Once Upon A Sunny Spring Aft Acrylic Print

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"...there lived a beautiful valley - which loved to be photographed."

Brothers Grimm, I think? Please note the rainbow refraction at the base of Bridalveil Fall.

What makes this a somewhat rare photograph is that from the McGurk Meadow trailhead on Glacier Point Road, this is about an eleven-mile hike roundtrip, at an elevation averaging about 7000 feet. That's a fair amount of boot leather - and thins the field considerably.

Indeed, about 4 million visit YNP each year; of those, on May 23, 2013 from about 12:30 - 2:45 PM, only one was present here at Stanford Point...

More about the hike to Stanford Point:

http://www.yosemitehikes.com/glacier-point-road/pohono-trail/gallery-cover.htm

http://www.yosemitehikes.com/glacier-point-road/pohono-trail/gallery-stanford-point.htm

If you possibly might prefer a painted texture, a watercolor-style conversion of this photograph is available in my "Watercolor Conversions of Yosemite...

Very new on Fine Art America - just joined in early November of 2013. Having grown up on the East Coast, always thought of the Grand Canyon as being the at the top of the US National Parks. Have been there twice, and it's a gem - but in 2002 tacked a weekend onto a California business trip to visit Yosemite National Park for the first time - and went resultantly slack-jawed at the beauty of its topography. Have since learned that it's Yosemite that is considered to be the Crown Jewel of the National Parks - and I hope my photographs do justice to that title. Have since made six more trips to Yosemite - and in 2013 made my first visit during which Yosemite's High country was accessible via Tioga Road being open for the summer...