Swirling mist from Tunnel View, Yosemite NP, CA, USA
I’m pleased to announce that once again The Ansel Adams Gallery is sponsoring a special print sale of two of my photographs, at 25% off the normal price. The two images we selected for this offer are Swirling Mist From Tunnel View, Yosemite, and Stars, Mist, Three Brothers, and the Merced River, Yosemite. These two photographs are in my current exhibit at The Ansel Adams Gallery, but otherwise have never been exhibited at a gallery or sold before.
My signed, limited-edition 16×20 prints usually sell for $325, but during this sale you can get one for only $244. Or you can purchase a 20×24 print, normally $475, for only $356. This is a rare chance to purchase one of my photographs at a reduced price, but the sale lasts for just six days, until Sunday, June 19th, at 6:00 PM Pacific time. Visit the Ansel Adams Gallery website to purchase a print or get more details.
Here are the stories behind the photographs:
Swirling Mist From Tunnel View, Yosemite National Park (shown above)
I made this photograph in June of 2011, after an exceptionally wet winter and spring. I was teaching a private workshop that day, and took my student up to Tunnel View, knowing that moisture from the rainstorm the night before might generate mist. There we were treated to a spectacular sunrise. My favorite moment is shown in this photograph, when the sun hit the valley floor, and some mist curled up in front of Bridalveil Fall.
Stars, Mist, Three Brothers, and the Merced River, Yosemite National Park
Stars, mist, Three Brothers, and the Merced River, Yosemite NP, CA, USA
I had hoped this snowstorm might clear before sunset, but it kept snowing until well after dark. My wife Claudia and I joined a friend for dinner at Yosemite Lodge, and we watched snow falling outside and coating the trees. But it seemd possible that the storm might clear soon, so we lingered a bit.
We finally left the bar about nine o’clock, and even though light snow was still falling we saw stars, and it looked like the storm was clearing. We ended up at one of my favorite spots along the Merced River, with a view of the Three Brothers, and it turned into an incredibly beautiful night, with fresh snow, mist wrapped around the cliffs, and stars above.
There was no moonlight, but the snow helped to lighten the foreground by reflecting whatever light was available, and to the east Yosemite Point was also illuminated by the lights from Yosemite Village and Yosemite Lodge. The best modern digital cameras can record even the faintest light, making it possible, it seems, to photograph a clearing storm by starlight.
Click here to purchase one of these prints. And please feel free to ask me questions, either by posting a comment below, or sending me an email. As always, thanks for your support!
— Michael Frye
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Michael Frye is a professional photographer specializing in landscapes and nature. He is the author or principal photographer of The Photographer’s Guide to Yosemite, Yosemite Meditations, Yosemite Meditations for Women, Yosemite Meditations for Adventurers, and Digital Landscape Photography: In the Footsteps of Ansel Adams and the Great Masters. He has also written three eBooks: Light & Land: Landscapes in the Digital Darkroom, Exposure for Outdoor Photography, and Landscapes in Lightroom: The Essential Step-by-Step Guide. Michael has written numerous magazine articles on the art and technique of photography, and his images have been published in over thirty countries around the world. Michael has lived either in or near Yosemite National Park since 1983, currently residing just outside the park in Mariposa, California.
