Hiker Light Trails on Half Dome from Mt. Watkins

Trip timelapse video: vimeo.com/453073583

A few months after my 2016 Half Dome light trail adventure, a Half Dome/hiking fanatic named Griff Joyce emailed my hiking partner Kurt Lawson and asked if we would photograph a group of Griff's friends hiking it four years in the future. I shrugged, assuming that plans would change. Shockingly, they didn't. Griff celebrated his 50th birthday by getting a group of 50 people to hike Half Dome, catch sunset on the top, and hike down at night. Kurt photographed it from our old spot on Mt. Watkins, I hiked four camera bodies up Clouds Rest and photographed it from there, and Matthew Saville hiked to the Cascade Cliffs (near Starr King) for a third angle.

Around 70 30-second exposures were stacked to produce this. The final light of sunset is visible on the horizon, and it provides the warm glow visible on the face of Half Dome. Climbers are visible on El Capitan and the face of Half Dome, and hikers can be seen on North Dome and the Mirror Lake trail.

Taken in: United States / California / Curry Village (show map)

Taken on: July 24, 2020

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Camera: Sony ILCE-7RM3, f/2.0, 30 sec, 24mm, ISO 2000 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony ILCE-7RM3
Lens:	FE 24mm F1.4 GM
Aperture:	f/2.0
Exposure Time:	30
Focal Length:	24mm
ISO:	2000
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Saturation:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 21.2 (Windows)
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