Scarman
Not all pain is gain
A group of us over on Pashnit decided to do ride up to Glacier Point in Yosemite. The goal was to be up at Glacier Point at Dawn so with civil sunrise at 5:05 AM it meant a very early departure. To meet the goal of Glacier Point at sunrise, I had to leave my house at 2:30 AM.
We had a good group of riders ride in various areas to join in on the fun. Mike (Thisisme) and Mark (29PalmsMark) were on the ride so we had 3 ST1300s on the ride. I think we had 10 riders in all.
We left Clovis Saturday morning at 2:30 am and made it to Glacier Point by 5:00 AM. When you're up in Yosemite that early... imagine Yosemite with no cars and no tour buses.
So... here's a few pics from the Dawner Party this past Saturday:
I jumped off the bike as soon as we parked at Glacier Point and grabbed this shot. Although hard to tell in this pic, it was almost pitch black dark. The sky was just starting to light up.
As I was wandering over to the valley overlook, I found myself in the middle of about six deer. Some were within arms reach but the light was so low I couldn't get a picture without using a flash. I wasn't going to see what deer do when a camera flash goes off in their eyes. Later the deer moved off towards the canyon edge and into my shot. I was actually so focused on the background that I hadn't noticed the deer wandered into my shot.
Just as the sun started to break over the valley rim. The background light was becoming very intense making it very difficult to balance the lighting. I didn't bring a graduated ND filter to control the lighting but the results weren't bad at all. The air was unbelievably crisp and freshly pine scented. Something you can only experience that early in the morning.
On our way down from Glacier riding over to Evergreen for breakfast, we grab some action shots. Someone took this pic of me & my wife Jen.
We had a good group of riders ride in various areas to join in on the fun. Mike (Thisisme) and Mark (29PalmsMark) were on the ride so we had 3 ST1300s on the ride. I think we had 10 riders in all.
We left Clovis Saturday morning at 2:30 am and made it to Glacier Point by 5:00 AM. When you're up in Yosemite that early... imagine Yosemite with no cars and no tour buses.
So... here's a few pics from the Dawner Party this past Saturday:
I jumped off the bike as soon as we parked at Glacier Point and grabbed this shot. Although hard to tell in this pic, it was almost pitch black dark. The sky was just starting to light up.
As I was wandering over to the valley overlook, I found myself in the middle of about six deer. Some were within arms reach but the light was so low I couldn't get a picture without using a flash. I wasn't going to see what deer do when a camera flash goes off in their eyes. Later the deer moved off towards the canyon edge and into my shot. I was actually so focused on the background that I hadn't noticed the deer wandered into my shot.
Just as the sun started to break over the valley rim. The background light was becoming very intense making it very difficult to balance the lighting. I didn't bring a graduated ND filter to control the lighting but the results weren't bad at all. The air was unbelievably crisp and freshly pine scented. Something you can only experience that early in the morning.
On our way down from Glacier riding over to Evergreen for breakfast, we grab some action shots. Someone took this pic of me & my wife Jen.
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