Tag: Yosemite infrared

  • Mount Dana in Infrared Silence

    Mount Dana in Infrared Silence

    Captured just off Tioga Road (Highway 120) near the eastern edge of Yosemite National Park, this surreal infrared image reveals the towering granite face of Mount Dana rising above a calm, high-country pond. Shot with an infrared-converted camera, the scene transforms into a luminous dreamscape—where pine trees glow with snow-like brilliance and the sky turns to velvet black, intensifying the drama of this alpine wilderness.

    The pond in the foreground, likely a meltwater pool near Dana Meadows, mirrors the light and textures with quiet clarity. At over 13,000 feet, Mount Dana looms like a sentinel of the Sierra Nevada, its rugged form contrasting with the delicate detail of the illuminated foliage below.

    This photograph is part of an ongoing exploration of Yosemite’s lesser-traveled high country, using infrared light to uncover the hidden energy and ethereal beauty that lies just beyond the visible spectrum. A moment of calm. A monument of stone. A place where time and light speak a different language.

  • Whispers of Half Dome

    Whispers of Half Dome

    In this haunting infrared landscape, the unmistakable silhouette of Half Dome rises in the distance, framed by glowing pines and lace-like canopies that shimmer in ethereal white. Captured within Yosemite National Park, the image transforms the iconic view into something almost celestial. The dark, rushing Merced River snakes through the foreground, its textured surface pulling the viewer’s eye upstream toward the radiant forest and the towering granite monolith beyond.

    Shot with an infrared-converted camera, this photograph reveals a hidden spectrum of light, turning chlorophyll-rich leaves into glowing forms and darkening the sky to velvet black. The effect is dreamlike and surreal—rendering a familiar national treasure as though it belongs to another world. Beneath the spectral light, the wilderness feels silent and sacred, as if the trees themselves are holding their breath in reverence to the mountain.