The Three Brothers On A Winter's Eve

On the same evening as my last posted shot, I forced myself to turn around to see what was going on behind me. This particular spot is known for providing a nice reflection of the Three Brothers which in this case had just emerged from the clouds covered in snow.

I suppose you might not see as many shots of the Three Brothers in February as almost all of the lenses in Yosemite Valley at that time of year are trained upon the Horsetail Fall at sunset, which almost certainly was lit up just before I took this photo. But having turned my back on the crowd that particular year, I had wandered down to the Merced just out of curiosity to see what else the light was doing in Yosemite Valley on that particular night.

That day had been particularly disappointing as I had tried desperately to get to another location but had been turned away because I didn't have snowshoes and had come close to breaking a leg more than a few times as my boots slid down awkwardly between logs and between large boulders. It sucks when you have your heart set on a shot that you know would be amazing in those conditions...and you have to choose safety over what you know for a fact would be genuinely stupid behavior.

And then to follow my failure with the long hike back down to the valley floor...again without snow shoes in drifts that were at times up to my waist. It was definitely a very long and very cold hike. To stumble down to the river and to find light down there waiting for me....that just doesn't happen very often in my experience. I believe it was one of my college professors who first pointed out that the translation of "Merced" is "mercy." It was with a full heart that I got into the Prius for the long drive back to Orange County that night.

--------------

Thank you so much for your views and comments! If you have specific questions or need to get in touch with me, please be sure to send me a message via flickr mail, or feel free to contact me via one of the following:

Instagram | Blog | Website | Facebook | 500px | Twitter

Taken on: February 17, 2019

Tags:

Yosemite

Yosemite National Park

Merced River « less

Sets appears in: • Yosemite

Stats: 94,754 views / 115 comments

close tools panel

Badge creator

Use Flickriver Badge Creator to create a badge linking to your photos, your group or any other Flickriver view.

You can place your badge on your Flickr profile, Blog or Website.

Add to your iGoogle or Netvibes page

Flickriver widget for iGoogle or Netvibes can display almost any Flickriver view - most interesting today, by user, by group, by tag etc. Once added to your personalized homepage, just edit widget settings to select your desired view.

Clickr on one of the buttons below to install:

Embed on your Web site

To embed this view, Copy and Paste the following HTML code:

Black background (preview):

White background (preview):

Firefox and Chrome addons

Adds a 'Flickriver' button to your browser. While viewing any Flickr photos page, click on this button to open the same view on Flickriver.

Install in Firefox
Install in Chrome

Search plugin

Add 'Search on Flickriver' to your browser's search box. Works with Firefox and Internet Explorer. Install search plugin

"View on Flickriver" Greasemonkey script

A Greasemonkey script that adds Flickriver links to various Flickr photo pages - user photos, favorites, pools etc, allowing to quickly open the corresponding Flickriver view.

Also, allows quickly viewing any Flickr photo on black background in large size.

Install "View on Flickriver" script

Bookmarklet

While viewing any Flickr photos page, click on the bookmarklet to open the same view on Flickriver.

To install: drag and drop the following link to your Bookmarks toolbar.
IE users - add the link to your Favorites under the Links folder