**HST Best of 2008 Contest! (post photos here)

[Sierra Maclure]

here you go
Kitchen With a View


The Hermit Standing Sentinel Over Darwin Bench

[Bad Man From Bodie]

Ptarmigan - Jan 2008 - Virginia Lakes


Anna Lake - Sept 2008


Marry Lake - July 2008

[tomcat_rc]

one rainy day above Kernville


one April morning alpenglow on Whitney


snow on joshua trees

[Sierra Maclure]

Great pix Gang.

[Allyn]

Certainly not the best of the group but some of my better ones from last year:



Tuolumne Meadows - Memorial Day 2008



Yosemite Valley - July 2008 (During the fires)



Indian Paintbrush along the trail towards Glen Aulin - July 2008

[windknot]

My landscape shots won't begin to compare to those taken by the many talented photographers on this board, but I thought I'd add a little flavor by posting a couple of my favorite Sierra trout shots.


Fishing Before the Storm

Waited until an October storm rolled in at Heather Lake in the Desolation Wilderness (or I may have just gotten lucky), with the darkening skies and chop on the water's surface adding an extra luster to the spawning colors of the brook trout.


Colors of the Backcountry

Taken mid-morning on a clear September day at Woodchuck Lake, half-submerged under water with the bright orange fins providing a nice contrast against the gravel bed.

Well, I guess I'll include one landscape shot..

Woodchuck and Beyond

The smoke from the Tehipite fire had given the entire area a hazy veil for the last few days but as we took a look east back toward Crown Lake, we found that a stiff wind had succeeded in clearing the sky and revealing a magnificent view of the White Divide beyond Blackcap Basin.

Matt

[SSSdave]

August 3, 2008 Sierra Crest from Silver Divide.

Actually the image is freebe on my site in the form of a 2009 annual calendar available as a free downloadable print file image. :

http://www.davidsenesac.com/Information ... endar.html

[LMBSGV]

Picking three definitely is difficult. So I decided to go for three different moods and places.





New snow, Yosemite Valley by Swinging Bridge, January 2008





McClure Meadow, Evolution Valley, August 2008




Lewis Creek below Vogelsang Pass, September 2008

[calvin23]

Sierra Photos 2008

[cirque1]

Lake Sabrina- Cold Sunset



Mt. Tom early November



Another try hopefully with the full image

Owens Valley Late Fall