A few weeks ago some family came to Bishop to visit Roma and me and we had an exciting couple of days. We went out into the White Mountains, to Mono Lake and Adobe Meadows, and up into the Buttermilk area.
But before all of those adventures, Poncho, Penny and I went up into the Bishop Basin in the truck for some shots of the valley before the fall colors set in.
We caught the sunset just right and found some amazing reflections from the mountains above Sabrina.
We even saw a bald eagle soaring above the lake, presumably looking for fish.
Read along and enjoy. The fall colors are really here right now so it’s the time to get out. I’m going to take Roma up to Sabrina to scout it out in the next few days.
-Dave
The next few shots are of Lake Sabrina, looking west.
This is taken from the west side of the canyon, looking east toward the Cardinal Pinnacle and the White Mountains.
They’re doing a lot of work on the road up there right now, making the road wider and safer.
The Cardinal Pinnacle.
This is the road on the side of North Lake. This is one of our favorite spots to shoot fall colors.
A beautiful sunset, looking to the west.
There’s the eagle we spotted. It’s always exciting to spot of them no matter where you are in the Eastern Sierra.
A few more of the Cardinal Pinnacle.
by DMC Photo
The big horns sheep of Sylver Canyon are of real tightrope walker. Before your eyes at all, they realized a great performance. As you say, it’s a chance to see them on your way !!!
I note that some have put their jewellery, earring and necklace. These pictures are superb. The fauna of the Eastern Sierra is surprising.
Bye
Hey Brad, good to hear from you!
That’s great you ran into them too. It definitely takes a little bit of luck.
My favorite lens is the 28-300, that’s what I use on almost everything. We also had a 500mm out there, but the 28-300 was enough for most of these.
Love the short depth-of-field on a few of those. What lens did you use?
I went up/down Silver about a week after your original post. I was hoping to catch a glimpse too. I came down around the corner in the tight narrows and encountered the whole herd! I got some nice group shots, but the 200mm just couldn’t get beautiful tight shot you captured. Nicely done!