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Fresh Coat

            On an early March morning after many inches of snow fell overnight, I arrived in the pre-dawn hours to an absolute winter wonderland. Slowly I began to explore, on sensory overload as the thick white blanket that coated seemingly every branch down to every pine needle filled me with a sense of wonder. Near Yosemite Falls, this path, as yet undisturbed, invitingly curved deeper into the snowy woods. The dense wood was no match for the storm that coated every branch inside the forest. Clearly the path had been plowed once only for winter to strike again. So far this has been my only snowy visit to Yosemite. Since I started keeping tabs of the winter weather there, hoping to experience the winter magic, the alignment of my availability with such a storm has been few and very far between, 2023 included. This exceptional winter has had me thinking a lot about the park and my one winter visit in 2018. Snow in the valley seemed so ephemeral to me before, as despite an overnight dumping the next day would be in mid-40's during the day and by afternoon most of the snow on branches would be gone as would be the case later in the day of this photo. While he part about the branches holds true now, it's a different story on the ground when there's 5-15 feet of snow everywhere. I can't help but have my mind drift to wonder how everything looked during this winter, if only I could have experienced it safely.
   

Taken on: March 3, 2018

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Sets appears in: • Yosemite National Park

Groups appears in: • yosemite • Landscape Exploration more » • Best of Winter • Best of U.S. National Parks • California Landscape Photographer • Yosemite Photography • in explore « less

Camera: Sony ILCE-7RM2, f/9.0, 1/60 sec, 27mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony ILCE-7RM2
Lens:	FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM
Aperture:	f/9.0
Exposure Time:	0.017 sec (1/60)
Focal Length:	27mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	-0.3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto bracket
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Contrast:	Low
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 12.2.1 (Macintosh)
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