunnel view have come at 300 and 400mm...way to use that zoom up there!

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Apr 12, 2010 01:34 | #11

Great photos. Looks like the perfect time of the year to visit Yosemite. Snow capped mountains, and beautiful skies.

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Apr 12, 2010 01:36 | #12

I guess the shot of Silver Strand didn't load for me earlier. I like that one a lot! The afternoon light is always good there

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