Leaning Tree
by Bill Gallagher
Title
Leaning Tree
Artist
Bill Gallagher
Medium
Photograph - Print
Description
Over the coarse of a year Yosemite National Park receives over 3 million visitors. A large majority of these visitors make their trip between April and the end of October. Another interesting subject is that 90% of all visitors never leave the valley. That is not really to hard to believe as the valley is filled so many magnificent scenic views that include 3,000 ft cliffs and waterfalls. The wildlife in the valley includes bear, dear, foxes, mountain lions, bobcats, along with your standard chipmunks and squirrels.
The Merced River flows down the center of the valley.Beginning at the confluence of the Lyell Fork, Triple Peak Fork and Merced Peak Fork in the southeastern corner of Yosemite National Park, near Merced Lake, the Merced River flows for 145 miles westward through a series of canyons, gorges and finally the flat plains of the Central Valley.
Here you see the Merced River early in it's journey at the eastern end of Yosemite Valley. The river is relatively calm at this point.and during the summer it is the sight of swimmers braving the cool water.
This image was taken during the middle of February towards the end of a big snow storm that dropped a couple of feet of snow on the ground. The sky was completely greyed out and the white snow covered almost every surface masking off almost all traces of color. But this is a color photograph. If you look closely at the river you might see some darker greens being reflected in the low light under the trees. Depending on the quality of your monitor you may also see some brown earth tones from the bottom of the river.
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November 28th, 2011
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