Mirror Lake in the Afternoon
by admin
Whenever I visit Yosemite, I usually make a short hike to the Mirror Lake. In fact, this is probably the easiest hike in all of the park. It’s about a mile long one way, but paved with the asphalt all the way. We haven’t hiked since we had our second child last fall, but decided this hike is short and easy enough to try it with both of our kids.
I carried our older son in a backpack behind me. One thing I learned on that short hike is that I really have to start planning which lenses come with me and which stay behind. With my 30 pound son, the tripod and all my lenses, filters, the camera bag became way too heavy to carry and not think about it. Maybe I’ll hire a donkey next time, like Ansel Adams did back in the day when he would hike around Yosemite with all his heavy gear.
Unfortunately, when we got there, there were several groups swimming in the lake, and I had to wait half an hour before getting a frame without random people swimming in the Tenaya Creek. The rangers are never there when you need them.
Nikon D300
20mm, f/16, 80 sec, ISO100
ND400 + Lee 0.9 ND Grad