Mirror Lake in Winter and Spring

This is a photograph I took last weekend in the snow in Yosemite Valley from Mirror Lake.

It’s fun (and instructive) to compare it with a photo I took from close to the same spot in the late spring last year:

Mirror Lake, Yosemite

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3 Responses to “Mirror Lake in Winter and Spring”

  1. Photoblog 2.0: » Photoblog 2.0 Archive: » Mirror Lake Says:

    […] months. Left to its own devices, the “lake” silts up over time. Here are some more photographs of Mirror Lake. This photo was double-processed from the RAW original, once for the s […]

  2. Photoblog 2.0: » Photoblog 2.0 Archive: » Mirror Lake Reflections Says:

    […] tervention. Today, if you want to see reflections in Mirror Lake, you should visit in the winter or spring. As spring moves into early summer, the scene becomes really beautiful. By June, the l […]

  3. windemuth Says:

    I have down loaded many pictures of Mirror Lake. My favorite picture of the lake was take in Feb 1978. I was amazed that I could point my camera down in the lake and capture a perfect refection which I don’t think it is possible repeat the same today. I have a picture of the medow,but then your picture shows the lake much like it was. I have become a student of the lake and would like to learn more about the physical changes take place. Jerry Wintermute, Newhall, CA.

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